Wil and I ran the race in a comfortable 1:36, and that was with having to stop briefly for a blown shoe-lace, eek... It was a fun and beautiful time. Followed by copious delicious Tassie meals and drinks. Oh Tasmania. You are amazing. This is a super short one due to exhaustion and being time poor, but here are some pics of the before, during and after the race:
This is woefully late. Such is the effect of working 3-4 different jobs and not much sleep, hmmm.... Hey-ho. The Cadbury Half Marathon, held on Sunday 14th January, was brilliant! I highly recommend it! A beautiful, scenic course that was perfect temperature (once we started and warmed up and I stopped complaining about the cold, lol...). Only a mere smattering of gentle hills, and the scenery more than distracted me on those lovely hills anyway. That and the excellent company and Wooter support too. Plus the goal of those hard-earned 'free' bars of Cadbury chocolate awaiting us in our goody bags with the all-important bling at the end of the race.
Wil and I ran the race in a comfortable 1:36, and that was with having to stop briefly for a blown shoe-lace, eek... It was a fun and beautiful time. Followed by copious delicious Tassie meals and drinks. Oh Tasmania. You are amazing. This is a super short one due to exhaustion and being time poor, but here are some pics of the before, during and after the race:
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Well, jetlag is a beast hey. I arrived back in Oz on Thursday, after a two day journey back from Scotland, via Amsterdam and Abu Dhabi, and with no accompanying sleep. Suffice to say I was (and still am) a wee bit wrecked. Add in to the mix the extreme temperatures here back in Oz (seriously, 43 degrees yesterday, waaaaaay too hot) and having foolishly arranged to go straight back to teaching work. Hmmm, hey-ho. It's only temporary I'm sure. Doing my best to get those important early morning runs in, to reset my body clock and assure it that all is right in the world. One of those morning runs happened to be in my soul's favourite place in the world (Glenrock) so I'm sure that helped no end. Plus, being reunited with my sexy man has helped immensely too. So now it's just a waiting game for this jetlag to piss off. But wow, what a beautiful country Scotland is! Majestic. Stunning. Fairly cold, but that's to be expected: it was Christmas time and New Year's (Hogmanay) after all. Again, when dealing with jetlag that occurred on the outward journey over there, I aimed to get a few runs in to overcome it. I think this was successful. It was so nice running in cold weather again, and having snowy, mountainous backdrops and herds of beautiful, nervous deer running away from me on various paths as I ran through the windy, narrow roads there (Struy/Glen Affric area) was so special. I also got to get a couple of runs in with one of my uncles, who I don't get to see that often, so that was lovely to catch up with him. One of our runs was in Aviemore (which I think is a big ski resort there?) for a parkrun on one of the Saturdays: beautiful snowy, trail course with amazing scenery. It was truly a magical time. Spent with family and friends in an amazing destination. You can imagine how quickly the two weeks flew by....
Other remedies for jetlag that I favour are: regular 'power' naps (nanna naps) and good, healing food (of course). Hydration is a biggy too, and all the more pertinent given the crazy hot weather here in Australia. Of course others out there have different remedies for jetlag: one such remedy involves eating NOTHING on the flights (yep, so basically a two day fast: crazy in my opinion, as that's one of the best parts of flying: the tiny, regular snacks brought to your lap), and one involves drinking your own urine. Hmm, I am going to stick with eating good food, sleeping when I can, and regular running. But to each their own yes? :) In other hugely exciting news (well, for me anyway) I got a ticket to UTA again!!! Woohoo! I'm going back to do the 50km again, in May. So, will no doubt start to up my training and trail runs soon (probably from February onwards). I loved this event last year: so beautiful (it's held in the Blue Mountains) and such a good, fun (hard) time. Watch this space for training updates along the way. Have a super week one and all. Much love xx |
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