February 2012
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Belief xxx
My girl, Christiana, with an update of her Half-Mara training. She is the definition of FABULOUS.
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Happy Pancake Day!
Can I give up running for Lent?
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I'll Never Forget You.
Where did we leave off?
My last post-run running-post was Wednesday? Seems ages ago. Sorry for the neglect, been a little busy, you know?
Just to fill you in, I was planning a Totally OSSUM Training Week. I had taken the week off from work and I was going to flat-hunt, view properties and run and train and be healthy and happy. Mission: FAILED.
I didn’t go to Bootcamp this week...
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Charlie Dark with some OSSUM tips:
rundemcrew2:
Successful running is about confidence, the more confident you feel the further and faster you can go knowing that whatever the road throws up at you you will be ready.
Here are my top five tips for this week to help you nail that goal.
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Looking forward to putting these to practice this Sunday. RUN RUN RUN! ^__^
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Hey Ladies: Gyakusou Womens Spring Summer 2012
rundemcrew2:
I AM SO FRIGGIN EXCITED FOR THIS! YOU HAVE NO IDEA. It’s about time this collab developed a line for women. I’m just happy I now actually ‘run’ to be able to fully enjoy the brilliant design and technicality of each garment when I get some.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU NIKE x GYAKUSOU! <3
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And then there were two...
For years now, I’ve joked about my singular ab. I’m a slim jim, partly thanks to an Azn frame (no hips, sob sob sob), but by no means toned. Where body fat collates and sits, there it sits on me. I’m a woman who likes to eat cake and drink copious amounts of tea, of course my stomach isn’t flat! But who gives a crap when you can craftily disguise your permanent “food...
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tired of situps? here are a few ideas...
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Wonky hinges.
I ran again this evening (sound the trumpets, YAY!). I was supposed to run last night and never got round to it (oh, anticlimax). Familiar story, huh?
I’ve had distraction after distraction this year so far. I need a holiday. In fact, I took a holiday from work this week to focus on house-hunting (I need to move in March), but I can’t find a house. I’m spending around 8 hours a...
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WAAAAAAH!
MY KNEE HURTS!
Trying to find a comfortable position to sit in while I work. No luck.
I don’t want to put ice on it because ice is COLD and I don’t like cold things. Not even ice cream, before you ask.
Am I allowed to put something warm on it? I feel like that will make it feel better, but is that going to make it worse?
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Post-run knee assessment.
Today I did a 3.something mile run. I wasn’t sure how long I was going to last so I started off with no particular route in mind. About a mile into it I had already slowed down to walk but I had decided I was going to run a big loop and end up at the gym where my brother was training.
It was a pretty boring run actually, and other than a dry heave early on, I have nothing to report. One...
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In which we talk about feet...
Ok, so I’ve been a little busy. Kinda says a lot when you’re in your twenties and you find yourself at your mum’s house on a Saturday night blitzing through your to-do list. Tres glam, I know.
Anyway, I haven’t run at all this week (bar today for a minute on a treadmill in the Women’s Running department at Niketown London). I did go to Bootcamp on Wednesday though. I...
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I need to run.
:(
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Last week feels about a month ago...
So much is happening in a short space of time and things are moving so fast. This isn’t necessarily a good or bad thing, although The Oracle (Drake, HA!) does say that “working with the negatives can make for better pictures” (valuable lesson there, kids). I want to say I haven’t had time to run and train, but that’s not the only reason. Recently motivation to do this...
I would just like to enquire...
On a scale of 1 to stupid, how much of a good idea is it to go out for a run in this snow?
(Not that I’m looking for an excuse).
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January 2012
36 posts
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Theme for today's post: Fabulous.
This week has been both fab and crap all in one. It’s been crapulous. According to my training plan, I’ve pretty much fallen off the chart, which hasn’t really done much for my motivation. Whatever though, it’s my birthday week, and that is a FABULOUS excuse.
Where did I last leave off? I think it was Wednesday (CBA to check - whatever, birthday week), when I didn’t...
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Pre-run
I’m really nervous. I have to crack 5 miles this evening.
I’ve had enough sleep, I had a coffee after my lunch earlier, it’s been at least 2 hours since I last ate.
But it’s really cold outside, it’s been raining on and off all afternoon, I haven’t done much training this week and ummmm… It’s cold. Wait, I said that…
On another note though,...
GAAAAHHHH!
WHY IS IT RAINING SO HARD?!
I NEED TO GO OUT AND RUN!
IT’S TOO COLD FOR RUNNING IN RAIN!
I AM NOT THAT MOTIVATED!
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Be Pretty on Rest Days
I so fully endorse this! Motivation at it’s finest…
spikesandheels:
It’s time for a fitness revolution. It’s time for women who train for the love of it. Time to get the focus off calorie counting and scales. Time to focus on how exercise makes us feel. Time to focus on being focused, determined, driven, goal oriented badasses who will race you to the bus stop and get in a lunch...
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The New Regime.
I will use (and ignore) any tactic to get me motivated enough to get up and out of bed in the mornings. If I could choose anywhere to waste hours away it would be my bed (I have The World’s Best Duvet Ever) or the shower (I really love showers, you know?).
This morning was no exception. I have a really long day today so I mentally structured the early part of my day to make sure I...
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Ouch.
My legs have been aching for three weeks now. Every day.
Sometimes they hurt when I move and sometimes my muscles are so tender I feel pain no matter what position I’m sitting/standing/walking/lying in. I have at least four muscle groups in various degrees of pain just because I tried to do some press ups last Friday.
It’s just occurred to me that I’m probably going to be...
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Mumma Runner →
You may already know this, but Bangs and a Bun is one hell of a woman. She is mentoring me through this training and she posted this after our run last Sunday. I just realised that the comments are addressed to me and started smiling.
THANKS GUYZ! ^___^
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3.93miles
See, now, as I’m typing this, I’m wishing I had run that little bit extra to at least make it 4 whole miles. That vacant 0.07 miles is annoying me. Excuse me while I just run up and down the stairs for a while…
… Back.
This morning’s run was quite good. I’m still finding it hard to keep going and not stop, but I did alright considering I haven’t ran...
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Sleep deprivation.
I am 100000% too tired to run this morning but I haven’t ran at all this week so I need to get out and run.
My thighs, arms and chest are aching from Bootcamp on Friday (they made us do PRESS UPS!) so this run is pretty much guaranteed to be painful.
Here goes…
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No miles clocked.
Guess who’s been slacking off this week? Oh… You don’t look very impressed. Hmmm.
I was supposed to run on Tuesday. Oops. Instead I went to the Nike Make It Count campaign exhibition at 1948 (I feel really strongly about this campaign - I think it’s really powerful). So I think because I went to a sport-influenced exhibition, I can let myself off. No? That excuse...
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Monday. Stretch and strengthen.
So today’s plan to get to a yoga class failed. My fault. Lack of planning.
However, to make up for it, I just did 50 crunches. Without stopping.
That’s enough, huh?
(Let’s not mention that I’m now in bed eating chicken wings and waffles, watching House).
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Four-Miler to Mile End.
So… Guess who ran their first four miler today? Guess! GUESS!
Dahahahahaaa! That’s right, I did. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t this energetic immediately post-run. In fact I didn’t even manage a victory dance of any sort. I just kind of glared at Bangs for making me run an extra half a block to get back to the start point.
On Friday, after Boot Camp 1.2 (week 1, session 2), Bangs offered to run...
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Rest day.
Totally sucks having to work on your rest day. Especially when there is an emergency evacuation and it’s only 2 degrees outside.
I feel alright though. My thighs aren’t aching as much and my glutes are ok except for when I’m walking up and down stairs.
I’m having an early night and I’m going for a run tomorrow morning. Then I’m going to go to my parents’...
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Alarm clock.
Yesterday, having set my alarm for 6am to get to the gym in time for Boot Camp, I thought I’d give myself a lie in this morning. I set my alarm for 8 with the plan to run early and have enough time to eat, wash my hair and get ready for work at a leisurely pace.
Alarm went off at 8am.
I pressed SNOOZE every 9 minutes until after 10am. Whatever.
I didn’t go back to sleep, but I...
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Horizontal.
I feel as though I should get an award for waking up so early and going to Boot Camp on my day off but no one’s here to present a huge solid gold trophy to me and I haven’t actually written an acceptance speech yet.
Making the most of my day off though as I’m back in bed, lying down under the covers, watching Pocahontas, trying to drink my tea without spilling it all over...
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Concrete.
I’m on my way to Boot Camp. It’s 7 something in the morning and I’m not entirely awake. I’m way more tired than I was on Wednesday, so I reckon it’s going to be a struggle. I spent the whole of yesterday and so far this morning feeling like concrete has been injected into my thighs and the cheeks of my derrière.
I’m dreading this morning’s training...
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Compression heaven.
I think the only reason I can stand up and balance my whole body weight on my two legs without my knees buckling, causing the floor to come rushing up to smack me in the face, is because of these marvellous compression tights. I’ve been wearing them all day and they’ve been holding me together, physically and emotionally.
I’m kind of scared to find out what happens when I take...