It's been an interesting few weeks in life, work, and training - and I think this week things finally caught up with me. The last 7 days have been literally like running through treacle where energy and training has been concerned. I found a few days running I literally felt like I didn't want to... Continue Reading →
LCHF and Running – Update
I realise I haven't written again in a while. Life is so busy - I have been falling behind on a few things but I am trying to be more organised! I have had a lot of people asking about my Low Carb High Fat Lifestyle and how I am finding it as a runner... Continue Reading →
Treadmill Vs Running Outside
I have finally bitten the bullet today and rejoined a gym! I really thought I could get through winter and not have to do it but I had a bit of an experience a week or two ago that made me rethink. I was running around the lake near where I live at 6am and... Continue Reading →
Sometimes there are more important things than running!
I haven't written for a while as life outside of running for me has been a bit crazy. We've been flying around as a family trying to fit lots of things into our life, and as a result my son got a cold and I was feeling under the weather last week and at the... Continue Reading →
How to be a good running buddy
I was wondering what to write about in my latest blog post, and my running friend Sam and I were chatting about something on our 18k run at the weekend, and I decided I would write my post today about it - how to be a good running buddy. There are lots of posts out there about... Continue Reading →
Running in Brisbane and heat stroke
Hope you had a great weekend of running. I'm slowly building back up for the half marathon I have in a few weeks time. It feels so much harder than last year but I have to remember that I had an injury to recover from and it has been hotter which brings me to my... Continue Reading →
Running – loving it – struggling with it – getting back into it and so on
I feel like my journey with running consists of my going through an endless cycle of : loving it > struggling with it > picking myself back up and getting back into it > loving it ....and so on. There is often a sickness and an injury thrown in as an added spoke on the... Continue Reading →
A week of lots more running and finally some good news!
When I look back over the last week I can say it was a great week on many levels. Hip hip hooray! In a previous post I talked about how frustrated I was at sitting on the bench. I am pleased to say my hip is finally coming good and I ran 11k on Saturday, 4k... Continue Reading →
4 things to do when recovering from an injury
We are 12 days into 2016 and my year didn't really start as planned. I planned to kick start my training but instead ended up on the bench resting over Christmas and then running very short and slow runs last week as well as doing lots of physio exercises thanks to bursitis on my hip.... Continue Reading →