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Tips For Popping Your Mongol Derby Cherry
Here are some nuggets of information that may prove useful for people giving the Mongol Derby a crack for the first time. All personal...
Emmelia Potts
Jun 7, 202428 min read
The Mongol Derby Day 10: A Sad Yet Triumphant Day.
All Photographs by Kathy Gabrielle, Shari Thompson and Bayarsaihan Ochiroo The last related blog post from day 9 of the Mongol Derby can...
Emmelia Potts
May 26, 202421 min read
The Mongol Derby Day 9: The Day of Dysentery
Day 9 of the Mongol Derby 2023 as experienced by EPO. Stories, tips and tricks.
Emmelia Potts
May 19, 202423 min read
The Mongol Derby Day 8: Gingers and Heat
All Photographs by Kathy Gabrielle, Shari Thompson and Bayarsaihan Ochiroo The last related blog post from day 7 of the Mongol Derby can...
Emmelia Potts
May 12, 202440 min read
The Mongol Derby Day 7: A Fairly Drama-Free Day
All Photographs by Kathy Gabrielle, Shari Thompson and Bayarsaihan Ochiroo The last related blog post from day 6 of the Mongol Derby can...
Emmelia Potts
Apr 28, 202427 min read
The Mongol Derby Day 6: Back In The Race
The Mongol Derby 2023 day 6 stories, tips and tricks from rider EPO
Emmelia Potts
Apr 21, 202434 min read
The Mongol Derby Day 5: Catching Up With The Pack.
All Photographs by Kathy Gabrielle, Shari Thompson and Bayarsaihan Ochiroo The last related blog post from day 4 of the Mongol Derby can...
Emmelia Potts
Apr 14, 202423 min read
The Mongol Derby day 4: The Day It All Went Wrong
The Mongol Derby Day 4, experiences, tip and tricks from rider EPO in 2023
Emmelia Potts
Apr 7, 202432 min read
The Mongol Derby Day 3: Three Very Different Horses.
The Mongol Derby 2023 day 3 as experienced by rider EPO. Stories, tips and tricks.
Emmelia Potts
Mar 31, 202431 min read
The Mongol Derby Day 2: Dog Chases, Alone in the Dunes and More Unusual Wees.
The Mongol Derby 2023 day 2, stories by rider EPO
Emmelia Potts
Mar 24, 202429 min read
The Mongol Derby Day 1: The Race Begins
The Mongol Derby day 1, 2023 from rider EPO.
Emmelia Potts
Mar 17, 202433 min read
The Mongol Derby Training on the Steppe.
All the details on the training days on the steppe before the Mongol Derby 2023
Emmelia Potts
Mar 10, 202433 min read
Popping the Horse Riding Endurance Cherry
What happens when you have never ridden further than 15k in one go and sign up for a 40k race on a horse you have never ridden? Thrills,...
Emmelia Potts
Jul 26, 202314 min read
Falling. The good the bad and the ugly.
Falling is inevitable, but when is it a good thing, when is it bad and when does it grow into full-on ugly? Risk: Horses are...
Emmelia Potts
Feb 7, 20239 min read
36 tips for popping your Iron Man Cherry
A year ago I signed up for a challenge that I was unsure I would complete. A year ago I could not swim front crawl A year ago I was...
Emmelia Potts
Aug 8, 201820 min read
The Leeds Castle Olympic Triathlon
So the past two triathlons had been interesting, but in the spirit of not completely destroying my confidence, I decided to leave the...
Emmelia Potts
Jul 5, 20189 min read
Just Keep Swimming...Bewl Water 5k Open Water Swim
Since beginning open water swimming I have started to really enjoy it. Ginny and I pop down on Thursday evenings to a lake in Lydd and...
Emmelia Potts
Jul 3, 20187 min read
The second 70.3 triathlon in a week...
So after realising you bit off more than you could chew with your first triathlon being a half Iron Man distance what do you decide to...
Emmelia Potts
Jun 29, 20189 min read
The First Triathlon: A Half Iron Man
So how do you break yourself into triathlons gently? How do you build up stamina to be a full iron man? You jump in at the deep end with...
Emmelia Potts
Jun 28, 201816 min read
The first long distance cycle...100+ miles on a bike.
The longest bike ride to date... I was nervous, no I was beyond nervous. If I could not get through this then there was really no point...
Emmelia Potts
May 23, 201813 min read
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