I’m probably an outlier. Nothing at all. My brain is busy mapping out the route ahead of me. Tracking pace, hr, reminding myself when it gets hard that I’ve done it before.
Taking in the environment: cars, other people, wildlife, trees, the sky, etc.
Mulling over the previous days events, planning the next day, theres a bunch of stuff that occupies my mind.
I did find a good podcast to listen to recently and so have given that a go.
Weird week for it. HR was all over the place, parkrun I was a bit sore and slow still from the weeks running.
Yes i did that last year for my 1st 10k. Its good, i think you can only go 12 weeks ahead? And if you adjust race day planned runs can get a bit wonky / out of wack. I would say use it as a guide for a bit to get a feel for it.
Take it slow and gentle. If you can go see a physio who can help with the recovery side of things.
Cold weather is back and I’m enjoying having a lower overall HR while running. Getting more accustomed to using gels while running (I still stop and walk). I am slowly getting my weekly mileage back up to similar levels before I got sick in March.
Went for a fantastic 12km run earlier in the week and managed to talk one of my kids to come with me (they were on a bike). The time went by much quicker and as a bonus they’ve decided to do that some more!
Today I missed my weekly parkrun as I was up in the mountains. Tried to go for a run but it was raining and getting worse by the 3km mark so quit while I was ahead.
I had an absolutely awful run yesterday, I think I was mildly dehydrated and went out on a 15km run in 34 C heat.
By 10km, I’d drank all the fluids I’d brought and I was done. I cut it short to 12km and dragged myself home where I proceeded to drink like 3 L of water and hydralyte.
So today just went for an easy jog at parkrun. Otherwise good.
This stuck out:
Throughout the ABC's interview, Ms Allan repeated well-worn lines about her government's agenda, diverted questions about stamp duty reform to the need for a national approach, and said her government was spending hundreds of millions of dollars fixing potholes in regional roads.
Nice to see the political talk called out and summarised rather than printed in full, even if it was only to serve as a way to push readers to watch the video.
Only if they are delinquent kids
Must have scratched a lawyers car or someone who is mates with a copper
Red Cross’s Rediplan (https://www.redcross.org.au/prepare/) has an iOS and Android app that makes this simple to plan for all emergencies (not just for bushfires).
When I went to a Red Cross course a few years ago, they were big on the pillow case thing for kids - fill a pillow case with your fave teddy bear and clothes. They had ones made up that go through the process with them.
That is incredible! Also good to see another smashrun user 😃