Welcome to my blog!

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Hello and welcome to TriathLot, a new blog that will follow the latest news from the triathlon world, alongside updates from my very own triathlon journey. 

For those of you who don't know me my name is Charlotte, but to my family and friends I’m known as Lot, hence the blog name! I’m 20 years old and currently studying Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh, don’t ask, just google… In short it’s the scientific study of language, that’s enough for now. I hope that this blog will provide me with the perfect platform to combine two of the things that I enjoy the most, triathlon and writing. After I (hopefully, cross your fingers, potentially) graduate from Edinburgh, I hope to embark on a career in journalism, however that’s not something that is going to happen over night. So here I am, behind a laptop, as I endeavour to build a portfolio of writing that is to my name. Yes, this is definitely scary as I am sure many of the people who will initially read this will be my close family and friends, but we all have to start somewhere. I shall aim to post at least once a week, however over the next few weeks I am sure my posts will be more frequent as we all have a little extra time on our hands. 

Over the next few days I will be posting a longer introduction to myself and my triathlon adventures so far. Keep an eye out for this next blog post, I am planning to reveal a big secret...
Please adhere to the exercise restrictions that are currently in place. Many of you reading this will be fellow sports lovers, potentially a bit of a sports addict like myself. However we must remember, there will be another triathlon season, another race, another chance to train and shine! Instead you could keep yourself busy with a little light reading, maybe a few blog posts :) Feel free to leave a comment and suggest any future blog topics that you would like me to write about. In the meantime, stay home and stay safe! 

Speak soon, 

Lot x

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