Day 1 - Here We Go Again!

And we're off! February 2014 round here I come. I'm feeling great and super motivated today. I finished the last round ok - kinda met my (revised) 78kg goal weight, and am feeling much better about myself. Had a bit of a slack last few weeks eating wise though. I seem to last a few days, then it all falls by the wayside again. So stupid!

This morning I went for a big run. Not sure exactly how far it was as I've lost my GPS thingy which is so annoying! Map my run said it was about 8kms, however lots of it was on trails so I wouldn't be surprised if it was longer. It took me 56mins. It felt super good. I was pretty tired by the end, but could have probably kept going. I purposely chose a route that went on trails as much as possible, and took in loads of up and down hill. It was hurting at the end, but I kept saying to myself "this is where it counts" and just kept going. Am proud of myself! My next trail run is on Sunday and I'd quite like to be a little more prepared this time. I think if I don't go out so fast, and save a little more energy for all that up and down at the end I should be able to beat my time.

I've decided that I'm going to cancel my gym, or at least put it on hold. It's really hard to get there during the day now that I've moved work, and that means the only time I will go is Tuesday morning Shockwave classes. It used to be my favourite class, but the instructor has changed and she is not as good. She doesn't change up the exercises much, and it's become quite easy for me. I think this round I will solely focus on the 12WBt workouts, and my running. I'm looking forward to it!

I've made a start on the pre season tasks again. Not sure I will do them all, but I've just done the excuses one. It opened my eyes quite a lot to the excuses I use, and I realised the solutions I wrote the last couple times were not great. This time I've written them more as if someone is sitting there and being totally open and honest with me about how pathetic the excuses are. Now I just need to remember they are there, and go back to them often!