Rocky sunrise

Sunrise was beautiful, but the beach was just way too rocky! Tried to enjoy an easy 20. Was easier to run than to enjoy. Glad I did it though!

Long run – Recovery here I come

I did my long run on the weekend and it was great.

This week will be my ‘recovery’ week and I will do 20:40:60.

So far I am also super delighted with changing to plant-based food. I guess I needed the switch. It is hard to explain, but since rethinking the way I eat I enjoy food and cooking again. It also overall feels much cleaner and lighter.

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Still going strong

Did 48 yesterday and 24 today.

Also read my old blog entries and it is super motivating to see how far I have already come.

24 minutes done

I did increase and did my 24 easy this morning.

66 minutes and then some

My run yesterday was great. 66 minutes and more done. Basically I was out all day hiking running walking. It was great. Also I am on the third day of trying out a plant based diet. Not sure how long I will do this. It is an exiperiment. I comitted to 7 days. So far it has been a win. I did replace milk with Almond milk and I am ok with it. I don’t like soy so this was a big one for me.

Today I did a restday, so tomorrow is the next week and I just realised that I have to decide if I want to increase by 10% or stay where I am. I do feel good and I think I’ll increase. So it will be 24 minutes tomorrow!

Slowness

Finally I think I am in good enough shape to run slow enough! I was able to my 22 minutes of easy slow running and my heartrate didn’t go over 145.

I think now I can really say that I am following Barry’s plan from slowtwitch and I am looking foward to see its effects. It is hard to run so slow, but I know this is the right way.

44 minutes easy done

5k in 44 minutes slow running done. Sunrise was spectacular again. Just gotta love those Irish clouds!

Proper sunrise

I witnessed the most beautiful sunrise while doing 22 easy minutes of slow running.

Can’t get better than that, but we’ll see tomorrow.

10% and sunrise

I decided to increase my running by 10% this week. So I did 44 minutes easy today.

It was a beautiful morning. The tide was just out so there was a nice sandy area to run along. Focussed on slowing down and felt fresh afterwards. Contrasted by my ugly mod when I woke up! Happy to have gotten through my restday and to have no nigggles or pain.

I realized that right now I am so blessed and I will make sure that I enjoy it. So many years I struggled to get to where I am now and finally my consistent  and slow effort are paying off. I can feel that soon I will be strong enough to fly over hills and enjoy pure bliss, while not paying for it afterwards. Can’t wait, but have to be patient a little longer.

Rainy twenty

It was raining. I did my 20 minutes. I felt great.

Still can’t believe how crazy this is! However I did run too fast! I need to focus on slowing down …