I set out this morning to run a half marathon, started with the wrong mindset, not positive enough, ran the first half with Yaf (my wife) and friends, Nikki and Claudine; at the 11 km stage I thought I was done. Nikki and Claudine left at that stage (all they planned to do) and Danielle ...
EXERCISE: TRY IT!
Up at half five for a run early morning, my alarm startled me out of my snoring, out before the day’s dawning, the sun still hiding under a distant awning. Had to get out early, beat the sunrise, didn’t want that early autumn sun in my eyes, didn’t want it beating down on me that, today, was key, key to a good run, so ...
EXERCISE
"So that pre-Shabbat run last night, did it happen? Did it…heck! Fatigue, mired in it, so, so tired. But this morning, twenty-to-five, awake, feeling alive, an early rise, out at five, just 8k, I felt more than OK! Well, parts of the run weren’t fun, but I had the resolve not to stop and walk - I had to talk to myself, keep going, no slowing down, I had to ...
A ‘MUST READ’ BOOK! “JOG ON: How Running Saved My Life”, by BELLA MACKIE.
I’ve been reading a lot of books which resonate with me these days: Bella Mackie’s terrific, inspiring "JOG ON – How Running Saved My Life” is one of them. In fact, Bella’s book, her story, mirrors my story in many ways. I so ‘get’ Bella, I can see so much of myself in her struggles ...
THE CRUCIALITY OF HAVING THE RIGHT MINDSET IN LIFE
3 years ago: I don't think I realised how overweight I was back then! Now: (I'm the one wearing the glasses!) My mindset, 3 years ago, was so wrong, so damaging, so destructive. I was passive, void of self-discipline. I had let myself go! I wasn't controlling any aspects of my life, I wasn't even fire-fighting, I was simply being ...
A NEW EXPERIENCE TODAY – A SENSE OF EUPHORIA WHILST I WAS RUNNING…
Half marathon training, my plan was to run 16k/10 miles today, I did it but pushed on, to the half marathon distance, 21.1k (which was my max to date - before this morning), carried on...at 22k, a new experience, euphoria, a 'high', whilst running...23k...24k, I decided to make it 26k...I was running on autopilot, adrenalin...I ...
I GET SO MUCH MORE THAN PHYSICAL HEALTH BENEFITS FROM RUNNING
Hardest but most invigorating, confidence-boosting run today: 9km to the Dan Accadia hotel (averaged 5.45mins per km), a spot of breakfast, a coffee at Bell Beach and then 9km back (midday heat, a lot of uphill running) in similar time. Tiring? I guess so but the adrenalin and the endorphins were so in play that, at ...
RUNNING: WHAT I GET OUT OF IT.
I get SO much out of my running - I wish I could get it all from sitting at home, listening to music, reading or watching a movie, feet up, having a coffee but I can't. I have no choice, I must exercise and, for me, that's running, something which, less than a year ago, ...