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    The race on Wednesday night was the best mistake I have made in a long time

    I haven’t raced since late last year – I ran Tallinn Marathon and Ealing Half Marathon in September and Royal Parks Half…

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    Oh, hi. Long time no see. The weather got good! I’m out and about fitnessing when I’m not working or yelling at the kids…

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    #injuredrunner is FED UP

    I don’t have any running photos to post because guess what – I am still not running. I’m seriously fed up now and don’t…

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    If change is good then why do we freak out when our bodies change with time?

     

    Most of us recognise that change is good and means we are evolving and makes us better people in the long run.

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    Me and Instagram: it’s an on/off relationship

    I loved Instagram a lot for a long time. 7 months ago, however, we broke up.

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  • "Monday. Am I bovvered though?"
  • It's staying lighter for longer 🤗 My week 9/18 of marathon training started with an easy 8km right after work. Legs felt good. Digestion still hasn't fully recovered from the weekend but almost 🙈 • •
  • 🍩 Do or Donut 🍩 • • After 2.5 weeks of restricing my calories to be a bit lighter on marathon day, my brain totally short circuited this weekend & I gained back all the weight I lost. • • If you've never had to deal with disordered eating and/or binging, then it's hard to explain this to you. It's a bit of an out of body experience. I used to hate myself for being this way but right now I can say I regret nothing. None of the cake, ice cream, cereal, pasta I ate this weekend. • • I LOVE food. And I know that counting calories and eating bland stuff does my head in sooner or later, yet I went down this road again. Instead of listening to my body & making small changes... Instead of focusing on adding (adding veg, adding (tasty) protein), I focused on taking away. • • And something totally predictable happened. My body & my brain revolted. • • I'm going back to focusing on adding. And the fascinating thing is that I know I'm going to be able to stay away from sugar as long as I get enough calories from other things I enjoy eating. • • And I will just have to boss this marathon with the body I've got. 👊🏻 • • Disclaimer : No donuts were harmed in creating this post. I just took this photo this morning in my work cafeteria. We have amazing baked goods here but I don't actually eat any of them. I don't need to when I eat enough of the healthy stuff I enjoy. • • #liveandlearn #focusonadding #intuitiveeating #smallchanges #marathontraining #londonmarathon #marathonrunner #vlm2019 #londonmarathon2019 #donuts
  • The cumulative fatigue of Hansons' Marathon Method training is no joke. By Sunday's long run when I have to go a bit faster than my easy run pace, my legs are made of concrete. Flat roads are OK actually but whenever there's a hill or an incline - 😱🥵🦵🏻 • • The sun was out though & 18km is short for a long run 😀 I got back by lunchtime, ate a giant bowl of ravioli, had a 2-hr nap & after I hopefully manage to squeeze in some stretching today, week 8 of training is done. 73km total, a midweek 10km race PB & even though my eating has been atrocious for the past few days, I'm considering this week a success 👊🏻 • • #onetoughmotherrunner #marathonrunner #lovetorun #hansonsmarathonmethod #marathontraining #londonmarathon2019 #vlm2019 #cumulativefatigue #longrun #longrunsunday
  • The road to marathon is long but it's just one run at a time. • • I'm almost at the end of week 8 of 18 of training. 42 runs done, 60 to do. • • This might sound a lot but when you're training for a marathon it really is about the training journey. The 15-18 weeks will teach you a lot, will take you to a lot of different places physically & mentally. The actual marathon is just the cherry on the cake 🤪 • • I had a nice day 10km run today after a super fun Crossfit class. Tomorrow's long run is the last 16km one, after that they get a bit longer. • • #lovetorun #marathontraining #londonmarathon2019 #vlm2019 #hansonsmarathonmethod #marathonrunner #onetoughmotherrunner
  • Oh man. I'm tired. My legs are tied. My brain is tired. Lots of my colleagues had their last day today. Hashtag Brexit. • Marathon training plan said 6 x 800m & I did them but not very fast... • Now I just want to eat cake but there is none in the house. Hashtag PMS. • I'm just going to binge on Riverdale instead. And Cheerios. • •
  • Sunny day in Canary Wharf. 7 days of commuting to here left. By now I'm over agonising about this Brexit sh*t & say - let's bring on a few months of working from home, a summer in Amsterdam & then who knows what! 👊🏻 • • #changes #newthingsarehappening
  • Running fast is HARD! 🙈 • • I felt so good for the first 5km of last night's @runthroughuk 10km race in Olympic Park & then slowed down bit by bit after that & although I legged the last km, I'm annoyed I could not go faster for kms 7,8&9 🙈 • • But: 5km split time 22:34 10km finish time 45:17 (8 second PB! 🎉) 🥇in my V40 age category Overall feeling: Pretty darn good even though PBs are all about seconds & not minutes these days. Sub 45 minutes, I'm so coming for you though! Overall atmosphere: Always great at these races & especially good last night to catch up with my @ragnarrelayuk teammates @anna.the.runner , @fitcetera & @ianrunsldn 😀 • • Oh & swipe left for the Vday medal 💘 • • #lovetorun #runthroughuk #10kmrace #racephoto #instarunner #nightrace #personalbest #chasethemoon #marathontraining #vlm2019 #londonmarathon2019

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