May 2013
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April 2013
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I just realised...
Hey Erica, I’m gonna be in DC from May 15th - 21st, we should totally go for a run and breakfast! Coz I’ve been totally jealous of your DC tumblr meet ups!
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Four days of running in a row, that’s a record for 2013. They weren’t all great runs, but we did them and my hips are the better for them. I hope.
March 2013
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Watching little kids do triathlons is seriously the cutest thing ever.
February 2013
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Trihard, not to be confused with Twihard
The results are in - I’ve just done my first repeat event one year and some after starting Wellington on the Run, and even with a bung calf muscle I still pb’d my triathlon time by 5 minutes. 400m ocean swim and 12km bike, not a problem, I was actually passing people! But then the run happened, on uneven hillocky terrain, running on an already-stressed muscle, there was a lot of...
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Not only is toxic black mould bad for your health, it’s terrible for your training. It killed the back half of January and beginning of February for me!
January 2013
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Ahem ahem. I just ran a Personal Best Of All Time 5k. 35:23, bitches! Only one 30 second walk break in the middle, something I’ve never managed. That’s 1:37 better than last week, and 3:10 down on last season’s best. Fuck yeah!
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Swimming in a lane with someone doing fly counts towards ocean swim training, right? Sure were a hell of a lot of waves…
2.2k done in an hour, not my fastest, but then again the music wasn’t as motivating as last time.
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Thigh chafing is no laughing matter. Friends don’t let friends run in short shorts without A) body glide or B) skins underneath. No one wants to walk like a cowboy.
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Second swim of the year, this time with tunes. Damn it makes such a difference in my motivation to keep up a good pace! Something with a good bass line works well, coz that way you can still hear the beat even if the buds start falling out of your ear.
2.1 km in 48 mins
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I just bought girlie berry-flavoured protein powder from two of the most muscley men I’ve ever seen IRL. Seriously, their arms stuck out from their sides coz they had too much bulk.
December 2012
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Life after cycling a century
We may have taken 2+ weeks to recover/be lazy after riding Taupo. Then we realised we needed to get fit again, because *gasp* cycling alone won’t keep us in the condition to which we’d grown accustomed. So last night we laced up the running shoes and realised just how lax we’d gotten. And? This morning it actually felt good to wake up sore, to wake up feeling like I’d...
November 2012
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October 2012
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September 2012
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Haven’t kicked the malaise\cough bug from this weekend, therefore no training tonight. And we have an 80 km race this weekend. Fuck, I’m goin to the doctor and gettin me some drugs.
This weekend has gone to poo, but it may have been just what I needed. I’ve slept more than I’ve been awake, had a headache for 48 hours straight, and eating cereal seems to set my stomach into a tailspin and then my whole body goes with it.
No miles ridden, run or even walked in the lovely spring weather. I’ve been avoiding the light.
Next weekend is an 80km race, followed by...
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The Spin Nazi wins the title of Spin Instructor We Dislike The Least. Because who really actually likes someone who yells “come on, push it!” like a drill instructor at you?
She has the best music, the easiest clearest instructions to follow (who knew there were so many bad ways to say “crank up that resistance dial”?), and jabbers on the least. I really don’t want...
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And then magically at the end of the day I’m down 5 pounds to around where I was the other week. After dinner too.
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Weight is up, running is down, cycling miles are waaaay up, fruits and veggies were down, chocolate and cookies and bread have been sky-high and thus allthepounds are rushing back towards me.
But I say: Fear not, self! You know the answer to this tragic problem! Less chocolatey sweetie tasting things, no more bread (because that triggers my want of chocolate!) and way more running.
Good...
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Sleepin in compression tights. Might even wear them to work tomorrow.
Totally normal, right?
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Signs of Insanity
Thursday night - spin class
Friday night - a ride up Mt Vic and around the bays
Saturday morning - 8:30 am spin class
Now I’ve done allthecleaning and it’s still before noon. Now what do I do?
In other news, it’s gale-force winding here in Wellington, so bad that flights in and out have been cancelled and my house is shaking like a leaf. It’s a little unnerving.
