Do you ever look at past events, and you can clearly see where you went wrong? If we only knew then what we know now. Making mistakes is a part of what makes us humans. As humans, we have the ability to change, to make a better version of ourselves. It means we can take […]
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Early in the year, I set a goal for myself to run a half marathon. After the success of Run for the kids in April, with the 5.2km dash, and then the success of running 11km at Run the Gap in Halls Gap, it feels like a given, then next step in my running journey
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Have you ever played dominoes? Then you know that when you stack dominoes, it only takes one domino to fall, to create a change of events. If it weren’t for a friend mentioning Turbofire in a post on a forum, I would have never found out about it. I would still be unhappy, miserable, and
My dad has always called me cebollita, which means little onion in Spanish. I’ve done blogging before but I figured I would give it another go. Why? Well for a lot of reasons. One of those reasons is my life is very different now than it was 1 year ago. If I can help just
Back in Horsham with the entire family to run the SAAC event. This week, saw the seniors (ok me), run 6.5km on a flat track (unheard of here in Stawell), while the sub-juniors ran 1km. Miles, at 3 decided he wanted to have a go. The sub-juniors got a lift out in the back of
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On the same day that I signed up for Run For the kids (back in February), I signed up for a local event Run The Gap, in Halls Gap. Initially, I signed up for the 6km event but decided to change it to the 11km distance, in preparation for running my first Half Marathon at
Every parent wants their kid to take on one of their interests. So I was happy when Kayla said she wanted to give a SAAC event a go. It’s strange because I would have never thought that I would call myself a runner. My mum is a runner, and I use to run cross country
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I’ve always loved swimming. When I was 7 I was shocked to get a trophy for “most improved” swimmer. I still have this trophy as a reminder of what you can do. With swimming in my veins and a love of running, I thought, that maybe one day I could try a triathlon. I mean,
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From October 2011 – My Fitness Pal Busy I get it we are all busy. But you know what I’m sick of unhealthy/overweight people saying that they are busy when in actual fact they are not. They use busy as an excuse not to exercise. I should know, I have used the excuse. I don’t
Originally from August 2011 – My Fitness Pal I’m not a runner I use to be a runner back in high school (many moons ago). In fact, I use to do a lot of cross country running. It was hard work, let me tell you. I gave it up because I just didn’t like it.
