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When did you last…

When did you last hear something that made you happy? Today I was told: ‘I think we can see you again in 12 months.’ And it made me happy. Very happy. In February 2013 I finished chemotherapy treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma and I’ve been meeting with my consultant – or one of her haematology team […]

January 9, 2018 
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Looking back, moving forward

Rituals. We all use them to mark events or celebrate dates. At this time of year I like to...
February 21, 2017 
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Cancer, on stage

I have a serious theatre habit. And the programmes I’ve collected, from pretty much every production I’ve seen over...
November 6, 2016 
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On the buses

Athletes, Olympic and otherwise, often get a bus tour of their town or city when they arrive back home...
August 31, 2016 
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Sailing

Firm hand on the tiller

I was starting to think I might not be able to complete Freyathlon. The first date I set for...
August 30, 2016 
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Athletics - field

How high? How long?

‘Please tell me there’ll be a video,’ one of my work colleagues said when I told her I planned...
August 29, 2016 
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Triathlon

Swim Bike Run Eat Sleep. REPEAT.

Of all the Olympic sports, the triathlon has been the one that’s given me sleepless nights. I wasn’t too...
August 29, 2016 
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Taekwondo

Exercise for the body and mind

Speed and agility are the hallmarks of taekwondo. To be honest, neither of them are my hallmarks. Which didn’t...
August 28, 2016 
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Athletics - field

She runs. She jumps. She throws.

At the Olympics, women compete in the heptathlon and men compete in the decathlon. For women: 100m hurdles, 200m,...
August 19, 2016 
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Athletics - track

On (and off) the track

I’d managed the 5000m, 10000m, marathon, and race walk but, because running isn’t my favourite thing, I kept putting...
August 19, 2016 
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About Me

Freya
One woman. 12 months. 100+ events. I'll be trying my hand at every Olympic sport open to women at Rio2016 before the Closing Ceremony in August 2016.

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