A run in the sun
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The weather forecast for the weekend was for sun! Guess what, it rained most of Saturday and was raining when I went to bed last night. However, when I got up this morning the sky was clear and it promised to be a beautiful day.
I’m on a recovery week so I’ve been doing about half the mileage I would normally do but there was no way I was only going to do just 10K this morning! It was just too lovely. I decided to do the Tamaki Drive route along the coast and it was glorious.
The only negative of the run was that it took me quite a while to get into the groove of things. I think it was because my ipod wiped itself somehow and I had no music or podcast to listen to. After a while I forgot about that and just enjoyed the ambiance of nature and all the people out jogging, walking and cycling.
Actually, there was one other negative in this run. As I turned on to Tamaki Drive a guy running with a big poodle ran by and I set out to catch and pass him. 4 km later I was still about 10 metres behind him and I only managed to pass him because the poodle stopped to empty his bowels! C’est la vie!
Overall it was a great run and I really enjoyed it. 18.13 km in 1:42:22.
This brings my total for the month to over 200 km for the first time. I’m quite pleased by that I’ll tell you!
I also seem to have inspired corrupted another friend. One more victim of C25K!
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Although, if I keep this up I’m going to start gaining which is not really part of the plan.
One thing I have realised is that if I strive for perfection then I fail. This week I’ve had fries, I’ve had burgers, I’ve had chocolate brownies, chocolates, cake, more cake, more chocolate brownie type things and scones. Not all at once mind you! And let’s not even count the number of Mochacinnos I’ve had. There has just been something on at work or home pretty much every day this week and for one reason or another I’ve indulged.
If I had to go through life knowing I could never eat another piece of cake…well shoot me now! I’ve tried that. Strict diets work for about 10 weeks with me…then I have a meltdown and eat, eat, and eat some more. I’ve been through the cycle of dieting and regaining one too many times and I’m not going back to that.
Sustainability is the key requirement for me. My current lifestyle choices mean I can have a piece or two of cake and it’s not the end of the world. If I have a bad week with my eating decisions then I just have to control myself a bit more the next week. The byline of my blog is one day at a time. With my eating I’m very much a recovering foodaholic. I try and live healthy one day at a time. If I fail to live up to my principles today, well, tomorrow is another day and I’ll try again. God knows I’m not perfect and I don’t want to be. Cake is too good.
My aim is to live healthily and it’s not just a healthy body I’m after. It’s healthy mind and life too.