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Annie get your Run wrote: »Yeah the coach is very interesting, she is challenging all the things I think are right and true and showing evidence to the contrary. Will see what the results yield
. Hope all good with you R!
Wow! And you generally know your stuff! Hopefully you'll report back in due course.
All good here in Dunboyne thanks, the town is flooded with people running and walking all the time. The footpaths are a pure danger, you either risk splatting your sweat on someone as you pass or risk getting splatted by a passing car as you jump out to avoid them! It's gotten to the stage where I've had to pick running routes purely based on footpath traffic! Not a bad complaint though #fittown0 -
There's always something new to learn! Everyone is different but something that I'm starting to realise is that I do everything in a high stress state, running, eating, working out, working in general - everything. The result is that everything I do adds to my stress load resulting in the opposite effect that I'm looking for. I'll get so far and then the wheels come off! Age is a factor too, the pandemic is also contributing :rolleyes:. Also figuring out a healthy food balance - the one and only thing I miss about the Graves is that I can no longer eat all the things
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The bottom line is for now, my main focus is on bringing mindfulness to everything I do including my runs, prioritising things like yoga (and not making a competition out of that too!!!) and taking a chill pill when it comes to going for a run or working out. I'll just take a break from Strava and logging until I figure this out.
The Physio's massage bed left deep indents in my face from being pushed down so hard on Friday, I have a follow up app this Friday to look forward too..... The pain is still there but the dizziness is much better thankfully.
Looking forward to April 12th so I can explore beyond the 5K, there are tons of amazing walks/runs and hikes in this county but first the beach, I miss the sea so so much!
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An update of sorts.
I have on and off, over the last 10 years been interested in health and wellbeing but more recently have taken a deeper dive through coaching, books and podcasts. Some of these learnings might be interesting or useful to others and if nothing else, it’s a place for me to log and remember stuff I want to focus on in the coming months. The two topics I’m most focused on right now are:
Breathing..... Something we all take for granted, and sure there’s no right or wrong way to do this right? Wrong apparently! I’ve been reading James Nestor, Breathe. Some cultures (American Indian’s for example) believed that breathing through the mouth brought disease and harm to the body. Orthodontists have found evidence that mouth breathing causes crooked teeth and many scientific studies have shown how our skulls have changed in the last few hundred years directly related to how we breathe. In case I’ve lost ye, there is evidence to show that Athletes can improve their performance by staggering amounts if they move from mouth to nose breathing. I’d highly recommend the book, it’s full of amazing studies and facts around breathing and is something we can all do better. I’ve taken to taping my mouth at night - before tang get’s in with a smart remark that it should be taped when I’m awake too
I’m aware... . I’m also focusing on nose breathing when I’m out walking, jogging or hiking - if I jog, it means keeping the pace nice n low which is exactly what I need right now. I managed to jog most of the trails in Doneraile recently 100% nose breathing and it felt amazing.
Intuitive Eating. I’m sure if I could ask my grandparents about this they’d be like ‘well duh!’ (okay, they would speak properly or tut, no one tuts anymore!). I’m learning a massive amount about nutrition, specifically for women of my age like NOT running on empty but also general things like how to fuel your exercise properly and not trying to run off what you just ate, the importance of protein in recovery and just eating mostly really tasty, healthy nutritious food without restricting, calorie counting or judging.
All 10 principles of Intuitive Eating make sense to me but one resonates with where I am now.
Movement—Feel the Difference Forget militant exercise. Just get active and feel the difference. Shift your focus to how it feels to move your body, rather than the calorie-burning effect of exercise.
This is about tuning into the body’s innate wisdom relating to hunger, fullness and satisfaction. I have a lot of bad habits going back over many years including the guilt I attach to pretty much anything I eat. I would run in the morning and say to myself “now you can have breakfast as you’ve already worked it off”. If I didn’t run then I’d only ‘deserve’ a small breakfast. Reframing my attitude is already making a massive difference and the breathing work I’m doing means I’m more relaxed (deep breathing before I sit down to eat a meal, giving thanks for the food, taking my time eating it).
I’m not running much at the moment but I’m still very active every day between The Five Tibetan Rites every morning, strength workouts a few times a week, long brisk walks including long hikes in the mountains and a couple of hours on the bike once or twice a week with one of the club members or solo. None of it is being counted, not the pace, nor the heart rate or the distance or the number of sets and reps - I do still turn on the watch so I can see the history of what I’ve done over a week on Garmin Connect but just out of interest really. I’m definitely more relaxed. That’s not to say I won’t go back running regularly, I most definitely will when my body has healed itself, hopefully in a few weeks. The foot is improving although the Achilles still gives out occasionally and the neck pain is also on the mend following some very painful physio sessions! Great to see some fantastic training goin on on other logs, not at all jealous :pac:.
I have four books on the go at the moment so the path to knowledge stretches out long before me :pac:
Breathe, James Nestor
Beating Brain Fog, Dr Sabina Brennan
The Book of Joy, Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
Atomic Habits, James Clear0 -
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Annie get your Run wrote: »An update of sorts.
I have on and off, over the last 10 years been interested in health and wellbeing but more recently have taken a deeper dive through coaching, books and podcasts. Some of these learnings might be interesting or useful to others and if nothing else, it’s a place for me to log and remember stuff I want to focus on in the coming months. The two topics I’m most focused on right now are:
Breathing..... Something we all take for granted, and sure there’s no right or wrong way to do this right? Wrong apparently! I’ve been reading James Nestor, Breathe. Some cultures (American Indian’s for example) believed that breathing through the mouth brought disease and harm to the body. Orthodontists have found evidence that mouth breathing causes crooked teeth and many scientific studies have shown how our skulls have changed in the last few hundred years directly related to how we breathe. In case I’ve lost ye, there is evidence to show that Athletes can improve their performance by staggering amounts if they move from mouth to nose breathing. I’d highly recommend the book, it’s full of amazing studies and facts around breathing and is something we can all do better. I’ve taken to taping my mouth at night - before tang get’s in with a smart remark that it should be taped when I’m awake too I’m aware... . I’m also focusing on nose breathing when I’m out walking, jogging or hiking - if I jog, it means keeping the pace nice n low which is exactly what I need right now. I managed to jog most of the trails in Doneraile recently 100% nose breathing and it felt amazing.
Intuitive Eating. I’m sure if I could ask my grandparents about this they’d be like ‘well duh!’ (okay, they would speak properly or tut, no one tuts anymore!). I’m learning a massive amount about nutrition, specifically for women of my age like NOT running on empty but also general things like how to fuel your exercise properly and not trying to run off what you just ate, the importance of protein in recovery and just eating mostly really tasty, healthy nutritious food without restricting, calorie counting or judging.
All 10 principles of Intuitive Eating make sense to me but one resonates with where I am now.
Movement—Feel the Difference Forget militant exercise. Just get active and feel the difference. Shift your focus to how it feels to move your body, rather than the calorie-burning effect of exercise.
This is about tuning into the body’s innate wisdom relating to hunger, fullness and satisfaction. I have a lot of bad habits going back over many years including the guilt I attach to pretty much anything I eat. I would run in the morning and say to myself “now you can have breakfast as you’ve already worked it off”. If I didn’t run then I’d only ‘deserve’ a small breakfast. Reframing my attitude is already making a massive difference and the breathing work I’m doing means I’m more relaxed (deep breathing before I sit down to eat a meal, giving thanks for the food, taking my time eating it).
I’m not running much at the moment but I’m still very active every day between The Five Tibetan Rites every morning, strength workouts a few times a week, long brisk walks including long hikes in the mountains and a couple of hours on the bike once or twice a week with one of the club members or solo. None of it is being counted, not the pace, nor the heart rate or the distance or the number of sets and reps - I do still turn on the watch so I can see the history of what I’ve done over a week on Garmin Connect but just out of interest really. I’m definitely more relaxed. That’s not to say I won’t go back running regularly, I most definitely will when my body has healed itself, hopefully in a few weeks. The foot is improving although the Achilles still gives out occasionally and the neck pain is also on the mend following some very painful physio sessions! Great to see some fantastic training goin on on other logs, not at all jealous :pac:.
I have four books on the go at the moment so the path to knowledge stretches out long before me :pac:
Breathe, James Nestor
Beating Brain Fog, Dr Sabina Brennan
The Book of Joy, Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
Atomic Habits, James Clear
Taping your mouth shut in bed and heavy breathing.
Boards very own 50 Shades of Grey!!
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Annie get your Run wrote: »Tsk, there's me trying to better myself! Trust you two to bring the tone right down
All joking aside, you should read about it yourselves, you're always looking for ways to improve your running!
Wearing a gymp suit with my mouth taped while Tang chases me with a whip isn’t a session I’ve come across before but I’ll give anything a go
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ThebitterLemon wrote: »Wearing a gymp suit with my mouth taped while Tang chases me with a whip isn’t a session I’ve come across before but I’ll give anything a go
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Really interesting update, will definitely look forward to reading more as you continue with all of this. I know nothing about breathing (apart from how to do itAnnie get your Run wrote: »An update of sorts.
I have on and off, over the last 10 years been interested in health and wellbeing but more recently have taken a deeper dive through coaching, books and podcasts. Some of these learnings might be interesting or useful to others and if nothing else, it’s a place for me to log and remember stuff I want to focus on in the coming months. The two topics I’m most focused on right now are:
Breathing..... Something we all take for granted, and sure there’s no right or wrong way to do this right? Wrong apparently! I’ve been reading James Nestor, Breathe. Some cultures (American Indian’s for example) believed that breathing through the mouth brought disease and harm to the body. Orthodontists have found evidence that mouth breathing causes crooked teeth and many scientific studies have shown how our skulls have changed in the last few hundred years directly related to how we breathe. In case I’ve lost ye, there is evidence to show that Athletes can improve their performance by staggering amounts if they move from mouth to nose breathing. I’d highly recommend the book, it’s full of amazing studies and facts around breathing and is something we can all do better. I’ve taken to taping my mouth at night - before tang get’s in with a smart remark that it should be taped when I’m awake too I’m aware... . I’m also focusing on nose breathing when I’m out walking, jogging or hiking - if I jog, it means keeping the pace nice n low which is exactly what I need right now. I managed to jog most of the trails in Doneraile recently 100% nose breathing and it felt amazing.
Intuitive Eating. I’m sure if I could ask my grandparents about this they’d be like ‘well duh!’ (okay, they would speak properly or tut, no one tuts anymore!). I’m learning a massive amount about nutrition, specifically for women of my age like NOT running on empty but also general things like how to fuel your exercise properly and not trying to run off what you just ate, the importance of protein in recovery and just eating mostly really tasty, healthy nutritious food without restricting, calorie counting or judging.
All 10 principles of Intuitive Eating make sense to me but one resonates with where I am now.
Movement—Feel the Difference Forget militant exercise. Just get active and feel the difference. Shift your focus to how it feels to move your body, rather than the calorie-burning effect of exercise.
This is about tuning into the body’s innate wisdom relating to hunger, fullness and satisfaction. I have a lot of bad habits going back over many years including the guilt I attach to pretty much anything I eat. I would run in the morning and say to myself “now you can have breakfast as you’ve already worked it off”. If I didn’t run then I’d only ‘deserve’ a small breakfast. Reframing my attitude is already making a massive difference and the breathing work I’m doing means I’m more relaxed (deep breathing before I sit down to eat a meal, giving thanks for the food, taking my time eating it).
I’m not running much at the moment but I’m still very active every day between The Five Tibetan Rites every morning, strength workouts a few times a week, long brisk walks including long hikes in the mountains and a couple of hours on the bike once or twice a week with one of the club members or solo. None of it is being counted, not the pace, nor the heart rate or the distance or the number of sets and reps - I do still turn on the watch so I can see the history of what I’ve done over a week on Garmin Connect but just out of interest really. I’m definitely more relaxed. That’s not to say I won’t go back running regularly, I most definitely will when my body has healed itself, hopefully in a few weeks. The foot is improving although the Achilles still gives out occasionally and the neck pain is also on the mend following some very painful physio sessions! Great to see some fantastic training goin on on other logs, not at all jealous :pac:.
I have four books on the go at the moment so the path to knowledge stretches out long before me :pac:
Breathe, James Nestor
Beating Brain Fog, Dr Sabina Brennan
The Book of Joy, Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu
Atomic Habits, James Clear) but am very familiar with the intuitive eating approach and I'm a big believer - it's powerful stuff. Good luck with it all - seems like the new approach is suiting you. -1 -
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Last 8 days
3 runs, 7.5 miles
3 walks, 1 hike 11.1 miles
3 yoga sessions 35.19 minutes
2 bike rides 28.4 miles
2 workouts 65 minutes
The hikes were in some fairly spectacular places, last weekend I went to Castlefreke Woods and Long Strand with Woody, the views were breathtaking. The 5k restrictions meant I hadn't been to Doneraile Park in far too long so headed there last Sunday for a slow jog, nasal breathing all the way round. The two bike spins were with company, Wednesday's faster and longer spin with one of the lads from the Axa bike group, the craic is unreal given he's #purecork and I'm definitely still a Dub with a capital D. Friday we had the company of one other girl so we took it easier and was thoroughly enjoyable. Is there anything better in this world than genuine belly laughing with other people!
This weekend we headed to Bantry Bay and walked the new promenade which has views of Glengarrif, the mountains of Beara and many other beautiful sights, it was worth the 90 minute drive.
The walks were mostly solo very brisk with the earphones in, I don't put the watch on for the morning/lunch walks with Woody so there's probably another 4/5 miles over the week of those but they are gentle easy strolls.
Today's 5KTT Report here, was hard but enjoyable (well, once I finished it!). I'm not feeling any worse for it so that's a good sign.
I'm doing really well on the easy runs, much slower than I had been running and it's making a difference, I might get the hang of this yet..
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