When I was fat, I pretty much got rid of all my thin clothes. The reason I didn’t keep any was that I got pregnant, and I was no longer working, so didn’t really see the need to keep any or my work/thin clothes. So I got rid of them. I honestly didn’t see the point of holding […]
(High Five Friday, before it was cool) It’s been a bit of a topsy turvy week for me. I guess what threw the scales off balance was having the SAAC club run on a Sunday. See I do my long runs on a Monday. But because I had an 8km on Sunday, I didn’t exactly
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No one likes doing boring things. So while some people think doing croquet is fun, others would rather watch grass grow. As a mum, you encourage your kids to have activities outside of school. Miss K loves ballet, she is very much a girly girl. She also does running with the SAAC running club but
Part 5 of What I’ve Learnt Dear Shoes (aka Asic Kayano’s), Can you please stop giving me blisters? My poor feet are not liking it. No really shoes, I don’t understand why you are doing this to me, and why now? When I got fitted for you, you were great. Compared to my old Shoes,
For some people the Marathon distance of 42.2km | 26.2mi is a goal that they want to achieve. For others it’s a progression of achieving another distance. When I first started running I thought 5km was far enough, let alone 42.2km. But as I ran more and more, I could see why people liked going
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Part 4 of What I’ve learnt No matter how long you have been on your journey for, there will come a time when you will: Want to help others Others will ask help from you The problem? Some people will genuinely want your help and will put in the hard yards, and others will want
Part 3 of What I’ve Learnt Who exactly are you doing this for? If the answer to that question is anything other than yourself, I can let you know now that you are just setting yourself up to fail. Why? For the simple fact it needs to be you who wants to do this, and
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Part 2 of What I’ve Learnt Diet. I hate that word. Diet. It’s Die with a T. Seriously. Doesn’t it just want you to throw in the towel? There are so many diets out there, that hell, of course it’s going to be overwhelming and confusing. Needless to say, the food that you put into
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So I figured it would be a good time to reflect on my journey. My journey hasn’t ended, but reflecting back makes me realise how far I’ve come and how much I have achieved. The other reason is that I thought that it would be a good idea to do this post so others who
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While cruising the many running blogs found via Running Bloggers I came across this nifty running survey called Would You Rather on the Olive to Run Blog (and I must say great play on words for the blog title, thumbs up on that one).So I thought I would play along and participate in the survey too. Sometimes it’s
