Tag mental health

Overthinking: Anxiety’s Questions

One of the traps I have begun to become aware of is when my self-doubt and anxiety takes hold, is that I try to regain control by thinking about every possible outcome of the situation. This “overthinking” sends me down…

You Matter: Going Medication Free

This year has been a challenge for everyone, and I’m sure many are happy to see the back of it.For me, it has been a year where I haven’t stopped. It has been hard, unrelenting, and full of change.Over the…

Wellington Round the Bays – 2020

In November I saw a small ad on Facebook for a purple shirt saying “I’m Sweating for Mental Health”. Given that I (quite literally sometimes) have been doing that since 2012, I wanted one. Raise $200 and enter into the…

Training Complete

A short 10 minute jaunt after paying a visit to Mitre 10 later, and I’ve completed my training plan for the 10km run that sets off tomorrow morning.Since November 17, I’ve run a total of 122.98km.That’s almost 3 marathons across…

Biggest Training Run Yet

It’s 8:40 on Sunday morning. This Sunday, I face my biggest challenge yet.The training run today is set for 60 minutes.One hour.This is a big deal for me, because this time last year, there was no conceivable way that I…

Injury

Hi all,A quick update on the training for you.Unfortunately it’s not good news.On Thursday, in unrelated physical activity (Indoor Cricket) my back gave out and I was rendered cripple for the weekend. This comes at a bad time, with this…

Woah! We’re Half-way there.

So today marked a pretty big milestone in my training.Centred around big runs on Sunday, I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while.It was a 35 minute run – something which has been more than a little daunting…

Longest Run

I’m back! I’ve still been running my training runs as per the plan, just that I haven’t had the time to write about each of them.Today however, I reached a personal milestone. It really put my struggle in perspective. Today…

Training Run and Weight

So, I’ve decided to track a few things on my way to the goal.One of them is the pace I’m running at, and making sure that it is manageable for the long distance run of 10km.The second is my weight,…