With 2 runs under my belt this week of 2.3 and 2.0 kms respectively I knew this was going to be a bit of a slog.... but it's about testing the limits and reminding my body of what it is capable of and taking it back to where it has been before. I've beaten the couch demons by just getting the bib. Now it's about talking to the demons on my shoulder that tell me "your lungs are burning", "your calves are tight" and "your back is weak". It's about learning to beat those demons again and reminding myself that if I am not going to get an injury, why am I stopping?
I have to remind myself that it takes 3 kms for the tightness in my calves to disappear.
Today, I went out just after 9 am. This is late for me. But it was good as it reminded me how much I used to enjoy seeing my footpath fitness "friends" on the weekend. I even saw one of my clients who took great interest in my last marathon and said she was hoping to see me out there today. It was more motivation that it's a good thing- this running lark.
This week was also a focus on a shift in diet. Back to the lean meat and salad that dominated my world for endless months. And beetroot. It's the secret to endurance. Beetroot juice, baby beets. Google it. There is documented evidence. Diet shift is also about vitamins ( and lots of them- a pharmacy of supplements for muscles and bone), the berries, the chia seeds, the LSA powder.
Routine. It's important for everything. It's something I have to get back into now.
Fitness, friends, family, work and craft. It can all fit in.
So by the end of this week, I would like to be 6 km comfortable. There will be a focus on back muscles this week at the gym and once again a focus on the food. Tuesday and Sunday will be off kilter with buzz night and an afternoon on the visting cruise ship, the Solstice.
Final February Goal? 10 km fit.
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