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Radio Interview-talking self-funding & sponsorship

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Liz McTernan under Para-cycling

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New sport challenges mean new gym goals! I’ve always loved gym work, as I used to have to be able to lift more than my body weight in technical diving equipment years ago. Doing gym work enabled me to stand up from the boat bench and jump from the boat & then climb the ladder after the dive. The advent of lifts on dive boats were a godsend for both safety & health, but rough conditions still made being strong essential. I’ve been training using weights for over 30 years & have made the biggest gains in my 50’s. I was once told that you can’t gain muscle mass after 35...here’s to bucking that trend! #muscle #fitfam #fitover50 #gymbunny #gym #fitwomen #benching #womenwholift

Into the weekend with a gym sesh! Thanks Matt @meridianleisurecentre #gymbunny #weights #strongnotskinny #fitgirls #fitwomen #womenwholift #fitbod #newchallenges #newgoals #challenges #alwayslearning

Great day at Swim Serpentine today, with a PB for my two mile swim in my fab new wetsuit from @volaremadetofly 🤗 I wasn’t cold, despite the 17.2 degree water & I didn’t suffer shoulder fatigue as the suit is lovely & stretchy. I was pretty amazed at the 1 mile mark when I glanced at my watch & am contemplating the six mile next year! I swam for the Charity Children with Cancer and pleased to support them by doing what I love #SwimSerpentine #openwaterswimming #london #volaremadetofly

On the train ‘Up North’ to Newcastle for the Great North Run Half Marathon! Being without a car for nearly a year has meant I am at least reducing my carbon footprint & helping the environment, but it has also curtailed my independence as a person with a disability due to the lack of rural transport. I’ve just learnt that because of new train rolling stock, travelling with my race chair by train in future will be impossible, due to lack of space...#climatechange #environment #travel #carbonfootprint #racing #racingwheelchair #gnr

Today is #WorldSCIDay I spent four months in Hospital after my #sci in 2005 & fellow patients came from all walks of life. Sci does not discriminate-it can happen to anyone, at any age, in an instant and there is no cure. It can be severe, as in Tetraplegia (Quadraplegia), affecting all four limbs, and possibly leaving the patient reliant on a Ventilator to breathe, to relatively ‘mild’ as in an incomplete injury where partial Paralysis occurs, which might enable the person affected to become a functional Walker. In Hospital there was a saying: ‘Tetras want to be Paras, Paras want to Walkers, Walkers want to be normal’ Whilst there is currently no cure, there are organisations that support people with #sci to get on with their lives & others that are actively researching @aspirecharity @rs_trust @backuptrust @regainsports @supportnsif @spinalresearch #sci #worldsciday #paralysis #paraysisresearch

Super excited to have @volaremadetofly as a wetsuit sponsor, thanks to @lmsid Professional Ironman Athlete for hooking us up! Finally able to test out my V2 wetsuit in open water today after cycling to lincolnshireaquapark.co.uk this morning. The water was 20 degrees C (lucky me-I hate cold 🥶 water) and the suit kept me lovely & buoyant in all the right places, but with great flexibility in my shoulders for arms-only swimming. I have a two mile swim at Swim Serpentine coming up in September for the Charity @childrenwithcanceruk so I’ll be getting some more open water practice with my lovely wetsuit! #volaremadetofly #whovolareswins #openwaterswimming #mablethorpe #lincolnshire

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