When you first start running, running for 30 seconds feels like a lifetime. Slowly over time, you build up your stamina and you find that you can run 30 minutes nonstop. Soon enough you’re running for an hour or even longer. Sort intervals can be taken for granted, but they are just as effective in …
It’s hard to imagine that in December 2021 we knocked down our tiny two-bedroom house to build our new home. All of 2022 was spent building. You can read about the beginning of our journey here – Building a Passive House and here Passive Skew update. While it would have been nice to have the …
What is a season of sacrifice? It’s a period of time in your life when you have to put something away in order to serve what is right in front of you. COVID unintentionally happened to be our season. In this season of sacrifice, we gave up a lot and made many changes to our …
Do you track your menstrual cycle along with your training? Regardless if you have a period, or take any form of conception like the pill, implant, or a Mirena. You should be tracking your symptoms with your training. Men’s hormones cycle reset every 24 hours. While for women, our hormone cycles reset on average every …
By Nina Kenwood Pages: 320Genre: Young Adult, New Adult, Rom-ComRating: ⭐⭐⭐¾ This book is a loaner from my sister, who I believe got it as a blind date book from the local bookstore. If I were to describe this book in three words it would be Melbourne, Questioner, First Love. That first love could also be, …
Love them or hate them, running hills is the only way to get better at hills. They also help you become stronger and faster. The thing to remember about running hills is that it’s not about pace but about effort. Running hills isn’t about an all-out effort. You’ll want your last repeat to similar to …
Each week, when I do my strength training sessions, I note down what exercises, reps, sets and weights I use. I like to keep track of my progress. This allows me to know when to increase my weights or reps, or change in exercise and sets. Regardless of what program I have done for strength …
When I first started running, I was very much into racing. Racing meant that I was always aiming for that personal best. It didn’t matter what distance either. From the 5k to the half marathon, I was racing every event. Don’t get me wrong. Racing has a place in the running world, whether you are …
Back in 2018, I wrote a blog post about Time Management Life Hacks. I still stand by these hacks. In five years, there are many other hacks or habits that I now do that set me up. And the future me always thanks me. These are my six life management hacks that help me to …
We all know that speedwork sessions are designed to make you a faster runner. There are days, however, especially after leg day at the gym, when these workouts are really hard. When I plan my workouts, my aim is to put easy runs on gym days and have quality sessions before a hard gym session. …
