Foam Rolling Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/foam-rolling/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 17 Sep 2020 08:49:41 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Foam Rolling Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/foam-rolling/ 32 32 2696646 A Change is as Good as a Rest https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/03/change-good-rest/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/03/change-good-rest/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:01:44 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=21412 For some reason we’ve all been exhausted for the last couple of weeks. Anna is tired, Morgan is tired and even I’m staying in bed until 6am! My training has been terrible as a result too. I took it easy while I was ill a couple of weeks ago but just haven’t been able to...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2016/03/change-good-rest/feed/ 1 21412 The Keys to Triathlon Training Consistency https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/10/the-keys-to-consistency-in-triathlon-training/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/10/the-keys-to-consistency-in-triathlon-training/#comments Wed, 23 Oct 2013 07:28:13 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=14853 I’ve had a fairly good year this as far as triathlons go. I’ll write a full annual summary soon, but I became European Champion in my Age-Group in June and then made the top ten in the world in my age-group at the London World Championships in September. So, I’d consider that fairly successful. There...

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