Tuesday 20 November 2012

My journey - the start!

Ah so I finally decided to start my running blog!!!! Happy days. The aim of this is so that I can try and motivate and inspire all those who have helped me but also for me to look back and see how far I have come. So let's start this journey!

I don't like focusing on the negative so will only mention this once as its necessary to understand why I start my journey here now and today! I have been running on and off for a while. I ran my second marathon at the end of August and during the run pulled a hamstring which I thought I could ignore. Not so much as it has hurt everyday since! Having over trained for that (I became OBSESSED with my pace per mile and obsessed with getting it faster rather than enjoying my run) and then continued over training straight after the marathon I unfortunalty just over a month ago partially tore my achilles tendon, ignored it, went for a run and then sprained my ankle. Very silly mistake that was! So here I am today! I have taken a whole month off to recover from my injuries and also to get my head space back from the over training.

I have learnt that I need to be grateful for the things that my body can do and not beat myself up for the things that I can't do...yet, but work on these things! I have also learnt that we NEED rest days!!! Running for me is all about enjoying myself and being at one with the road, nature and myself. I can't run until January now and it is  hard but I am soooo GRATEFUL that I am able to go back to the gym and start cross training and doing other exercises. I have also learnt that you wont lose weight if you work out and then go home and pig out on pizza. It has taken this whole rest month to really realise that. Because I couldn't work out I had to eat super healthy, and despite the no exercise I still managed to lose 4lbs!

So today I am going back to the gym for my first legs bums and tums class, and then yoga class in over a month. I am ready and rearing to go with positivity ready to change and lose the last 10lbs!!! And I am excited for this journey, I am excited to be able to see myself get stronger and fitter again. I don't want to look at what I can't do as there isn't any point, rather I am focusing on what I can do. I am excited because I know what I need to do to be able to get to where I want, and I am excited because I know I can do it! So here we go! :)

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