I’m very happy to now be an OS Champion! I’ve being using OS maps for years to plan adventures and am looking forward to working with the team behind the maps to hopefully encourage more people to #getoutside. You can read my OS Champion profile here. I’ve also written a guide on how to get… Read More I’m an OS Champion
If you are looking for somewhere easy to get to from the UK, that offers beautiful mountains to easily explore, then I highly recommend Chamonix. If you don’t fancy getting yourself up and down the mountains each time, then make sure you go before they turn off the cable cars for the bi annual maintenance.… Read More Mountains and sunshine in Chamonix!
Due to my current injury situation and the availability of swimming pools, I am trying to keep open water swimming as the temperatures drop. I am not a natural at coping with cold water, so I need great kit to help me achieve this. Having tested several solutions recently, I wanted to share what I… Read More Open water swimming kit recommendations and tips to keep warm as the temperatures drop
As you know I love being outdoors and doing sport – why else would I take on triathlon. While many think I’m a bit mad (and I likely am) the joy I get and see many others get from doing sport and being active is priceless. It’s also why I admire and want to support… Read More #Amer100 challenge for the Youth Adventure Trust
I started my blog to share my story and thanks to companies like Zone3 supporting me, I’ve been lucky to share it a bit wider. Most recently I did a guest post for them which you can read here: https://zone3.com/sam-taylor about my life as a vegan triathlete. I hope you like it and I’m also… Read More Guest on the Zone3 blog
There were some amazing speakers at the London Triathlon Show, including Chrissie Wellington, Sir Chris Hoy, Mark Foster and many more, one of which was me! On Sunday 25th Feb at 10.15am I was on the 220 Triathlon Experts Stage taking about my plant powered success and fuelling for triathlon as a vegan athlete in… Read More Plantbased presenting on the Experts Stage at the London Triathlon Show
I’ve always enjoyed doing art and I love the amazing art work by @jojosart @PixieCold. They are both really talented and I highly recommend you check their Instagram’s out. I’ve used several of their designs as inspiration for some pottery painting pieces. I haven’t had time to go pottery painting recently and I’ve missed it. Then I… Read More Getting back to doing some art
I was very excited about National #FitnessDay on Wed 27th Sept and luckily in my job as Marketing Manager for Precor there was a lot I could do about it. So every hour of the day was used as we took on a 24 hour team challenge on an adaptive motion trainer (AMT). The versatility… Read More National #FitnessDay #allday at Precor!
I’ve got some fantastic sponsors and I’m very happy to share the great news that I’m now a Zone3 Ambassador too! I’ve always loved Zone3 kit and used it from day one of my triathlon journey. I first got their Vanquish wetsuit after seeing it won the ‘BEST ON TEST’ award with a 92% rating… Read More Proud Zone3 Ambassador #iRaceZone3
My family and friends were very kind to me on my birthday. Along with going out for some delicious dinners they gave me lots of new training kit. It didn’t take long after getting the idea of doing a triathlon into my head to find out how much kit is needed. But now I feel… Read More Got treated on my birthday!
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