Australian record

Fantastic weekend with competition in Brisbane yesterday. It was sooo hot but still managed to achieve some good results. Did the State weight penthalon. Discus, shot, javelin, hammer & heavy weight. I don't usually do hammer & weight as I don't particularly like them but needed the competition for my other events. I ended up winning with Pbs in the Jav & shot & a decent throw in the discus. After competing in the 5 events I also ran the 200. I was a little disappointed with my time as struggled a bit over the last 50 metres. That was all I was going in and found a spot in the shade to watch the rest of the competition.

My friend Karen was to run in a 4 x 800m relay and they were going for the Australian record for the 40 - 45 age group. One of the runners pulled out and they were left without a team and extremely disappointed. Anyway to cut a long story short I said I would run to make up the team which now consisted of a 39 yr old, 2 at 44 years of age and myself at 50. As we had one younger we had the run in the 35 - 39 age group.
We ran and I still can't believe this but broke the Australian record in the 35 -39 age group. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. That will be the only Australian record I will ever have against my name but hey we did it without even thinking about it.! That just topped off an awesome day and totally motivated me to continue training for that 800.

All on track

Just a quick update all on track with training/eating. Have run every morning this week and will go down to the track tomorrow morning for some intervals. Think I will do 200's.

The challenge has been put out to me to compete in the INBA Qld NAtural Physique Titles in Brisbane on the 4 Oct this year. I haven't quite made up my mind yet. My athletics season finishes in 4 weeks so that would give me 6 months from then. That is something I will decide on over the next few weeks. I love the idea of having a goal to work towards but I also know how hard everyone works to get up on that stage.

Renewed energy

Feeling better than I expected today after the quick but long drive to Sydney. I really can't take those long drives anymore. Just the one more to do at Easter when I head back to Sydney for the Australian Masters.

Trained this morning and pulled up OK. Ran 60, 100, 600 and did shot & javelin. I actually surprised myself and did well at everything so that gave me a bit of a boost.

I intend to bump up my training from now on in. I don't believe I have been actually pushing myself with my running so will see if that makes a difference.

So for the next 5 weeks it is all good as far as my food and training go.

Trip to Sydney

Driving to Sydney tomorrow for a funeral on Friday. Our very good friends mother passed away unexpectantly. Our friends had just flown overseas for a holiday so it was a bit of a shock.

Back in focus with my training and eating. I have even organised to take food for the trip instead of the usual fast food on the highway. Will be back on Saturday.

Now I must go and organise my packing as we are leaving very early.

Calm

Still feeling flat but there is a slight flicker at the end of the tunnel.I have decided I am not into empire building and just want to continue on doing the best that I can and still produce the results I want & the lifestyle that I want. Life is too short for continual confrontation.

Made myself get out and train this morning. At least that is one thing that will not let me down. I always feel better after training. Just did about 45 min running.
Looking forward to PT session this arvo which always pushes me to exaustion.

More decisions

I can't believe how life can change so much in such a short time.. I thought I had everything figured out but thats me being naive, I guess, & thinking people will change because they have said they would and I didn't factor in the actions of other people. I start to wonder if I will ever learn. Maybe I won't but I am totally over people who cannot see past 'whats in it for me' and 'after all I have done'.
This is all to do with my work situation. I still haven't figured out which direction I am going to take. I have let this once again affect everything and I am feeling not the best at the moment. I haven't trained since last Tuesday and my food has been crap.
I will figure this all out and maybe I have to choose my work partners more carefully. I will not stoop to their level so maybe the best thing to do is to go on by myself. Anyway that is what my thoughts are totally consumed by at the moment.

Raining again

Trained Sunday morning in the pouring rain. We were supposed to be having an interclub comp but was called off. Only a few of us diehards turned up. Ended up having a fairly good running session. I actually like running in the rain. Two of us were doing some slowish laps and we lost track of how many we had done (too much talking) and ended up doing about 10. I would never have done that many on my own so pretty pleased with that.

The photo is of me (right side) and 2 of my running pals Petrina & Karen.

Working week

This week has been mostly consumed by work. Not complaining though.

Trained every morning this week except for this morning. I wanted to do some discus this afternoon which I did. I spend about an hour throwing down at the local High school as they have a discus ring and I don't have to worry about anyone else. I have been just going out for 30 -45 min in the morning mostly running with a bit of sprint & jumps training thown in.
We are having some sprint comp just between our group in the morning so will be interested to see how that goes.

I thought I would take my measurements again as I haven't done them since end Sept when I finished the 12 week challenge. I was quite surprised that all were just about the same. My weight also only fluctuates around 2kgs over my end weight so all good there. Just got to keep working at maintaining.