A Book Review of Baking Cakes in Kigali and an Awesome African Meal

In the five plus years since the online foodie book club Cook the Books began, we've traveled to many kitchens in many lands…

Breaststroke Kick (Frog Kick) Faults - Pull Buoy Fix

Do you have a problem with your breaststroke kick?   One leg kicking faster than the other   One foot in, one foot out   Pai…

I am a "Serious Runner"

As I blogged about in December in my post Nearly a Serious Runner there was an article in Runners World from 2012 which said you…

Zumba - hot pink hightops and having a blast!

by Heather Szczepiorkowski What’s up with those hot pink hightops!  When I saw Evelyn stroll in with her pink sneakers, I knew we…

Spinning - an Intern's view - awesome and need to bring two water bottles!

by Heather Szczepiorkowski I'm back and still having fun!  As an intern for UVAC, one of the great things is that I can exerc…

18 laps of "loneliness"

I don’t want the title to put you off this blogpost but I thought it about time I updated you on my progress at track. Despite be…

The Go-To Core Finishers

By Katherine MacPherson BS, ACSM HFS & UVAC Personal Trainer Happy New Year! 2014 is going to be an excellent year to get fi…

Time Warp

It's incredible that life can simultaneously move so slowly and so quickly at the same time. I'm astonished that we'r…

Relearning to swim

I know I bang on about my swimming background and it being my best discipline but it is. I can hold 1:33/100m in the pool quite e…

2014 - What it means to me

I've debated long and hard over whether to sum up 2013 in a blog post and decided against it. Instead I thought I would write…

Don't Expect Gratitude When You Save A Life.

I ran to the edge of the pool ready to jump in after a child that was clearly struggling in the water. Just as I reached the edg…

Bike Lactate Test

After the success that was my running lactate threshold test in mid November. http://smoker2triathlete.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/lac…