Its A Numbers Game!

We are now week 20 of 2006!
I'm about 4lb lighter than in Jan (having been 7-8lb down at one time)
I've run 154m (331 logged last year)
Have an average of about 7m pw!! (best is 24m twice)
Not run at all 6 weeks!
Total run time 34hrs
Total swim time 19hrs
Two races.
Both halves.
Both PBs.

Not bad!
Need to get back to running mind! Maintain the swimming and get more consistency in there!

Comments

Evil Pixie said…

snap!!
Will be thinking about this over the weekend
need a plan!
Plans are good!

2:57 PM, May 19, 2006

Cath Delaney said…

Pixie, this has been a long time in coming. When you take account of the things you have achieved rather than the things you haven't - you see that in fact, you've done bloody well. In addition to that you hold down a full-time job AND you look after a family too. I have enough time looking after just me, let alone anything else.

Plans are good yes... but please allow yourself (and your life) a degree of flexibility and don't get upset when things change and you don't achieve the things you want. The biggest thing I did which has set me forwards this year is stopping racing. The release from the pressure has been really unbelievable. Try not to set your expectations of yourself TOO high. I'm not saying don't expect great things... not at all. Just don't be too hard on yourself. You're an athlete in training, a mother and a professional. You have enough to deal with without beating yourself up for stuff!

(((hugs)))

2:20 PM, May 20, 2006

There are some truely wonderful people out there

just recieved this by mail from a fellow blogger. I want to share it so everyone can benefit as I have. I've wiped my tears away and I've printed this up so when I am getting sulky and down I will read this and remember .... Aim High! (how appropriate is that name!) Don't EVER think that you any any less of a runner than anyone else Kim, You show a dedication and determination that puts many people to shame. You have a goal for your marathon time which is truly amazing - and I am inspired by it..We all have our dream peaks (sorry about the mountain reference again - I'm a mountaineer too!) - and they are a reflection of who we are and what we are able to acheive - for ourselves - and anyone who can't see the value of that endeavour is blind indeed.When you run your next pb - to me that is as phenomenal an achievement as any world record..and I will bounce up and down like a mad thing at the thought of it - and I get pretty animated when I'm excited about somethi...

Remember this?

Yes I'm back on the bench :-( That sore foot thing on Wednesday... well it's still here. In typical bruised fashion it hurts more after a period of sitting down/sleep and I've been popping the brufen. There is a slight swelling too. Don't think it is laces ... on closer inspection the pain is (looks at google ... gives up and picks up "how to run injury free" instead) on the sesamoids area of the err middle phalanger (??? impressed hey!) In the same location where you would get morton's neuroma but the description is wrong so I don't think it's that!! (oh the perils of a little knowledge from a book or the web hey!) Anyways this means I'm on the bench. No running. I have 4 or 5 weeks until the Suicide Sixish so no panic, I will take 1 whole week off regardless and see what happens next weekend. Also think I will get some new shoes with more cushioning. Now all I need to do is locate my bike and/or exercise bike from the depths of the garage un...

Sensible Head

The choice was getting wet or getting wet. I opted for the wet but warm option rather than the wet, cold and wind swept option! So 1m done at the pool including 2 goals being achieved and some board work. I said a while ago I wanted to be able to do 20 lengths non stop DONE and 10 lengths of front crawl non stop DONE!! So happy pixie. Used a different pool today as I wanted to see about lessons for Gnome. It was a nightmare to locate the car park and once I found it, it was full to the brim with cars circling for spaces so I drove the 200m down the road to the free parking and nabbed the last space there instead! The pool is old so not pretty or ponced up but it is clean and in good repair and they do Saturday lessons and Gnome can start this week! OK so he then has 2 weeks off but how good is that! My other option was the pool near work and a possible start mid February! So just need to get the OK from Gnome and a commitment to get out of bed for a 9:30 lesson every week until March (...

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