Whether you’re on a fitness journey or participate in regular physical activity, you will always need to increase the amount of fluid you consume in order to replace the water you lose as sweat.

You look forward to the warmer weather all year long and when it finally arrives, you’re plagued by a pesky cough, uncontrollable sniffles and shivers that have you hunting for your knitted blanket!

When the sun comes out and the days get longer, sometimes your daily routine needs updating to suit the new climate.

Like food, sleep is one of those basic human needs that brings people a lot of joy.

We all have those days when everything seems that little bit more difficult and we'd rather just stay in bed.

If you followed my previous blogs about my Ironman journey, you will know that 2017–18 was, for me, 12 months of establishing a base of endurance fitness and learning how to swim.