Clatters Chatter: Motivation
The importance of having a goal may seem irrelevant at first, but once you start to train you understand why. When I first started my training this year I didn’t have a goal and after the first few weeks of enjoying the progress, I started to loose focus and motivation towards my training.
Lisa’s Journey, Weeks 60/61: Winter Blues
It seems my struggle is some what real, and the more people you speak to about what they’ve been up too, or how their trainings going, I hear the all too familiar echo of my own struggles, which is actually…
- 2 days ago
Motivation yay! Got my legs moving and knocked off the long run scheduled for today. My legs felt a little sore from Friday's gym session and yesterday's fast run, however once I got going I forgot how they felt I did give a thought to those doing the half marathon at Wellington this morning. Perhaps next year I might give that one a go. In the meantime I plan to do the half organised by @manawatustriders in May. I understand it will be a new course so that will be interesting. After all the warm weather we've had the breeze - 3 days ago
This morning's park run - around 500m from the turnaround at 2.5km. Photo credit Ness Mills ♀️ ♀️ ♀️ #run #runner #running #runtraining #training #trainingsession #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner #womenrunners #consistency #consistencyisthekey #qwikkiwi #instagram #instarunner #runnersofinstagram #parkrun #parkrunnz #selfbelief - 3 days ago
Huffing & puffing my way across the park run finish line this morning. Pleased to see my time is gradually coming back down, most likely a result of more consistency in both my run and strength training. . . #run #runner #running #runtraining #training #trainingsession #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner #womenrunners #consistency #consistencyisthekey #qwikkiwi #instagram #instarunner #runnersofinstagram #parkrun #parkrunnz #selfbelief - 5 days ago
I included the new pathway around Queen Elizabeth Park Lake in my run this morning. It is nice and wide which will be great for pushchairs and wheelchairs. There is plenty of seating with picnic tables too. The area has had a real good tidy up and looks much better for it. As for my run, it went well as I focused on maximising time in my endurance pace zone. . . . #runningterritory #parklake #queenelizabethpark #run #runner #running #runtraining #training #trainingsession #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner #womenrunners #consistency #consistencyisthekey #qwikkiwi #instagram #instarunner #runnersofinstagram #selfbelief #runbythelake - 1 week ago
Race 3 this morning in the ACM fortnightly 5km series. It felt slow and I felt stretched, however I must be doing something right as I improved on my previous time by over 30 seconds and I think I did a negative split. Running twice around the deer enclosure at the start on grass is never fast unlike running on tarmac or a hard surfaced trail. So two 5km events again this weekend. . . #run #runtraining #running #athlete former #triathlete #duathlete #keepinghealthy #keepingfit #fitover60 #oldandfit #maturerunner #womenrunners #consistency #consistencyisthekey #qwikkiwi #instagram #instarunner #runnersofinstagram #selfbelief #5kmrun #5kmfinisher #5kmseries #fasterthanlasttime
Ironman Swim PB
I’ve taken my most popular training plan and given it a make over for 2020. I’ve taken the 12 Weeks to an Ironman Swim PB – Swim Faster with Smarter Training and I’ve modified to to expand the programme from 12 weeks and include an option for more than 3 swims per week.
Now the programme has created some great times for athletes competing at Ironman events around the world, but it was overly set in stone. Now if you have got between 8 & 24 weeks to an Ironman and are consistently swimming 3x, 4x or 5x per week, I’ve created an option for you. This is regardless of the length of pool 25m, 33⅓yd or 50m pool.