Dancing with excitement at running such a good time over 3km tonight!!! I did the same time trial one month ago and my time was 16:36, so definitely a big improvement today. Tonight was cold and wet and dark but training was great regardless.

Smashing PBs today: longest run, farthest run, fastest 10km (1:03). I ran the Capital City Trail with my friend Jo, and we refueled with poached eggs and smashed avo on wholegrain toast, and peppermint tea.

1. 8 minute moderate-fast run
2. 20 push ups, 20 tricep dips, 20 step ups
3. 6 minute moderate-fast run
4. 20 lunges, 20 calf raises
5. 6 minute moderate-fast run
6. 20 lunges, 20 calf raises
7. 5 minute mod-fast run
8. 20 skaters, 60 sec sumo wall sit
9. 3 minute mod-fast run
10. 10 burpees, 10 mountain climbers
11. 3 minute mod-fast run
12. 10 burpees, 10 mountain climbers

Totally exhausted!

I’ve just ordered a Polar S1 Foot Pod to go with my FT80 heart rate monitor. It’ll show me distance, pace and speed for my runs. Hopefully it’ll help me improve my speed. Yay!

I missed my weekly long (9km) run today. Woe. I want to make it up next week but I fear that if I repeat last week and train another five days in a row then I’ll feel like an incapacitated old woman for three days again. I think I’ll swap my Wednesday interval run for a long run, and do 20 minutes of hill repeats on Friday instead.

10km entered! Who could resist a run by the beach where there are no hills?

After working out pretty hard for five days in a row, I’ve never been more excited to have two rest days coming up! I feel like an old woman at the moment. A massage is definitely going to happen next week.

This was the kind of run that you hate from the start and you can’t wait to be finished. 12 min run, 16 min intervals (fast run 1’ and slow jog 1’ x8), 12 min run. According to my HRM I worked really hard, and now I’m feeling it!

First time at my new gym! Back and butt day.

• Wide grip lat pull down 18kg 3x10
• Bent over one-arm dumbbell row 5kg 3x10/arm
• Seated cable row 13kg 3x12
• Superman (opposite arm to leg) 3x10
• Dumbbell sumo squat 7kg 3x10
• Single leg glut bridge 3x10/leg
• Dumbbell lunge 4kg 2x10/leg (these hurt my knee too much)

• 15 mins stationary bike (level 5, RPM >90)

turned a little negative when I discovered that I’d stepped in dog poo while at training. My poor new Nikes! Effing gross! I train at a recreation reserve across from my apartment, and people think it’s a dog park (it’s not, it’s just leash-free) and they don’t pick up after their dogs. Wankers!

One of those awesome days where I eat lovely food and work out really hard. Satisfaction!

I’ve never done a before-and-after post, but I just found these old photos. I can see some differences now! Before: zero exercise, average eating. After: exercise 4x a week, training for a half marathon, clean and healthy eating 80% of the time.

My new playlist is amazing.

Gearing up for a run with some new motivation in the form of a running playlist.