We would like to bring the joy of being in the water to our swimmers. To teach them how to learn from the water - the best teacher ever
But enough about health for a bit. Let's talk about ... cars.
Our world is an exceptionally busy place. What is the most precious thing for most of us? Is it our Family? Friends? House? Money? Job? Think about it. What most of us don't have enough of.... For me the answer is TIME. Days fly by. Kids-work-study-kids-work-bed. Day after day. I fit an occasional run or a class in the gym. It is MY time. Study is MY time as well. Writing this article is also MY time as I love what I do. The fact is - I am lucky to have MY time - lots of my friends and clients don't.
With such a busy life and lack of MY time to address MY problems we all want quick fixes if something goes wrong. We go to the doctor and most of the time doctor will give us a tablet and the tablet will often make us feel better.
The question is - will it make your body WORK better? Will it be healing, or masking the problem? Will it be trying to address symptoms or ROOT causes?
To be continued .....
I enjoyed a distinguished early sporting career as a swimmer and competed at District and National Level culminating in finishing 3rd in the National Championships 2 years running at the ages of 11 and 12.
In 2001 I met my future husband John Brightwell while working on a project for the UK Company he worked for. We were married in 2002 and in 2003 my son Andrey and I moved to the UK and began a new life in my husband's home town of Dartford in Kent.
My second child Natasha was born in 2007. In order to get back in shape I started running and competed in a number of half marathons which I enjoyed greatly. In 2010 David Lloyds in Dartford put on an indoor triathlon competition, I competed and won the event but most importantly found the sport that I now love.
I joined the local triathlon club as well as a running club and a cycling club and started to concentrate on becoming competitive in this sport. From the first race I realised that I could be quite good at Triathlons. 2010 was a learning year but I achieved a few podium finishes. In 2011 I experimented with different distances finishing second in my first Olympic distance and competing in a Middle distance race in the New Forrest. The same year I studied for and achieved a level one Tri Coaching certificate.
My first international appearance was in 2012, Auckland,NZ where I competed in World Triathlon Grand Final. I came 4th in my age group in Sprint Triathlon and 7th in Aquathlon.
Triathlon achievements:
Date
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Event
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AG position
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Gender position
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20/06/2014
|
ETU European championships (sprint)
|
1
|
5
|
10/06/2014
|
Bridge Aquathlon
|
1
|
1
|
31/05/2014
|
Nottingham tri (sprint)
|
1
|
2
|
22/09/2013
|
Anglian water tri (European Q) (Olympic)
|
1
|
6
|
13/09/2013
|
ITU world championships London (Sprint)
|
2
|
29
|
11/08/2013
|
Bewl water tri (sprint)
|
1
|
1
|
07/08/2013
|
Grain 10 mile Time trial
|
1
|
1
|
07/07/2013
|
Sussex Tri festival (Sprint)
|
1
|
1
|
02/07/2013
|
Cyclopark Time Trial 10miles
|
1
|
1
|
23/06/2013
|
Bridge Triathlon (Olympic)
|
1
|
1
|
18/06/2013
|
Bridge auathlon
|
1
|
1
|
09/06/2013
|
White Oak Tri (Sprint)
|
1
|
2
|
23/06/2013
|
Grendon tri (European Qualifier) (Sprint)
|
1
|
4
|
20/10/2012
|
ITU world championships, NZ (Sprint)
|
4
|
20
|
17/10/2012
|
ITU word aquathlon, Auckland, NZ
|
7
|
|
29/09/2012
|
Hever tri (sprint)
|
1
|
1
|
12/08/2013
|
Bucklers Hard Triathlon (Olympic)
|
1
|
2
|
09/06/2012
|
bexhill tri (Sprint)
|
2
|
2
|
27/05/2012
|
Big cow age group national (sprint)
|
7
|
29
|
20/05/2012
|
Dorney lake (World Q) (Sprint)
|
1
|
7
|
25/9/2011
|
New forest (middle distance)
|
2
|
7
|
26/6/2011
|
Bridge tri (Olympic)
|
2
|
2
|
10/04/2011
|
Sevenoaks tri (sprint)
|
1
|
1
|
19/09/2010
|
big cow tri (sprint)
|
7
|
7
|
18/08/2010
|
mid week tri Dorney (sprint)
|
2
|
3
|
14/08/2010
|
eltham aquathlon 500/5k
|
1
|
7
|
11/07/2010
|
White Oak triathlon(sprint)
|
2
|
3
|
06/06/2010
|
Cranbrook tri (Sprint)
|
1
|
1
|
23/05/2010
|
bexhill tri (sprint)
|
4
|