Week 3...

9/6 – 12k Quick legs. 1hr 3min 12sec. 186m elevationI have felt awesome today! This mornings run I felt a little tired still from the weekend but seemed like my legs turned over pretty good, I was pleasantly surprised when I got home to see my average pace was 5:16 with a few good hills in there. I had a really awesome day too being a public holiday. We went to the park and caught up with Mandy and Josh. Pria and I then watched Despicable Me 2. It has been really cute hanging out and snuggling with her on the couch the last couple of days watching movies. This arvo we went to the park again and just hung out with Jason and Anna. All in all, it was a great day and I was so stoked! Keep this goin boy!10/6 – 20k Feelin’ terrible! 1hr 47min 32sec. 403m gain.Well, often people ask me how I stay motivated, do I ever feel like not training, do I ever struggle etc. Well today, all day, apart from a little in the morning, I felt TERRIBLE! No motivation, didn’t want to run, just felt blah! For no real reason….just felt that way! I had the morning off and read and enjoyed myself but as the day went on, I felt stink! I didn’t NOT want to train and the thought of the route I had planned (quite hilly) did not appeal to me. I was considering bailing on my run all together however didn’t want to get behind on my Run For The Sun goals (or the bigger picture of GH100). So, when I knocked off work, I forced myself to do my run and see how I went. I was kilometre watching, which I never do, but as the run went on, and after about 13-14k I started to feel a fair bit better and the pep came back in my legs. Throughout the run I didn’t my best to be thankful I was able to be out there when others couldn’t or wouldn’t. I finished quite strong and even though it was not a crowning glory, still happy I got the k’s in. It will be interesting to see how things back up in the morning! Sometimes it is a matter of making ourselves do the things we know we should, even when everything around and in us doesn’t want to! This one will be remembered!11/6 – 17k Bounce Back! 1hr 31min 59sec. 162m gain.What a difference 10hours can make! Ha! After yesterdays run, I felt so terrible, I was worried about how this mornings efforts might go. Well, I kept it a little flatter but felt awesome! The legs were peppy, finished strong and had no real drama. The rest of the day I also felt really on top of things. I didn’t really struggle, I kept buzy and enjoyed the day. Tegs has been pretty unwell today so I was kept extra buzy with the girls. All in all, a really fun, exciting day.12/6 – 20k Easy Outing. 1hr 48min 47sec. 230m gain.This mornings run was cold with sideways rain about half way through for the rest of the run! Hectic! It was cold, but I stuck true to my 13deg rule regarding my shirt! May have regretted that today! Ha! Todays run was so easy. I really feel like my fitness is improving day after day and I am loving racking up the k’s again! Today was the first day in a while that I ate too much though. I have been making some really good decisions lately with my food intake and not putting myself under any pressure. I have learnt from today and getting right back on track tomorrow. I need to continue to make conscious decisions every moment that contribute toward my goal of running fast and being as lean as I can. I want to keep eliminating the processed food from my diet (although its not a lot) and constantly improving what I eat day after day. Today was a good learning experience and I really feel like I am making some good steps forward in my health.13/6 – 10k Sick. 55min 41sec. 150m gain.Todays run was terrible. I felt sick as soon as I woke up and shouldn’t have even gone……but I did and had to take it so easy as I thought I was gonna be sick the whole way through. Went to work and only lasted two and a half hours before having to come home being super sick. Slept for four hours and just took it super easy the rest of the day. We had our good friends Matt and Kristy and Brett and Jess come visit and we had a good night but still felt completely off. This is going to throw a spanner in the works for my Run for the Sun goals….14/6 – 2k Tready. 19min 30sec. (1k ‘run’ 1k walk)Today I was basically wiped out all day! It took every ounce of energy just to get off the couch to do anything! My belly has been so so bad! I had to get my effort in for Run for the Sun though and as horrible as I felt, I did 1k run and 1k walk on the treadmill. I hope today is the worst of it cause I am still feeling super dusty and need to get back running! I hate being sick nearly as much as I hate injury. It made it especially hard as our friends are here and they have all been out having fun while Ive been home resting. Shame.15/6 – 2k Tready. 13min.I had a general recovery day today. Although I was feeling a fair bit better, I had barely eaten in the last two days so needed some time to recover and re-fuel. It sure was nice to start feeling a little better though after the last two days! My k’s have suffered over the weekend but I am firing and ready to go for next week though. I am still aiming to run 500k for the month of June so I got to get a wriggle on! Heres to some super running for the next couple of weeks.Week Total – 83.1km. 7hr 39min. 1130m gain.