What's going on, Tori??

Well I haven't posted in over a month. Almost two months!

I have continued running, the problem is that I've had some health issues along the way. 

I rolled my ankle. Twice in one week, in fact. That was fun. NOT.

Then my appendix exploded. That was really fun. NOT NOT NOT.

So I'm on the countdown to recovery. I'm going to start running again tomorrow morning, two weeks post-op, and do a really easy one, just to get myself moving again. I can't keep sitting around.

THE GOOD NEWS?? I've been watching my eating really tightly and I'm down to 82.1kg! GO ME.

Week 7

Next week I will be able to say I've been running for two months! That's pretty exciting!

5km again this morning. Like when I started running, my body is kicking up a stink at the extra mileage but we need to do this. So to avoid injury I have been hearing some key areas 20 mins before I leave and icing the same areas when I get back.

Key areas are:

Lower back

Hammies

Ankles

At night sometimes I heat my neck before bed because I've always had spinal issues there, but it's crazy.... Most of that has gone away!

Time: 43:43 mins

Progress?

When I couldn't run 5KM:

Regularly running 5KM

I can't see a huge improvement yet... But there are subtle differences:

Muscle-wise, I've toned up quite a bit but the weight loss hasn't blown me away.

I have put it down to the fact that you can't outrun a bad diet and have started eating accordingly. This week I have lost 1 kg (yes ... The one I originally lost and put back on... It's gone AGAIN) and hopefully more will drop off next week. I need to stick with the diet of lean foods and no sugar.

The End of Week 6

Hi all! On Friday I ran 5km in the morning (TERRIBLE timing, but at least I got to the end) because my PT said that it is time for me to amp up the distance I was running, especially if I'm aiming for 12km at the City to Bay.

So I've run a 5km course twice this week, and TODAY, I beat my personal best!

5km, Time 42:44 mins, average pace 8:31/km

Im feeling pretty confident that I will be under 40mins and heading down to 30mins per 5km in no time! Peace out, stay excellent.

Week 6 so far

So this is what happens after a long weekend of terrible eating and minimal exercise... Maybe I took on too much by extending my track? I will try my old track tomorrow and see how I go.

I am sweating like a pig!

Week 5... Mission: Complete

I wrote a whole big post about how I upped my track to 3km (as apparently I should be running 5 now) and how my average pace was 8:49/km but the stupid phone deleted it! Grrrrr

Anyway, week 5 is done. Unsure on the weekend 5km as I have some friends coming to stay with us but we will see!

Week 5 so far

Going well!

I'm paying attention to my pace and trying to figure out what a 9:00 pace feels like so I can always try to go a little bit faster than it and gradually lower my time.

Today I managed to run mostly at 8:32 perkm but because of my cool down walk at the end it averaged out at 8:55. I'm running 2.5km in under 25mins though ... The goal is to be able to do it under 20mins, then 15mins.