How Staffordshire Mam-of-to Sofa went from GB

After giving birth to her children, Mam-of-to Emma Broadharst said she puts a lot of weight, “really unfit” and was sad.

She tried to return to activities she loved, such as swimming and cycling, but “will return to the old habits” because she tried to quarrel with her work and family life.

However, in May 2023, Mrs. Broadharst replaced things by entering a Triathalon and joining a local club, where she got support and inspiration to develop an exercise routine.

And, just two years later, Woltanton, 35 -year -old of Staffordshire, will represent the team GB at the European Triathlon Championship in Türkiye on Saturday.

Mrs. Broadharst will compete against 16 others at the Women’s Sprint Triathlon for the 35-39 age group, including 750 meters of swimming, 20k bike ride and 5K runs.

BBC Radio Stoke said, “I am excited, but I am a little nervous. It’s the highest level competition I have ever competed.”

Mrs. Broadharst started by entering the “Middle-Destance” 70.3 Triathlon, its name is coming for the Miles athlete cover, and the Newcastle (Staff) joined the Triathlon Club.

Training and competitions have been “more intense” in the last two years, which leads to training for two hours to 12 hours a week.

“I had a history where I will start doing something and then fall from the wagon,” she said. “I needed stability and it was the key.”

He did not look back after that first competition, entered a full Ironman competition the following year and during training for the Tat event, a Sprint finished second in a Sprint Triathlon in Cardiff in June 2024.

Those achievements have enabled him to qualify for the team GB in their age group at the World Triathalon Championships in Australia.

Saturday’s European program in Istanbul acts as a warm-up for those World Championships that occur in October.

Mrs. Broadharst said that when she thinks about Saturday’s competition, she was getting nervous, excited, apprehensive and “Edrenaline’s burst”.

“I’m really excited and really eager to go,” he said.

In her journey in the last two years, Mrs. Broadhast said that developing a strict routine was the key to fit.

“You have to determine your time around your work and family life and try to stick to it,” he said.

“If you have an accident, draw a line under it and settled the next day.”

Mrs. Broadharst said that she now talks about her efforts all the time, saying: “If I am not talking about Triathlon, it is my children and my dogs.”