Hello hello hello!
Yup you guessed it! I lost my blogging mojo a little ways back and I am very very sorry to all of you that were reading my blog and finding inspiration in my efforts.
I am back and you will all be pleased to know I have not lost my running mojo! WOOHOO!
I have been running 2 to 3 times per week still and totally loving it. I love the sweat, the distance travelled in such a short time frame and how it keeps my body and mind happy and most importantly HEALTHY.
I won't bore you with every single run I have done but I will proudly tell you about my last run which impressed even myself. I started with one small goal in mind. To do the big bridges run that I have done twice before. Its not big to 'real' runners but for me its a pretty hearty run. A return trip from home, around the bridges and back is about 8kms.
So I set out to get that done and my head was messing with me the entire way. I was talking to myself the whole way because my brain would not switch off and just get the job done. My weaker self was whinging and whining about being puffed, tired, lethargic, ohhh we will just do half etc etc So I had to slap that self around a bit to get my goal done.
Now I know I sound like a crazy person but am I? Does anyone else have to have a chat to their weaker self on a bad day? You know that side of you that would cancel the entire run if given even the slightest opportunity of having a 'good excuse' like its too hot/cold, I am far too worn out or better still when you pretend your actually cancelling for the good of your own health.... 'I'm tired and don't want to get run down by running in this state' hahahahaha Gosh I hope I am not the only crazy woman that thinks these things!
Now when it comes to my actual weight loss I was doing tremendously well until my sons became sick and then I fell off the good eating band wagon. So although I have not put on any weight I also have not lost anymore. I feel disappointed that I have been wasting all this time when I could have been loosing more weight by simply eating correctly.
BUT! I am good to go again now and I am ohhhh so close to my goal weight! So with my holidays in mind ( and the new bikini I bought for an itsy bitsy sum of $6 on sale ) I will keep on keeping on until I hit that magic number which just so happens is the same as my year of birth 75 :)
Wish me luck and keep reading! I will be doing some running in Broome, WA soon if I can bare the mosquitos which seem to love my legs. OUCH! Maybe if I run fast enough they won't get me?
