Week 1
The night before…..Well, to be perfectly honest, I am excited, nervous, keen and a variety of other emotions all at once. I am super keen to get back into logging some long weeks, getting myself in some badass condition and really cleaning out my diet so I am burning optimal fuel to run fast and strong! I am stoked to be doing this journal and want it to be 100% honest so I am held accountable for all I am doing in my build up to the miler and also so hopefully you will be encouraged by my journey to create your own. I am committing 100% to the above goals with a big concentration on getting enough plant-based calories in. I truly believe this is the BEST way to eat. I KNOW it will get me in the best position for my assault on the 100mile race come September. Thanks for reading, enjoy and get running! Bring it on!26/5 – 10km – East on Diddillibah RoadFirst day! I started with a good little hit out, however through the day felt pretty tired. I think I might have been a bit low on carbs and am well aware that I need to keep these up. I didn’t have any coffee until the afternoon too so this may have contributed to my tiredness. Apart from this and a little dull ache in my foot all is good.27/5 – 15k – Parklands Bliss!I started today with a ripper smoothie…see below! Apart from that it was a really fun day at work, hilarious! I ate super well today and had heaps of energy. The highlight of the day was my run after work! A tough and fun hit out at Parklands on my own! Oh it is so so good! Makes me realise how much work I have to do too….good rocky climbs and descents, technical single track, rainforest, switchbacks. BE-AU-TI-FUL!!!Todays smoothie – Blend up – Four frozen bananas, 500ml of water, six medjool dates, a tablespoon of cacao and tablespoon 100% peanut butter.28/5 – 17km Hills, Flats, HillsHad a tired leg, but still solid run this morning. Backing up after yesterdays tough outing at Parklands was a little slugger on my ‘not used to big k’s at the moment’ legs. Super super early but I churned out the k’s in the dark. Really happy with my food intake today however could be running at a slight deficit. Work was really fun too as it is Origin day. All in all, a top, fun, positive day.29/5 – 13k ChaserI was pretty tired today. A combination of not much sleep and ramping up the k’s again caught up with me I think. In saying that though, I have no lacked any energy and still functioning strong. My run this morning went well however I felt queezy in the belly for some reason? A little odd. I kept plugging through though and finished with a decent run. I am really looking forward to the weekends outings at the Pinnicals and Cootha, gonna be epic fun! Overall a good day.30/5 – 10k Easy Leg TurnoverI don’t know why but today I felt flat. Just really drained all day. I think it was a combination of upping my k’s this week and not getting enough sleep over the last few days. Has been a tough day. Due to this fact I probably over ate a bit tonight….not anything super bad, just ate a bit too much. Super keen for tomorrows adventure and also Sunday being the start of Run For the Sun! For those of you who don’t know what this is, it is a fun thing my mate Coach Jeff Smith puts on where he encourages people to run every day in June. I am aiming to break the record this year and run 500km in June! Gonna be a challenge and a super fun month that’s for sure!31/5 – 35k Pinnicals and Mt CoothaHad a super nice morning with the girls while tegs went out and hit the trails with our good friend Katie. I then head to Brisbane and went for a big adventure with Jason, Meagan, Lori and Nat. We started with a loop of the Pinnicals which turned out to be about 18k. What a beautiful area. We then had some tucker and Lori, Nat and I went to Cootha. Another beautiful part of Brisbane I have never run! It was such a blessed, lovely day getting to know some new friends a little better, laughing and getting some good k’s in along the way. We finished by having a great little picnic at the lookout at Cootha with some beautiful food and relaxing! After my drive home and some food, all is gold! An amazing Saturday that is for sure!1/6 – 5k TreadmillWell today was an easy effort as I’m still fairly conscious of making sure my foot is all good. That being said, this week has still totalled 105km which I am wrapped with! Feels so good to be building the base again, feeling really fit already and enjoying my running. I am super keen to be ripping in for Run for the Sun and getting my fitness to a really high level for Flinders in 8 weeks! Bring it on! New week tomorrow with new focus. Building k’s even more and a real concentration on nutrition and getting some wholesome, clean fuel in my system. Exciting times ahead!