I Will Run, I Will Train, I Will Eat Clean!!!

These past couple of weeks I would say have been the hardest for me, trying to stay focused, trying to stay positive, while dealing with sore shins and a swollen ankle and not being able to run. I have be bad/naughty with my diet, and eating a little more rubbish than I would like, even though its only a little each day, but a little too much. So its time to get back on track and be accountable for what I am putting into my body.

Over the past couple of weeks I have added to my strength training equipment, I now have my 4 kg kettlebell, 4 kg dumbbell set and a step (step aerobics), which is the goal for tomorrow to use after going for a short 4.4km run.

I have 18 weeks until I run my next Half Marathon and do my longest open water swim (3.6km). I need to get my body and mind into the right place for this to happen and do keep my body from getting injured. I made the move this week to set my road bike and trainer (wind trainer) in at my Physio's rooms so I now have to make an appointment to go and use it, where if I left it at home, I wouldn't get on it and make every excuse not to. So yesterday I managed 20 minutes on the bike and yes there was definitely some sweat. Its felt good again to be on the bike and this time, now that I have the extra weight in my legs and body, it was great to be able to push hard even in that short amount of time. So the plan is to do a couple of sessions per week, to maintain some cycling as cross training and some extra cardio, plus the building to muscle in my legs which does help running.

 BOSTON STRONG!

Running the Boston Marathon is a long way from being a reality, but I need to refocus on the short term goals I have set, healing from my current injury, and still remember the long term goal, Boston! Its easy to loose sight on your long term goals if there are distractions in your life, we all have them, and some are good, others aren't as good as we would like. Its also a matter to making sure there are the moments of finding that quiet place where you can refocus and put into perspective things that are happening in your life and get back on track to your goals.

I like to call this the rebuild, where you have your foundation in place, you get slightly off track and you need to re lay the bricks of your goals so they lie a bit straighter on the pathway to your goal(s). Even if we have to lift a few bricks on the path to straighten it, that is fine and these will be needed, as no path is ever perfectly straight.

We need to find what truly matters and live life to the fullest. We don't know how long we have to lay our pathway to our goals, so one brick at a time...

Have a great weekend...Hayley xx