Went for a quick run - something I’ve not done in about a week or 2. Every time you take a break that long it feels like starting again. I couldn’t breathe at the end of it, and my chest hurt like a bitch… but I feel great and I bloody love it.
A blog, quite simply, about running.
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This is one of the reasons I love running. You don’t really need anything - just yourself.
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“If you run, you are a runner…” (John Bingham)
This is one of my favourite things about running - the complete lack of exclusivity. How can something so tailored to the individual dare to be exclusive?
Love you, my runner friends.
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My friend Ryan has started running.
I’m really still a beginner myself (learning every day!), but it’s so exciting to see him get excited about running. To hear him overcome the same hurdles I was experiencing just a few months ago. To be able to give him a little advice, and just generally talk running with him and encourage him.
Unfortunately, he lives in a different state to me, so I can’t go for a run with him or anything, but it’s so glorious to know that he’s out there, learning to love the road.
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furthest run ever. i’m on the green level now!!
it’s CRAZY how He made your body to be able to do this.last year at this time…i could only run 90 seconds.
nowww nachos, fajitas, ice cream and lying there… to celebrate!!
This is everything I hope to be saying, thinking and doing in about half a year’s time.
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The Wall.
Ok so I feel like I’ve been charging a bit too hard lately. Not sure if it’s just an overall lethargy from working it a bit harder these past 10 days, but I have been SO tired lately!
Case in point: today I went for a 9.7km run at 6am, worked from 8:30-12…and then got home, ate lunch & fell sleep until 6:30pm! I don’t even know why I’m so exhausted! I have a 26km run planned for tomorrow and I’m going to do it, don’t get me wrong…I’m just not looking forward to hitting the wall afterwards.I take all the multivitamins I need to, so I’m not iron deficient or B-vitamin deficient…or anything like that. I have a vegetarian based diet, but I really try to meet my protein needs with dairy products like cottage cheese, greek yoghurt, soy milk….ugh I don’t know what it is.
Any suggestions guys? Aside from overtraining, I can’t grasp what’s making me feel this lethargic. What do you do when you feel you’re pushing it to empty?
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Thought I’d add - I had my iron levels checked when I donated blood last week - they’re in the higher range - I take an iron supplement daily along with B-Complex, Fish Oil, Calcium & Vit D, and a general multi vitamin.
After & during my runs I usually drink 600mL to 1L of water (if I don’t, I notice it immediately and get that whole dehydration - exhaustion) but I don’t like Gatorade etc - too sugary. The only electrolyte drink I consume is low-sugar Coconut Water.
I definitely don’t train as hard as you do, but I very often hit that proverbial wall. I don’t 100% know why all the time, but having it happen to me this week (for about 5 days I just wanted to die, but now I’m fighting fit again) these are my suggestions.
Force yourself to eat a little bit more than you otherwise would, and make sure every single meal is bursting full of goodness. Don’t waste time or space on unhealthy snacks, and eat regularly. Seeing as though you’re vegetarian, protein is a little bit harder to come by, but for me it’s the kicker. Nuts (particularly almonds and cashews), beans, lentils, quinoa and chia seeds. Also Sustagen Sport has quite a bit of protein.
Time permitting, try sleeping when the sun goes down and waking up when it comes up. A night or two of that can do wonders. Try to avoid having coffee to perk you up, as it gets rid of the symptom (tiredness) it’s easy to ignore the cause. At least until you’re back to a more normal energy level.
Avoid screens for a while, and give your mind a rest. Mental exercise can physically exhaust you, and so can stress. Maybe spend a bit of time cleaning up a small section of the house/your room and just lie in it - clutter free and stress free. Also, get some sunshine.
Hope you feel better soon.
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I gotta say I envy those who are naturally predisposed toward being tiny and small….as I enter the 3rd proper day of trying to avoid anything that will make me maintain or gain weight (not succeeding today as well as I could’ve…damn the food at my sisters house -.-) I feel a bit jealous and angry. I know I shouldn’t. It’s no ones fault, we are all built differently, we all have different genetic makeup and we are all responsible for what we put into our systems. But at the same time, when I have to deprive myself of the things I know won’t help me drop this flab in order to be lighter and therefore faster, I get a bit annoyed.
I am not genetically predisposed toward being petite, thin or even remotely athletic looking. I’m not entirely sure what I’m meant to be like. My parents/grandparents weren’t into sport, my mother didn’t look after her health, in fact I’d say she had disordered eating, so she was thin, but she didn’t have a balanced diet.
I know that when I eat things like bread or pasta that I carry more weight. I wish it weren’t the case, but it is. Largely I’ve eaten a vegetarian diet for the past 4 years, and I don’t usually indulge that often. I’m not into junk food, take away or any of that…but I do eat a large volume of the foods I dub healthy. Which can be just as bad as eating junk. And so back to my original point - in order to be smaller it means I have to make sacrifices. And being only human, this pisses me off a little.
Don’t get the wrong idea…I don’t want to look emaciated/skinny or horribly thin. What once appealed to me no longer does. My desire to lose a few pounds stems from my desire to be faster…which unfortunately I know comes from being lighter. I’ve never seen a concurrently fast and chunky athlete…and so this has lead to my recent decision to really cut the bullshit, stop lying to myself, and get on top of my intake. I just wish sometimes it all happened a little easier though, because I wonder if my role-models have to work as hard, or if it just genetically happens to them.
Anybody else ever feel fed up with having to work harder than those with genetic advantages?
I’m predispositioned to be small and athletic, but I sometimes (not usually) get upset about a total lack of boobs/feminine figure/feeling mannish. I have rather broad shoulders and rather naturally muscular arms. Not to the point of really looking like a man, but sometimes it gets to me.
I guess we all want either what we don’t have, or what other people have. It’s also a bit different for me, because I run for the hell of it, and you run much more seriously than I do. But, I will say, just from what you post, you’re fantastic. And I love reading what you’ve got to say, and I find you entirely motivating. Whilst you might wish you had a body somewhat similar to mine, I wish I had your motivation, determination, strength and fitness. And, to be quite honest, I think those qualities trump physical disposition any day. Of course, though, if you have both it’s quite the killer combo.
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positivelyradiant-deactivated20 asked
Awesome blog! Thanks for the reblog, glad you enjoyed my writing!
Thank you so much! I really loved what you had to say. Really really. x
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I want to become a runner.
Except the only thing holding me back is the fact that I can’t run anymore. I used to run but now I have absolutely no endurance. Literally I can run for maybe 5 minutes and I already start to feel like I can’t breathe. I think it’s amazing how people can run such far distances and I’d love to have that ability. Do any runners out there have any suggestions for new runners?
Hey, five minutes is better than no minutes. When I started I literally would promise myself one minute of running - just one. If I could run one minute, then I was happy. Because next time I could maybe run a minute thirty, then two minutes, then more and more. And now I can run half an hour. I’m by no means a proper, or a great long distance runner, but coming from a place of, “I can’t do that”, to be able to run half an hour is somewhat amazing.
Start out really, really slow. So slow you think it’s stupid. Focus on breathing deep, keeping your head up and landing softly. And just enjoy it! No matter how far or fast or frequently you go, just enjoy it.
