I’m back – not only writing but running again. In the past
few weeks it has been only a couple of runs – including a much deserved 10k
after a busy week of business travel.
It is difficult some mornings to get up and run, knowing
that I have a full morning ahead, and need to be in the office before 8am a
half hour run at 5am sometimes just didn’t happen… but it needs to
I like the feeling of accomplishment after having dragged
myself out of bed and onto the road, and maybe because there hasn’t been a
“goal race” ahead that I have let it slide… so I have 2 so far…
The Egg Nog Jog is 2 weeks away so the 10.8k distance is not
daunting, but I want to feel good about this run, so I need to dial up the
training before next weekend. Discipline will be key and that often wanes in
the cold and dark of Canadian fall and winter months.
The big race is the Around the Bay 30k in Hamilton at the
end of March – this will mean weekly training runs with the Smooth Running
group – my training team as this event is a group favourite event and the
distance sets up well for a Spring full marathon – maybe Ottawa this year, if I
can work on a few fellow runners.
Diet wise – I don’t go crazy in monitoring intake, but the
switch to EnergyBits and RecoveryBits to fuel instead of gels and other items
has been great, and I will continued to be #PoweredByBits in hopes of
demolishing previous PB times and just an overall improvement on health. It has
been over 3 years since I last had carbonated beverages (pop/soda) and my only
true vice is coffee – and since starting a regular EnergyBits intake I have
been able to reduce coffee consumption by at least one cup a day and find that
on weekends it is almost non-existent.
So it is time to refocus – not only on the miles but also on
writing… thanks for indulging me….
