Yesterday was my first long run after the marathon - not that long in the grand scheme of running - 14k in fact, but the fact that I felt good, light & fast on my feet showed me that my marathon recovery has passed & again I have to train my ass!
I have a half marathon booked in the 1st weekend of December, could this be a good opportunity to run fast? To try & beat a PB perhaps? With some intervals & healthy eating over this next month it could be possible...
I made delicious seeded bread with coconut & banana for when I finished. & then for dinner I had some gnocchi with a 'botanicals' walnut bolognese with roma tomatoes & peas!! Quite a lot of carbs & quite delicious =) & this morning I made an apple, ginger, lemon & kale juice with vital greens. Kick starting my healthiness.
& tonight. I'm running to St. Kilda the beach area in Melbourne, to see friends but excited that I can run along next to the water & feel the sun on my skin & breathe some sea air, perfect tonic for a Monday eve. So might a glass of pinot noir be =)
My ULTRA MARATHON run training, health & fitness diary to inspire & exude amazing energy. Sharing my creative adventures in veganism to power me through the distances. & quoting my spiritual enlightenments along the journey...... With my musings & motivation thrown in the healthy trail mix. Gotta keep righteously running like the wind to be free!!! XOX
Monday, 28 October 2013
Friday, 25 October 2013
Friday hooray
LUV Fridays... I look forward to the weekend of yoga & running & brunches & running & shopping & running.
I have had another productive week of fashion forecasting & running so Fridays are fabulous for rewarding vegan cherry ripes & rosie bubbly wine...
& serve with a chilled glass of sparkling rose preferably Verve Cliquot!! Enjoy xo
I have had another productive week of fashion forecasting & running so Fridays are fabulous for rewarding vegan cherry ripes & rosie bubbly wine...
& serve with a chilled glass of sparkling rose preferably Verve Cliquot!! Enjoy xo
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Move, nourish, believe.
A mantra that really resonates - move, nourish, believe.
Tonight my MOVEment was personal training - strength with lunges, kettle bells, pull ups & other painful manoeuvres! Preceded by 45 mins on the X trainer - I apparently climbed Kilimanjaro on the machine. Hey it was a lot easier than the last 7 day trek up to the peak of the biggest beautiful mountain in Africa that I did!
Tonight my NOURISHment was a quick quinoa dish with chick peas, tomatoes, lemon juice, olive oil & sea salt. Simple yet still delicious & nutritious. & for naughtiness extra sweeeet nourishment 'botanicals' sticky date pudding mmmm.
Tonight I BELIEVE I will sleep well!!! & that you get out of life what you put into it. If you don't push yourself you will never make positive progress in whatever you do. Here's to good strength, energy & a peaceful existence.
Tonight my MOVEment was personal training - strength with lunges, kettle bells, pull ups & other painful manoeuvres! Preceded by 45 mins on the X trainer - I apparently climbed Kilimanjaro on the machine. Hey it was a lot easier than the last 7 day trek up to the peak of the biggest beautiful mountain in Africa that I did!
Tonight my NOURISHment was a quick quinoa dish with chick peas, tomatoes, lemon juice, olive oil & sea salt. Simple yet still delicious & nutritious. & for naughtiness extra sweeeet nourishment 'botanicals' sticky date pudding mmmm.
Tonight I BELIEVE I will sleep well!!! & that you get out of life what you put into it. If you don't push yourself you will never make positive progress in whatever you do. Here's to good strength, energy & a peaceful existence.
Wednesday, 23 October 2013
Philosophy of running...
I am going to take on Aristotle's philosophy. We are what we repeatedly do. & I certainly repeatedly run, every day in fact. Excellence then, is not an act but a habit. I will strive to be the most excellent version of me that I can be & that me is in the habit of running as excellently as I possibly can (not that fast nor with the perfect heel strike) but I run with heart & soul which I think is excellent!
I have just entered the 'two bays trail' race on January 12th. www.twobaystrailrun.com
It will be my next big run as I can't get to Tasmania next month due to work commitments, so a 56k down in the Mornington peninsula, Victoria will be my first ultra of 2014. I will endeavour to run my very best, whilst praying for temperatures below 40 degrees! I will be training with Aristotle's mantra in mind. Trying to do 56k in 51/2 hours is pretty damn excellent too!!
Take me to the trails to ponder more philosophies & to work on the habit of being excellent...
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
The big red (pink) run
Here it is..
https://bigredrun.worldsecuresystems.com/brr2014/index
The next maybe challenge!! A 6 day 250k run thru the Simpson desert!!
Truly testing my everything. I have 8 months to prepare if I dare.
It sounds like a life changer & head re-arranger & many would say
you would have to be deranged to even attempt such a super crazy
ultra. But confident I have the commitment, I THINK am going to
enter & I am going to turn that red outback PINK!!!
I met a guy who had participated & he made it sound so romantic,
sitting around the fire at night, watching the stars... Reality
maybe less romanticised; blisters, sore muscles, sweaty camping,
mental breakdowns!!
But WOW what an experience it could be, to explore Australia's red
desert & to run THAT far...
TBC.
OMG.
EEK!
XOX
https://bigredrun.worldsecuresystems.com/brr2014/index
The next maybe challenge!! A 6 day 250k run thru the Simpson desert!!
Truly testing my everything. I have 8 months to prepare if I dare.
It sounds like a life changer & head re-arranger & many would say
you would have to be deranged to even attempt such a super crazy
ultra. But confident I have the commitment, I THINK am going to
enter & I am going to turn that red outback PINK!!!
I met a guy who had participated & he made it sound so romantic,
sitting around the fire at night, watching the stars... Reality
maybe less romanticised; blisters, sore muscles, sweaty camping,
mental breakdowns!!
But WOW what an experience it could be, to explore Australia's red
desert & to run THAT far...
TBC.
OMG.
EEK!
XOX
Monday, 21 October 2013
12 reasons I run
Monday food for thought... Why do I run, I think this list could extend forever for running brings so much positivity into my life. But for now, 12 reasons I run...
1) I now believe I was given these legs to run, far
2) As pushing through the pain brings emotional release
3) To gain fitness for a planned race
4) To feel at one with the earth, in nature, a natural existence
5) To breathe, to listen to my breath, to be
6) To wake me up & to run my day off
7) For that heightened happy medative mind blissful bit
8) To get from A to B in a conscious way
9) For when I'm running I feel truly free & alive
10) To relieve, achieve & get the goals set
11) Running gives me confidence in my every day
12) It gives me time to think, to let my creativity flow
& one more I couldn't resist: I started running when I was going through relationship break ups that affected my heart. Running made me & my heart stronger.
1) I now believe I was given these legs to run, far
2) As pushing through the pain brings emotional release
3) To gain fitness for a planned race
4) To feel at one with the earth, in nature, a natural existence
5) To breathe, to listen to my breath, to be
6) To wake me up & to run my day off
7) For that heightened happy medative mind blissful bit
8) To get from A to B in a conscious way
9) For when I'm running I feel truly free & alive
10) To relieve, achieve & get the goals set
11) Running gives me confidence in my every day
12) It gives me time to think, to let my creativity flow
& one more I couldn't resist: I started running when I was going through relationship break ups that affected my heart. Running made me & my heart stronger.
Sunday, 20 October 2013
Resting & writing
Happy weekend! As promised the awesome cauliflower & chick pea curry very very gooooood vegan wholesome delish dish.
3 tblsp coconut oil
1 large onion
1 large chilli pepper
2cm ginger slice - grated
1 sweet potato - chopped into cubes
2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tin rinsed chickpeas
1/2 cauliflower head cut into small florets
4 cups water
4 tblsp chopped fresh coriander
1 lime juiced
2 tsp sea salt
Sauté the onion in the oil on a medium heat in a large pot.
Add the ginger & chilli & sweet potato.
Add the spices. & then the water.
Add the cauliflower & chickpeas & simmer on low heat for 20 mins.
Remove from heat & add the coriander, lime & salt. Stir & stand.
Let all the flavour become fragrant.
I serve with brown rice & chia seeds.
This weekend I decided to have a free weekend from running, although as the Sunday afternoon advances I am seduced by the sunshine & starting to think about a swift sashay around the tan track. Yesterday ashtanga yoga was a sublime start to the weekend & I had a beautiful afternoon with sisterhood & sparkling wine glasses. & today have been writing, ideas & paragraphs, short stories of sorts all inspired & ruminated when I have been running. I'm putting together a new blog that documents other passions in my life, fashion & writing....
Here's to creative Sundays of cauliflower curries & reading & relaxing with maybes a little running.
3 tblsp coconut oil
1 large onion
1 large chilli pepper
2cm ginger slice - grated
1 sweet potato - chopped into cubes
2 tsp curry powder
1/2 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cumin
1 tin rinsed chickpeas
1/2 cauliflower head cut into small florets
4 cups water
4 tblsp chopped fresh coriander
1 lime juiced
2 tsp sea salt
Sauté the onion in the oil on a medium heat in a large pot.
Add the ginger & chilli & sweet potato.
Add the spices. & then the water.
Add the cauliflower & chickpeas & simmer on low heat for 20 mins.
Remove from heat & add the coriander, lime & salt. Stir & stand.
Let all the flavour become fragrant.
I serve with brown rice & chia seeds.
This weekend I decided to have a free weekend from running, although as the Sunday afternoon advances I am seduced by the sunshine & starting to think about a swift sashay around the tan track. Yesterday ashtanga yoga was a sublime start to the weekend & I had a beautiful afternoon with sisterhood & sparkling wine glasses. & today have been writing, ideas & paragraphs, short stories of sorts all inspired & ruminated when I have been running. I'm putting together a new blog that documents other passions in my life, fashion & writing....
Here's to creative Sundays of cauliflower curries & reading & relaxing with maybes a little running.
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