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Kat | triathlete ✨

@katdoestri

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🎯 Training for T100 Qatar WC
🦾 Ironman finisher
👉 Working 9-5
✨ Discovering confidence through endurance sport. Posting honestly about how.

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To that girl who doubted herself.
To that girl who never shouted about her wins.
To that girl who was quiet, not to attract attention.
To that girl show showed up despite disbelief.
To that girl who fought for what she wants.
To that girl who said to herself mid-run - I can do this ✨

And she f**ing did!

#t100qatar #t100 #qualification #triathlete #triathlon taken in London, United Kingdom by @katdoestri

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3 months ago

Hello, and thank you for being here.
I am grateful to be in this space and have more like-minded human beings who are keen to train hard, sign up for races and do all kind if excuse to leave parties behind☀️🌸
This community allows us to grow and learn from each other examples 🥐 keep growing!
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#reintroducemyself #newaccount #growinstagramcommunity #community #triathlete #fulltimeworking #triathlongirl #mybackground Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Kat by @katdoestri

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10 months ago

🎊Katerina You are an Ironman🎊

Those words I have been waiting for 10 months.

It’s a day when you test your inner strength and despite the pain you keep pushing. Physically I knew inside that I was ready, the question was only how long would it take. The swim is what sets you up, i was extremely happy that i managed to do that within my set time. Then switching to bike, bike feels more controllable to me, as you see your speed, you can potentially push more. But I was careful, as didn’t want to over use my legs 😬
Run is what I was worried the most, how much energy I had left? But in reality the support you get from the crowd and people around helps so much! 🌸 obviously it wasn’t my fastest time but I was happy i got to the finish 🙃
Wanted to complete sub 12 hours.
12 seconds passed my target time and many questions in my head “where I could have pushed more” 🤣
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@ironman_estonia #ironmanestonia #raceday #triathlete #achievinggoals #triathletegirl #triathlon #swimbikerun by @katdoestri

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a year ago

GRWM for my Saturday ride.
All the essentials:
✨ @precisionfandh electrolytes
✨ @scienceinsport 40g gels
✨ @high5sportsnutrition few extra gels for flavour

And we are ready.
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#grwm #longride #triathlete #triathletegirl taken in UK by @katdoestri

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If triathlon did not exist… what would it mean to you?
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#triathlon #triathlete #whatif taken in UK by @katdoestri

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3 days ago

What do I do when extreme hunger reaches me on my rest day? 👇

First of all, accept it. It’s okay.

During exercise, blood moved away from your gut, your appetite hormones drop. You’re not hungry. That’s normal. But when you stop - the suppression lifts. Your body comes looking for what it missed.

Rest day doesn’t mean your body stopped working. It still repairs muscles. Still restores glycogen. Still running all the maintenance your training created. And that takes energy. And that what can cause extra hunger. 🤔

On top of that, if you underfuel yesterday, which most of us do, your body will remember that.

So what to do? Allow yourself to fuel, have some snack options near you.

Feeling same way? What is tour snack of choice?
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#triathlete #hunger #restday #restdayhunger #triathletegirl taken in UK by @katdoestri

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3 days ago

Life of triathlete who works full time.
Don’t forget to have fun. 🤩
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#smalltownboy #triathlete #lifeoftriathlete #bronskibeat taken in UK by @katdoestri

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9 days ago

People ask me why I keep doing this.
What they mean is: why choose something so hard, so structured, so expensive, so all-consuming when you don’t have to?

What they don’t know is that I spent about 30 years not particularly liking who I was. Not trusting myself. Not believing my body was something to work with rather than against. Triathlon didn’t fix that. But it gave me evidence.

Every hard session I finished. Every race I didn’t quit. That evidence stacks up. And it changes you quietly, over time, in ways that go well beyond sport.

I keep doing this because I keep finding out what I’m capable of. And I’m not done yet.
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#iamcapable #triathlon #mywhy #triathletegirl taken in UK by @katdoestri

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6 days ago

Never thought I would say this, but I enjoy hilly runs now 🙈. The perfect spot 👉 Oxleas Wood. Pretty romantic I would say.

Perfect early autumn colours.

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#triathlete #hillyrun #triathlon #sunday #running taken in Oxleas Wood , Shooters Hill by @katdoestri

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7 days ago

There is only one first race, so you should enjoy it. And most probably the result will effect whatever you will stay in sport or walk away. My first triathlon was actually a duathlon and it was tough. It was all fine until the moment people took off for the first 10km run.. and me with me 52minutes PB (that time) thought it will be okay. Man, it was not. Everyone started to run like there isn’t 40km of the bike and another 5km of the run to do. I didn’t want to be last, so was trying very hard to hold onto them.. but I couldn’t.

I was second to last to pick up my bike and that moment I felt disappointed with me, like was I so slow? I kept going.

Bike was okay, but getting my HR back down was tough. I was breathing like a dog the whole time 🤣🤣🤣

Last 5km was a challenge. It was two laps, and i was ready to turn into finish after first and not care about rules, but I didnt. I managed to finish ( probably last 🤣)

i didn’t quit. But i also never done another duathlon since them 🤣🤣 there is something wrong about running quick before biking 🤣🤣🤣

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#triathlon #firstrace #duathlon #triathlonbeginner taken in UK by @katdoestri

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9 days ago

No wonder they call it a 4th discipline. And it’s so easy to mess up. 🙈
Coming from a non perfect relationship with food, I was terrified at first, all the gels, bars, snacks that need to be consumed while you train can be super intimidating. And I think through my first year I was surviving just on electrolytes in my bike bottles and maybe 3-4 small gels. Even on 70.3, I had the belt with gel pockets and is it like 3 gels on each side? Something like that 🤣 thinking I probably had around 100g of carbs for the whole 3h bike ride.

Only last year, I started to eat by the watch timer.. and it helped me so much. I know my body needs fuel to pish those legs.

Whats your thoughts on this?

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#nutrition #trainingfuel #triathlete #carbs #triathletegirl taken in UK by @katdoestri

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10 days ago

Three months to live to it’s fullest no matter the weather. This is the time to set the winter discipline, align on your next year goals and just go with it.
LFG ✨
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#octobernovemberdecember #autumn #wintergoals #triathlon #triathlete taken in UK by @katdoestri

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