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Canoe sprint

Messing about in boats

‘Bad news. The lake’s got blue green algae.’ A serious disruption for my kayak instructor and his watersports centre,...
August 16, 2016 
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Canoe slalom

What could possibly go wrong?

‘Shall we try something else?’ Brian said as I shuffled inelegantly out of the sprint kayak and onto the...
August 16, 2016 
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Athletics - field

How I learned to throw

For the past 10 months I’ve been cycling past Sutcliffe Park Athletics Track on my way to work. One...
August 14, 2016 
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Athletics - track

10,000m – fuelled by food and memories

The last time I ran 10,000m was about a year ago when I was training for my first, and...
August 13, 2016 
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Equestrian jumping

More show than jump

I grew up in a small village and fox hunting was a feature of life. Some people loved it,...
August 13, 2016 
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Equestrian eventing

An (almost) equestrian event

My mother was firm: ‘I’m not happy about you doing the equestrian events.’ She wasn’t the only one. When...
August 13, 2016 
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Follow my journey

Caption competition!

One week ago, 6 August, I took part in the London Triathlon – my first sprint triathlon: swim 750m, cycle 20km, run 5km. At the swim exit, Marsha (one of my open water swimming coaches at RG Active) spotted me and recorded my swim exit for posterity. The competition Take a look at the video […]

August 13, 2016 
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Rhythmic gymnastics

‘Breath-taking manoeuvres with a hand-held apparatus’

A combination of ballet, gymnastics, dance, and apparatus manipulation. That’s a definition of rhythmic gymnastics I found online. The...
August 11, 2016 
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Rowing

Row, row, row your boat

I grew up close to Oxford but not close enough to develop a rowing habit. So my closest connection...
August 5, 2016 
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Synchronised swimming

Slightly in sync

In a quiet moment during our friends’ wedding (Hello Judith and Deborah!), Cecilia asked: ‘Have you seen the Spanish...
July 14, 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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