Week 12

11/8 – 15k Bike commute to work.Had a nice morning relaxing and taking it easy before heading to work on my single speed. I am going to try and ride when I can as it is some good cross training, good for the environment and just good in general! Work was nice and I am getting organised and excited for my blender demo on Saturday. It should be a fair bit of fun and I am looking forward to it. Good times. I have eaten really good today and feel primed ready for a run back tomorrow. Hope my knee/leg keeps improving as it has been. Overall, a fun day.12/8 – 10k Up the old hill. 53min 44sec. 162m gain.Went for a nice run out today. Made sure I concentrated on nice short gait and went pretty good accept my leg was a bit jacked up going down hill. That’s the main concern. See how things pan out……I did book in to the physio but just gonna see how the leg goes. I had a super fun day at work and did some cool promo for my blender promo on Saturday. Mum also arrived this arvo and stayed the night so that was nice to catch up with her and kick back and relax. Overall a good day, good food and good fun! Keen to hit some trails tomorrow….13/8 – 10.1k Beautiful Parklands jaunt. 1hr 3min 14sec. 219m gain.Such a beautiful afternoon out at Parklands. That seriously is my favourite place to train! The weather was great, I got some decent climbing and decending in and the leg was great apart from about the last 500m, I didn’t even feel it. Hopefully this is a sign that the rolling and self treatment is working. Appart from a stella run in the arvo, work was great and we had a super awesome night dinner with Jacob and Lorae….with Jason and Amy dropping in also. We had some good laughs, great food and hang outs. It has been a real blessing to meet these guys here. Beautiful, fun, adventurous souls. Ripper!14/8 – 7.1k Fartleks. 36min 5sec. 57m gain.Was fun to get some speed in the wheels today. Started and ended with 1k easy then got into it! Didn’t really stick to a ridged schedule of time on/time off during my fartleks, just was pretty organic with it and let it happen. Was a good morning out! The back of my knee was a little sore but not too bad. I think this might have just been because of the extra speed. Well Im hoping so anyway!I felt pretty flat at work through the day but battled on and still had a fun day. It was a rainy, snuggly arvo so there was plenty of relaxing and some TV series being watched. A pretty cool day!15/8 – 5.1k Easy outing. 27min 51sec. 37m gain.Oh man, today was dusty! My guts was churning all day and there were many trips to the loo! Ugh! I got some ginger into me early in the day and kombucha into me in the arvo which I hope will help….. Hopefully I wake up in the morning feeling better ready for my long run. I took it nice and easy on my run today and was nice to do an easy outing before my first long run back tomorrow in a while. I am so so over getting sick. Up until a couple of months ago I hadn’t really been sick in ages so I don’t know what is going on? Perseverance is the key!16/8 – 40.1k Tour of Buderim, Marrochydore and Mooloolabah. 3hr46min 27sec. 536m gain.Well I woke up at 3:10am today to get my long run in before heading into work to do a demo of the Froothie Blenders that I sell. I was scheduled to do 48k however it was always going to be a ‘head out and see what happens’ affair due to my leg issues and my stomach issues from yesterday. I got a few k’s in and didn’t think my belly was going to cooperate but funnily enough, once I had a Gu gel and a Clif Bar a bit further on, it come ok. I had a really enjoyable outing and did a rad tour of the area around us (see my Strava account linked on my site if your interested.) I got some good climbing in, pretty easy pace and surprised I still averaged 5min 39sec per k with the climbing and mellow feel. My leg started to play up a little around 30k but I just took it easy and decided to try and knock out 40k and see how it went. I finished a little tired due to not doing any long runs for a while, and the leg was a little fluidy but apart from that, I am really happy with the run. After some breaky and time with the crew, I headed down to work to do the demo for the Froothie Blenders that I distribute/sell. It was a really fun couple of hours and I enjoyed chatting to people and hanging out. The afternoon was pretty relaxed before I head to Taps Bar for a little work get together. Oh man, I felt so out of place! This is SO not my scene and hasn’t been for a long time. Whilst it was good to kick back for a bit with the crew, I don’t think Ill be hanging out at the pub again for a while! HA! A top day.17/8 – 15k Parklands fun. 1hr 39min 35sec. 330m gain.This morning I head out to Parklands and had organised to meet Jason, Rod who crewed me for Coast 2 Kosci and new friend, 15year old running feign Jack. It was a bit drizzly when we started but cleared up for a nice morning on the trails. Although I didn’t do my scheduled run again (24k) I was really happy with how it went and my weekends adventures. My leg has been a concern and was a little sore after yesterdays long run but today it got no worse as the run went on and I was glad I had the sense to stop when I did and not push it. Providing I can get to the start of the miler un-injured, anything can happen. Overall, this weekend has been a really great mental builder and one that I really needed for the positivity! Good times!The rest of the day was great, going to church, havin a relax and then heading to the beach for a chill out. I also got word that an interview I did go posted today, so if your keen to check it out go to http://afairwithlife.com.au/the-tattoo-runner/So, overall this week has been a little challenging with a crook belly and this niggling leg injury but the back half of the week has been super positive and encouraging. Although my milage hasn’t been near what I would like to be doing it is just good to be back running and following a new fun program. Here’s to another fun week ahead!Weeks Total – 87.4km. 8hr 26min. 1336m gain.