Mojo Sisters Triathlon

Last Monday we had our end of season Awards 💃🏼

It was a fabulous evening, celebrating athlete's successes throughout the year. Here are the results:

🏆Most Improved Swim: Heather Cooper
🏆 Most Improved Bike: Heather Farmery
🏆 Most Improved Run: Clare Lawrence
🏆Most Improved Overall: Heather Cooper

🏆 Best Swim Performance: Sam Broadway (Coniston)
🏆 Best Bike performance: Heather Farmery (Cotswold Olympic)
🏆 Best Run Performance: Lisa Hall (Cotswold Classic)
🏆 Best Tri Performance: Sheryl Cowlam (Ironman Copenhagen)

🏆 Club Contribution: Sam Broadway

Huge congrats to our winners, and to all our athletes who have made this year so fantastic.

Keep Moving Forward 💃🏼💃🏼💃🏼 You all rock 👊🏼

Huge congrats to all the Mojo athletes who completed their 6 week Swim Challenge today 👊🏼🏊🏼‍♀️

This is the first time we have delivered this Challenge.

Here's what some of the athletes said about it:

A new pb at 45. Amen to that 🙌🏽

A 2.21 marathon at age 45 for Sinead Diver at this mornings Maratón Valencia . This represents a 3 minute personal best, an Australian National Senior record and a world over 40 record for the Ireland/ Co Mayo born athlete 🇮🇪

92 🙌🏽

Mathea Allansmith, a retired ophthalmologist and resident of Kauai, became the oldest woman to finish a marathon by completing the 2022 Honolulu Marathon. Born May 31, 1930, she surpassed previous record holder, Harriette Thompson, by several months. Mathea 92 years young.

❄️ ⭐️ It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas ⭐️ ❄️

Lots of us in the UK had snow this weekend. So beautiful! Hope you all managed to adapt & overcome your training plans 👍 to stay safe.

This is our last week at Mojo HQ. We are busy ….

📝 Writing Training Plans for the Xmas period

🍷 Organising our End of season awards for tonight. We are squeezing in a Pilates session and being joined by the fab for a talk on cold water swimming (quite appropriate 🥶)

🎁 Some Mojo Xmas gifts are being shipped to athletes this week

🤗 Video analysis of our swim session on Saturday

🏊‍♀️ Our last Swim Challenge get together to wrap up a fab 6 weeks of swimming inspiration & education🤩

📣 Just a reminder, Mojo HQ will be closing on 19th Dec - 3rd Jan for a little break, before another wonderful year of Tri Fun 🙌🏽

Have a great Monday folks 🫶🏼

Lou x

Vibe in the pool today:

Chilled ✌🏽

The same can be said for our fab Mojo Swim Challenge athletes.

Next week is their last week and they have smashed it 👊🏽

✔️ Technique, speed, tempo & open water skills sessions.

📞 Weekly live coaching calls

🎥 video analysis

🤗 Dedicated Facebook group for swim related chatter 👌

Many athletes have fed back they are feeling more relaxed in the pool, enjoyment has gone up, technique has improved, and fun is being had 🥳

⁉️ Want to keep up to date with what we are up to in Mojo ⁉️

Why not sign up for our emails 😉

I send around 1 per month, so it won't fill your inbox, and it's a great way to keep up to date with how you can get involved.

Have a great rest of your day 👋🏼🤗

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I think many of us can identify! 👃

Especially the ladies in the Mojo Swim Challenge right now 😜🤪

Thanks Swim for Tri

And if you haven’t ever checked out Swim for Tri, give them a follow. Awesome swim coaching 👌 Based in the South East

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Who loves 💗 this idea? 🚲

At the library in Utrecht, Netherlands you can recharge your electric devices by cycling 🚲.

⭐️ New Blog ⭐️

All about volunteering & happiness 🤗

Enjoy!

https://www.mojotricoaching.com/blog/hidden-diamonds-how-to-be-even-happier-in-triathlon

We kicked off our Autumn with a 6 week swim challenge (more on this soon) and in the meantime have welcomed so many awesome ladies into Mojo Tri Club & Coaching 🙏🏽

Im forever grateful to be surrounded by so many inspirational, determined and genuinely supportive women 🥰

Just a quick heads up 👇🏽

Our memberships are closing on 16th December for a little while. We want to focus on giving our existing members the very best quality and attention to achieve their goals.

If you’re thinking of joining the Mojo Tri Club, drop us a line before 16th Dec…. 📞

https://www.mojotricoaching.com/

Have a wonderful rest of your weekend x

Fantastic Sam, really well deserved 👏🏽 And thanks to Healthy Communities North Northamptonshire. Your support really means a lot to age group athletes 🙏🏽

Look Sharp 🌵 in 2023!

So excited to be getting our new hoodies, and our first ever Mojo beanies before Xmas 🎄

If you have would like to reserve one, or maybe suggest (subtly) to loved ones you would like a voucher, just send a WhatsApp to Lou & we can get that sorted 🎁

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Happy Friday 🥳






#2023

Happy New Week 🫶🏼

Big congrats to Sheryl 🏅 for gaining a pb for at her 10k race this weekend 👏🏽

To Steph (pictured) for achieving 100 parkrun volunteering sessions 🙌🏽

🏊‍♀️ And big up all the Mojo Swim Challengers who are not only committing to their sessions each week, but having fun & trying new things 🤡

Have a great week folks, stay active 👌

Following the Ultraman World Championships this weekend. You have to qualify to earn your place in this event, which is in Kona, Hawaii, just like the Ironman World champs.

Except this race is over 3 days.

If you look closely at the leaderboard you will see it’s a 10k swim & 90k bike on day 1 😬

180k bike on day 2 😬

And a double marathon on day 3 🫣

What you will also see in the results is that Dede is currently sitting in 1st place for the women, only 18 minutes behind the leader OVERALL after day 2.

Dede is 52 years young. I mean 🙌🏽 amen to that!

More leaderboard stats!

A great quote to end a fab week of consistent training, learning & progress here at Mojo 🫶🏼

I believe in you all. I believe you can achieve your goals and more.

Dream big, take action, Unleash Your Mojo ✊✊

☀️ UK Triathlon & Swim Camps 2023☀️

Ever wonder what it’s like to train like a Queen 👸

🛌 Wake up

🍳 Have your breakfast cooked for you

🚲 Ride your bike all morning & discover new places

🛋️ Relax

🍰 Have cake made for you

🏊‍♀️ Go swimming in the sea/estuary/sea pool

🛁 Jump into a hot tub. Maybe some more bubbles 🥂 😏

🍽️ Have dinner cooked for you

💆‍♀️ Get a massage

🤗 Meet other lovely tri friends

It’s like that EVERYDAY on Mojo Tri Camps!

If you would like to book your spot for one of our camps next year, hurry 🏃‍♀️ 💨 They look set to fill up very soon.

Just £50 deposit required 👍

More info & to book 👉🏼

https://www.mojotricoaching.com/training-camps







#seaswim

Another great weekend at Mojo ✌🏽

🏃‍♀️ Mojo athletes Heather, Helen and myself took part in our first ever night time off road 10k with Channel Events & had a blast ☺️

Helen’s first race back from injury and only won 🥇 her age group 👏🏽!!

I had headtorch malfunction but was saved by fellow Mojos 🥰 Even managed to come in 🥇 female.

☕️ Great coffee & chat with new athlete on Sunday, then a run technique session in the park 🏃‍♀️ setting us up for a quality winter of training.

🏊‍♀️ Swim technique session with 8 Mojos went super well. Emma brought cake 🍰 to buy for a Children In Need donation 🙏🏽

🛋️ We are respecting our bodies and time of year right now too. If we need some rest, we are taking it 🙌🏽

Hope you all had an active & fun weekend too x

An awesome few hours in the pool this morning, ‘catching up’ 😏 with North Devon Mojos in the sunshine ☀️

Plus a cute lifeguard 💕 🐶

We worked on our Swim Challenge drills, thinking about our off season plans, and generally scaring ourselves with next seasons races 🤪🥸😎

But at least we know we are aiming high 👏🏽😇

Thanks for the wonderfully warm outdoor pool 🏊‍♀️

Now off running with more Mojos at Arlington Asteriods 10k 👟 💫

🌊 Endless Pools 🌊

Used for:

✔️ Learning swim technique
✔️ Analysing current form
✔️ Increasing swim fitness
✔️ Trying new skills

Question: Do you like them?

Would you access one near you?

What it means to Mojo athletes who have qualified for the European Champs.

So happy for them 🥰

Plans are being hatched for a super fun trip to Belgium next year 🥳

⚡️Mojo Tri Club ⚡️

🦵 Monday: Pilates

💪🏽 Tuesday: S&C

🥽 Wednesday: Swim Challenge

🏃‍♀️ Thursday: Athletes’ run analysis

💥 Friday: Writing athletes annual training plans to smash 2023

🏊‍♀️ Saturday: North Devon meet up & coached swim session. Plus a fun 10k run 💫

🏃‍♀️ Sunday: meet with new athlete & running biomechanics session

That’s how we roll ✌🏽 on an average week right now!!

At Mojo we love being busy, always aiming to offer women …

🚀Motivation
🚀Education
🚀Inspiration

…through swim, bike and run.

It’s really that simple 🤗

https://www.mojotricoaching.com/

Brilliant Pilates session last night from runlates 🤗

We got to chat about how Pilates can fit into our training schedule to support & complement our training and racing.

Plus we all took part in a 45 minute session 🧘🏼

All Mojo Tri Club Members now have access to several hours of quality Pilates sessions 💃🏼 for free!

This evening:
Strength and Conditioning Live with Alli 🏋🏼

The fun never ends in the Mojo Tri Club🎉

PS ⬇️
There is still time to join us in the Mojo Tri Club, but we will be closing our membership on 16th December, so we can focus on our delivering the very best we can for our existing growing membership.
So if you would like to join us, from £40 per year xx
https://www.mojotricoaching.com/

We have amazing news ⭐️

Nine. Yes NINE Mojo Athletes have qualified for the European Middle distance triathlon and aquabike championships in Belgium next August 🇬🇧

🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

All their hard work, commitment, willingness to learn, and team spirit has made this possible 👏🏽

I couldn’t be more proud of these ladies 😍

Im excited for the build up to what will be a fun and fabulous experience together representing their country 🇬🇧

But for now, keep celebrating 🥂 You’ve earned it 🙌🏽

Can’t wait to work with runlates to offer all our Tri Club Members high quality Pilates sessions, both face to face and on demand.

We love 💗 Pilates because it helps us

🥳 Stay strong

🥳 Injury free

🥳 Increase our mobility

🥳 And it’s a nice calming session for the mind and body 😇

🐝We’ve been Busy Bees this week at Mojo

🏊‍♀️ Our Swim Challenge started this week, and all athletes are raring to go!

🏋️‍♀️ Our first Strength session of the season started again this week with the fab

👋🏼 We have welcomed lots of new athletes to the Mojo Tri Club

🛋 Some Academy athletes are on their off season

📝 Some athletes are getting their Annual Training Plans mapped out

🏃‍♀️We have been looking at running videos for analysis, with a view to do technique training in the winter.

☀️ Our triathlon camps in April & June are rapidly filling up

And we are looking at new kit, new experts to come and share their knowledge with the club, and much more 🤗

I think I need a lie down 😵‍💫🤣

Have a great weekend all!!

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TODAY we start our very first Mojo Swim Challenge 🤸🏼‍♀️

In this challenge we aim to help athletes:

🥽Be more efficient in the water
🥽Develop your front crawl technique
🥽Discover tactics for open water & race scenarios
🥽Learn open water swimming skills

This 6 week, interactive online Challenge will include:

💦Group video calls to discuss swim technique
💦Your personal 6 week swim training plan
💦Coach Q&A's each week
💦Tips & Techniques via the Swim Challenge Facebook Group
💦Video analysis online
💦FREE Swim cap
💦Benchmark testing for start and end of challenge
💦35% Off Magic 5 Goggles

☀️Opportunity to practice your swim skills in the Mojo Swim camp in May 2022 in North Devon.

For more info & to sign up ⬇️
https://www.mojotricoaching.com/swim-challenge-2022

But hurry, it starts TODAY 🏃🏼‍♀️💨

BIG Congrats to Mojo athlete Sue yesterday for her brilliant race at Leicester Half Marathon, completed in her goal time, to round off a great season.
Time for some rest and recovery now, ready to get started with Winter training 🎖️🎖️

🏋🏼In the Tri Club this week we kick off our Winter Training with the start of our Strength and Conditioning sessions on Tuesday. Can't wait!

🦈Wednesday is the start of our very first Swim Challenge, focussing on swim technique, tactics on race day, video analysis, troubleshooting, and each athlete gets their very own 6 week training plan.

There is still time to join us:
https://www.mojotricoaching.com/swim-challenge-2022

Have a great week y'all, and don't forget to keep chasing those goals 🎯

What a great race. Blummenfelt is now Olympic Champion, World Ironman Champion and now 70.3 Champion ⭐️

Running 4:30 minute miles at the end of the race to claim a great victory today. What a beast 👹

We have exciting news 🗞

Mojo has partnered with a fab Pilates instructor to bring every Mojo Tri Club member their very own ‘on demand’ & live Pilates sessions.

In the past we have all benefitted so much from doing regular Pilates sessions for

✔️ core strength
✔️ flexibility
✔️ mobility
✔️ conditioning
✔️ injury prevention

We are so excited about this. Another reason to be Mojo Happy today 🤗

To join the Tri Club, from £40 a year:

https://www.mojotricoaching.com/

🏊‍♀️The Swim Challenge is nearly here 🥽

So excited to bring you the first ever Mojo Swim Challenge, specifically designed to

⭐️ Inspire
⭐️ Motivate
⭐️ Educate

with all things swimming 🏊‍♀️ for triathlon.

During the 6 weeks you will get your own training plan, feedback, coaching tips, a female community to learn with, and video analysis.

🎩 AND a Mojo swim cap too!

The Challenge is FREE to all Mojo Tri Club, Tri Club Plus+ and Academy members.

To join email [email protected]

🤗 Or join the club here 👇🏽

https://www.mojotricoaching.com/

BUT HURRY 💨 we start next Wednesday 2nd Nov!

🏋️‍♀️ Next week we start our new live weekly Strength and Conditioning sessions again with for the Winter.

Last year the ladies said it was fantastic for

⛑ Injury prevention
💪🏽 Extra power & speed on the bike and run
👙 And also helped body composition.

We also know it to be hugely beneficial for our bones 🦴 and promoting muscle which we lose as we age.

Without strong bones and muscles, we can’t be triathletes hey?

So what’s not to love ❤️ about Strength sessions.

As it was so successful, this year we are offering the sessions for free to both Mojo Academy and Mojo Tri Club plus+ members.

So if you are thinking of joining us, now is the time so you can make the most of these sessions ☺️

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The Mojo Tri Club is OPEN 🚀

If you have registered your interest already, you will be hearing from me today with the next steps 👟

We have 3 options to be part of Mojo:

⭐️ Tri Club
⭐️ Tri Club Plus+
⭐️ Academy

ALL include free access to the upcoming Swim challenge AND for this week only, you get a FREE Mojo swim cap too ✌🏽

To get involved 👇🏽

https://www.mojotricoaching.com/

Feel free to share and tag 🏷 friends

Who is joining us in the Mojo Tri Club this year?

Opening on 24th October, you can join us for:

💪🏽 Live Strength & Conditioning sessions

🧘‍♂️ Pilates sessions

📆 Monthly Masterclasses

🏊‍♀️ Mojo Swim Challenge

👕 Access to Mojo Kit

📝 Training Plan

🤗 Meet other triathletes

💵 Club discounts

🏁 Race meet ups

☀️ Discounts on Training Camps

💗 Lots of support

….& fun fun fun

Sign up now, and join the friendliest female tri club around 🥳

https://www.mojotricoaching.com

Such bravery today from Mojos: several tough climbs, some hairy descents 😬, and for some it was the longest ride they’ve ever done ✊

What a place to do it. Majorca you never fail to impress 🚲 ⛰

Rest assured, tomorrow won’t involve so much time in the saddle 🤗

The new Mojo Tri Club & Tri Club Plus +
📅 opens on 24th October.

Will you be part of our friendly female tri club?

It goes without saying, everyone is welcome 🤗

From £40 per year.
https://www.mojotricoaching.com/