Road to Ironman
Road to Ironman Thousands of miles, hundreds of hours of training, tens of hours of preparation… and suddenly the minutes are ticking … 4:22am… ring ring… The alarm goes off and I jump out o...
Author: Camille King
Dealing with Setbacks and Minor Injuries
The ball was rolling. My training was all going well, maybe too well. My run, swim and bike times were improving and I was setting PB in all three disciplines, I had won my first race of the year (S...
Year 2017: New Challenges & New Dreams
Try new things, try the things you are scared of. Learn, fail, fall, fail again. Make glorious mistakes, grow, keep going forward. Don’t worry it isn’t good enough or what others think. Push y...
Racing in the 50km World Championships trial in China & Recovery Tips
The Race I was so thrilled when I found out I had been invited to compete in the 50km World Championships trial in China. The race was the Lake Fuxian 50km Ultra and it doubled as a trial for the Wo...
UTMB OCC 2017 – Don’t Always Stick to the Plan, But Always Stick to Your Vision
I’ve waited a long time to write about my Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc (UTMB) OCC race experience. The truth is I didn’t know how to approach this blog. My race experience was so incredible, I f...
The Race Against Time
To my Beautiful Children It’s been two years exactly since I last wrote to you my precious little Bears (for reference: last article to you, also my first ever blog: “Mummy, why do you do so...
Don’t Wait Until You’re Ready …. Dipping My Toe in the World of Triathlon
I took part in my first triathlon last week, the Salty Sea Dog Sprint distance race, less than three weeks after having ever ridden a road bike. I basically had next to nil experience ridding a road...
“Mummy, why do you do so much sport?”
Mummy, why did you get up so early to go for a run in the dark? Mummy, why do you climb so high?” So many questions…. So few answers… To my beautiful children. Even before you could talk, I coul...
Quitting My Job to Chase My Dream
Another day in the office in a skyscraper in Canary Wharf… perhaps one of the last … I come out of the meeting with my boss thinking “What have I done?”. I’ve just resigned … My head is bu...
Spend Your Time Wisely… Surrounded By Those Who Inspire You
I was very fortunate to spend last weekend in France in the company of my teammates from Team Trail CimAlp. It was one of the most inspiring weekends I’ve had in a while. Spend your time wi...