Tri as she might
Mum on the run
Laura Fountain is a mother, a running coach, a personal trainer, a marathon runner and the author of The Lazy Runner and Tricurious. Follow Laura @lazygirlrunning
A few years ago I dabbled in triathlon. And by ‘dabbled’ I mean that I came second to last in my first race, learnt to swim properly but got no better on the bike. In my short triathlon career, I worked my way up to an Iron distance event but I was too slow on the bike leg to be allowed to do the run, and really, the run was the only part I properly enjoyed. So I went back to ‘just’ running marathons, which became a lot easier without all the swimming and cycling beforehand.