I’m just less than a week away from my next race, which is a 4km road race against my age school students from around the country. Going into this race I have a bit of mixed feelings, after my last race where I felt I really peaked and raced at my best, I have had a decline post race where I have struggled through many obstacles that seems to get in my way of being my best for this upcoming race.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 42] – Countdown to School Champs
This week I swam at a new pool, I wasn’t planning on it but with everything going on I ran out of opportunities to go to one of my normal pools. My local one usually opens up beginning of November but due to it getting painted I only got one opportunity to swim in it, I was originally planning on driving the town over to where I have been swimming over the winter but realised their closing times were too early for me to make it with the time I had to go.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 41] – Swimming for Success
My long run this week went slightly different to normal but it worked and I actually think it was useful. When I went to set up my long run to start I noticed it wasn’t there meaning I hadn’t synched with my watch from my Training Peaks properly and to fix it I needed to have my computer, this wasn’t going to work as I had already driven to my start point and didn’t want to waste the time going back especially with the weather being on and off.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 40] – When Things Don’t Work Out – They Can Be All Right In The End
On this weeks long run I had a full day planned, and this began with my usual morning long run. On this morning I slept through my alarm by 30 minutes meaning I needed to just run my old route from my house if I wanted to make it for my next task of the day.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 39] – Changing Mindset
This past week my body has felt every sore muscle that I’ve experienced, recovery has been important, as all the running and training leading up to my race last week is just catching me now.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 38] – Time For Some Recovery
This weekend I completed my first longer distance race where I ran at a racing and competitive speed. I went into the race knowing how I wanted to structure it and with rough race paces set to my watch, I didn’t know what to expect with the other competitors and just went out with just a personal achievement as the goal.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 37] – Auckland 11km
I’ve got one more week until my next race, my training up to this point has been going well and my confidence in my running has improved immensely.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 36] – Feeling Energised
This week I attended a school camp on an island as a leader for the younger year groups, this camp already had some high physical activities and lots of movement but I knew that I needed to try get my scheduled runs in if I wanted to stay consistent with my training and being my best for my race in the next 2 weeks.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 35] – Camp Leader
Over the past 2 weeks I have been training the majority of days leading up to a assessment and first aid course to become a fully qualified pool lifeguard, this training required both in and out of water training consisting different rescue techniques and tows, pool and facility maintenance and lots of reading on safety and procedures.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 34] – When Magpies Attack
I’m now in the month of my next race, and I am already feeling like a stronger and faster running from the increase in pace and power I have been using in the past 2 weeks. The pace at first felt less sustainable for a long period of time as I was so used to the old pace, but with the consistent use of the pace it has allowed my body to adapt and feel more efficient at the new pace.
View More Monday’s with Jessica [Ep 33] – Train the Gains