Another New PB! On A Roll! - A Triathlon Diary

I only went and bloody did it again!

A second PB.... 2 runs in a row! I am so chuffed! I have to give a shout out, again, to my wonderful father who coached we through the whole thing.

At around 3km I hit a wall and thought I lungs were about to spontaneously combust but Dad wouldn't let me stop - or slow down - and by the end of the 5km we had actually picked up the pace again and we knocked a whole chunk of time off.

I genuinely went into shock at the end when I actually realised what I'd achieved and had a little weep.

Yes! You read that right, I cried at the end of a run.... I am a massive emotional wet rag but I don't really care because I am so damn proud of the progress I've made.

From the run last Monday, I knocked off a further 1 minute and 12 seconds..... that's a total of 1 minute and 55 seconds faster over just 3 runs. 

Here is what I captioned the photo with on Instagram:

• Absolutely bloody ecstatic about this! Not only did I get a 2nd #personalbest time for the 2nd week in a row. But I knocked a whole minute and 12 seconds off the same run! Yes, that's 72 seconds faster over the same distance!!!! I am so f***ing chuffed!! I finally feel like I am getting back to my #athletic self - it's taken a damn long time and a lot of tears, frustration and nearly throwing the towel in but I finally feel SO close to being as fit as I was when I was in #training with my #rugbyteam. I still struggle with what I #see when I look in the mirror. There are still so many things that I want to #change about my body but I KNOW that there is an #athlete inside me that is finally making an appearance. My body is so much #stronger than I believe it to me and the biggest #barrier I face ever time that I work out is my #mind. I was told recently that your brain is your strongest #muscle - you have to train it the hardest to get fit and healthy. This run proves to me that I am so much more capable than I give myself credit for and I need to push myself past the limit where I think I can't go on anymore. My limit is a lot further away than it initially appears. I got my running bug back!!! 

• #instarunners#triathlon #running #swimbikerun#100happydays #day64 #5km#trainingrun #PB #72seconds#incredible #iamsostrong #thisgirlcan#BOOM #weightloss #fitness #health

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A New PB! - A Triathlon Diary

I not only have a triathlon coming up next month, I also have a 10km run. So, all the run training I'm doing is helping (hopefully) towards both of these events.

I've only recently got back into running to the point where I'm enjoying it. I think having my dad as a training partner really helps as he is a great source of encouragement and a fantastic pace maker.... and he doesn't let me slow down!

For a while, back in 2014, I was doing ParkRun on a Saturday morning at a local but fell out of the habit over the winter. My fastest 5km at ParkRun was 34:56 which I was happy with. I was only a year out of major knee surgery, I was over weight and unfit.

On June 1st 2015 (my second real training run in about 4 months) I smashed this time out of the water! I was SO pleased!

Considering that I have not been doing a lot of running training, I am super pleased with knocking 43 seconds off of my personal best! It's gives me a lot of confidence for the training runs still to come and also, the actual event that are now less than a month away!