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A photo of me standing with my helmet on and my blue bike in front of me.

Riding a bike: It’s not just like riding a bike.

On 25 August, 2011 · 16 Comments · In Body Image, Moving my body

My first bike was a mustard yellow Malvern Star that Dad bought second hand for Christmas. The colour was awful and I remember being excited to have a bike but so horrified at the colour. Dad taught my sister and I to ride in our cul-de-sac and soon we were flying down the hill in [...]

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My Couch to 5k: the beginnening

On 5 January, 2010 · 26 Comments · In Moving my body

If you’ve read my blog for a little while, you’ll have learnt that I am pro body acceptance and anti body negativity. Body acceptance, for me, involves honouring one’s body and loving it for what it can do and not treating it too poorly because it doesn’t look like other people’s (amongst other things). Body [...]

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