Today I ran 1.54km. That needs an explanation, right? Well – for a week my left knee has felt a bit funny. Not when walking or running, but painful when sitting cross-legged or kneeling. Having little kids means I’m constantly down at their level in either of these positions and at first it was just [...]
Another Sunday, another 10km race. This time it was a bit closer to home and it wasn’t freezing. I ran for about 5 minutes beforehand hoping that a warm up would mean I wouldn’t hate the first 5km as much as I did last time. I knew that the first 2km would be mostly uphill [...]
I used to be a Diet Coke addict. It was at least two-a-day habit that started in college in the US and lasted well over a decade. Now I haven’t touched that stuff for a couple of years. I never thought “from now on I’m giving up Diet Coke”, I just gradually stopped drinking it [...]
After running my first marathon in April this year I started thinking about running technique, mainly because I want to be running until I’m 100 and I want to do it without getting injured. I had a long session at Vivobarefoot running clinic and after that went on a few runs where I concentrated on [...]
I mentioned a while ago that I was going to take part in Juneathon – running every day in June. Well – as you can see from the lack of Juneathon posts, that hasn’t been happening. With the renovation going on, I just cannot bugger off every day for a run when there are a [...]
How many times have you heard people say “I can’t run. I know I can’t. I ran after my dog / child / the bus the other day and almost died.” ? I hear it all the time. All.The.Time. And all the time I say “You ran too fast. If you want to start running, [...]
Once in a while it’s normal… …to have bad days. …to be exhausted by your kids. …to have disagreements with friends or family members. …to have ‘fat days’ when you just don’t feel comfortable in your own skin. …to not want to run. …to feel tired at the end of busy days. …to be sick [...]
This morning I did my 3rd athlete level testing at CrossFit. They are done at the end of every month to test how you’re going and whether you can move up from being a Beginner to Intermediate to Advanced. To pass, you have to succeed in all but one element PLUS the workout at the [...]
I took two rest days last week but didn’t actually 100% rest on either days. On Monday I was being spontaneous and had a 45 minute core yoga class. It was enjoyable enough even though I find yoga soooooo slow now (I used to do it on and off for many years in Oz) AND [...]
I tried to have non sweet breakfasts last week (this is why) but after a few days I really couldn’t stomach eggs first thing in the morning anymore. I eat a lot of eggs in general but life gets all the fun taken out of it when my breakfast doesn’t have a bit of sweetness [...]
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