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I have made some decisions. I am more motivated to keep moving in this direction on this path I am currently on. I am going to buy a cork board and put pictures and notes of motivation and just goals on it. There will be a couple of numbers on this board, 21.5 – 42 – 50 these numbers will be distances that I am committed to running. The word Trail running with a picture of a person running through a beautiful forest will be on my board and a slightly scary picture of a theme park, with a big open mouth and the words – Roller Coaster Run! These are experiences that I am going to ensure I have in the future. Well, there is some work to be done here. Slowly I will build my body and health to be able to run further and further. I have targets, Melbourne Marathon – 21.5 km, Roller Coaster – 21.5 km of hills and trails, Gold Coast Marathon – 42 km. Just for good measure I will complete a 65 km Cadel Evans Scenic Ocean bike ride. I have started losing weight!! Bonus! that’s motivating…. I am also noticing that certain skin and scalp issues that I was having has ceased. That’s funny, I wonder if my body was in a highly acidic state with all the drinking. Running program looks like this –
3 km moving to 5 km will stick to this as a min distance and when comfortable with this distance, increase to
6 km. Next 8 km and then when I am ready 10 km. Let’s stick with 10 km and get to running it twice a week wanting to eventually achieve every second day. As soon as 10 km feels bearable I will look at moving my speed up. I keep my running to the Gym on a treadmill and Lillydale Lake because of its soft gravel surface. The trick is to run consistently every second day with your longest run once a week. Once you get yourself to 10 km distance, hover there for a while. Building strength and aerobic capacity. At 10 km mark you can be vulnerable to injury and discomforts like shin splint issues etc. Let your body adjust and adapt. Enjoy the accomplishment and allow your body some time. Watch the weight melt away. Enjoy that wonderful euphoric feeling that you get from your running because that feeling lasts so much longer than the comfort you will get from drinking and it does not require topping up.