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 …
When life throws you lemons, you make lemonade. Which is why there hasn’t been a check in since February. There has been running, and lots of it. My random foot issues resolved in time, and I only missed the first 2 weeks of my UTA training cycle. If you haven’t already done so, grab your …
I find that whenever October rolls around, the end of the year just flashes by way to fast. You see, from October my timeline looks like this: Are you tired yet? That, and throw in working full-time in retail. So that is why this month’s ultimate running date covers October & November. First up, what is …
When I started writing my race recap for Canberra, I came to the realisation that my training in the lead to the main event was just as important. It all started around October 2017, when I was gifted by a running friend the Compete Training Journal. Whether your next race is a 5K or an …
Last month I told you about my new headlamp the Led Lenser H8R. Let me just say that I am in love. I will do a proper review of it after the Canberra Running Festival. March was my peak training month, and there were runs where I thought “You want me to do that?”. Yes, …
You’ll need a headlamp these days if you want to come running with me. To fit in my runs, I’ve been waking up at 5:20 to get my sessions in before heading off to work (8 am starts). While I love my petzel, it’s more suited to urban areas. Which is why I have invested …
It may be the “off-season”, but that doesn’t mean complete rest. While I’m in the middle of my last training cycle for 2017, I’m also in the midst of planning my events for 2018, and goal setting. Goals don’t have to be set on the 1st of January. Goals should and can be set at …
When something is important to you, you find a way to do it. You make room in your schedule to complete it because it’s meaningful to you. You might have a goal, and you are determined to get to that goal. Along the way, you may get moments where you feel like it’s too hard, …
July was a massive month of running. August was also going to be big, but not as intense. First was my race at Peaks & Trails. This would be my last long run before Surf Coast Century. Being a race it also gives me a good indication of how things will go when race day …
For those of us that work full time, we all love our Friday’s. Friday’s mean it’s the end of the working week and we get the weekend off. My Friday’s happen to be a Thursday. As my working week is Sunday to Thursday. I still like my Friday’s though cause it means I get to …
