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Ironman Bolton: How I Went from Zero to Finish Line in 10 Months.
Brief account of my experience at Iron Man Bolton
Emmelia Potts
Jul 713 min read
The OCR World Championships: Botteling it on the world stage
Karen and I the day before the race. In 2016, I found myself standing on the start line of the OCR World Championships in the Blue...
Emmelia Potts
Jun 3017 min read
Rat Race, The Wall: My First Ultra, My First DNF, and The Return
Merrily running along on the second attempt at Race Race the Wall. In 2016, I found myself at the start line of my first ultra marathon,...
Emmelia Potts
Jun 229 min read
Red Bull 400 Slovenia: How One Ski Slope Gave Me the Most Brutal 15 Minutes of My Life
The "easy" section of the Red Bull 400 race Thinking of running the Red Bull 400 in Planica, Slovenia? Here’s a brutally honest race...
Emmelia Potts
Jun 155 min read
Bullet Climbing Mt. Fuji: A Day on Japan’s Most Iconic Mountain.
Bullet Climbing Mt Fuji? Do it, just read this before you go!
Emmelia Potts
Jun 823 min read
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
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