Twilight Running – Week 13 of Maratraining
I’ve realised that I’m beginning to sound a bit like a broken record! Sore hip, lacking motivation yadayadayada. Sorry! It’s been a tough slog but I guess that is what marathon training is all about. If it were easy everyone would be doing it. This week the theme was similar. My hip is less sore (thankfully) but still giving me grief. My times are, for want of a better word, shit. As per usual, I persevered...
Biggest week yet – Week 12 of Maratraining
I’m going to try and keep it short and sweet this week. I had huge week and even bigger weekend which is why I didn’t quite get around to publishing my usual Sunday digest. This week of training was all about keeping focus and working through my hip injury. I popped ibuprofens like they were lollies, gave Mr Foam Roller a workout and had some therapeutic massage. I didn’t skip a km of training and I’m...
Pushing through the pain – Week 11 of Maratraining
This week went by in a hazy blur. My uncle was on my mind. It was hard not being able to be there to say our final goodbye. On the day of the funeral I took a day off from the corporate, bought some doughnuts and spent time with my mum and dad and remembered the good old days including how much of a sweet tooth my uncle was. It was also great to be home and not travelling for work. After a week of much needed rest, it was back to...
Heartbreak and Recovery – Week 10 of Maratraining
This week was a bit surreal. I was back at the corporate big top in Sydney from Monday through Thursday. The TRR coaches gave us the week off to recover from the Ross Half. I was a bit at a loss but honestly I needed the rest this week. Work was pretty full on and I put in some long hours. I’d get to the office before 8AM most days and left pretty late most nights and continued to work from my hotel. Not really loving...
Conquering the Ross Half – Week 9 of Maratraining
Well folks I have to say that his has been a tough week for me. I seriously lacked mojo and was battling some sort of illness all week. Life at the corporate was particularly draining this week. I’m still looking after my resigned colleague’s portfolio and have been doing a few late nights and generally feeling exhausted. I pushed through and stuck to the program despite the chorus of evil voices in my head telling...
Sunny Sydney Runs – Week 8 of Maratraining
Late afternoon last Friday I got some shocking news. One of my corporate colleagues rang to say she was leaving the cheesemine for good to study full-time. Her last day was Monday. I was gobsmacked and didn’t see it coming. I’m in a very small team so a loss of such an amazing team-mate was off the richter terrible news. My boss rang and asked me to pack my bags and head to the head office in Sydney for the week to...
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