Finished my Cumulative Marathon

At the moment I have an arm injury, and as a result I can't do anywhere near the amount of weights that I was doing before. It's tempting at times to be really frustrated by this, especially as weights help my syncope more than cardio (that said, cardio help my asthma more). Instead, I decided to use the time as some time to get in some more runs.

To motivate myself I signed up for the Indigenous Marathon Project Virtual Run - Three Distances! I signed up for the cumulative marathon, the cumulative half marathon, and the 10km.

And today I finished the cumulative marathon!

1st - 5.58 - 5.58
3rd - 3.38 - 8.96
6th - 5.58 - 14.54
8th - 3.38 - 17.92
10th - 5.58 - 23.50
10th - 1.00 - 24.50
11th - 5.58 - 30.08
14th - 8.96 - 39.04
16th - 3.38 - 42.42
Photos of some runs, but some I forgot!

Better on Monday

One of my goals this December is to run a virtual cumulative marathon, a virtual cumulative half-marathon, and a virtual 10km. I.e. to run 73.3km this December.

I've been doing less running recently, focusing more on weights and Bikram, as I'm doing a 12 week Bikram challenge, and weights help my syncope more. But I've injured my elbow somehow, so I'm taking December out to focus on my running.

I have a usual route, along the beach near my house. I run 5.58km or 3.38km usually, though if I want to do a long run then that is longer. So I set off along the beach.

It was a STRUGGLE. Really, really hard.

I "ran" the 5.58, mostly BECAUSE it was so hard, and I know that it wasn't going to get any better. I could have stopped at the 3.38, but it's important to me to keep going. So I did the longer option.

It took me a really long time. My running times have increased since getting sick again, but this was something else. Normally the 5.58km takes me around 40 minutes. This run took just under an hour. But I did it.

And then this morning (Monday) I went for a quick run (3.38km) before work. It wasn't so bad. I wasn't fast, but I wasn't as slow as on the weekend. And it didn't hurt the way that the run on the weekend did.

When you keep on, it gets better. Not always when you want it to, but it does.

Keep on keeping on!

On Being Me

It's time to start a (new) blog, to record my life as it is currently. I've blogged before, at a number of different blogs (including 3 concurrently), but none of them currently feel like "me", so I've dropped them. But I really like blogging, and I have a lot to say (even when no one listens - especially when no one listens!) so here I am once again.

At the moment, I'm an exercise fanatic. I run, lift weights, do Sealfit workouts, do Bikram yoga, and have personal training twice a week. I'm not especially strong or especially fast, but I'm very determined, and I won't quit unless I have to.

I've raised money for charities through my exercise, including World Vision and Canteen. I rode over 250km to raise funds to end children's cancer.

The interesting thing is, I'm actually pretty sick. I have a whole host of different diseases and conditions that impact the way I live my life every day. This includes taking medications, eating differently, the structuring of my exercise plan, and my morning routine - just to mention the obvious ones.

I have:
- Allergies ranging from mild to severe
- Coeliacs disease
- Asthma
- A polycystic ovary
- Poor bone density
- Lung damage
- Two (very minor) heart conditions (tachycardia, and a functional murmur)
- A metabolism issue (too fast)
- Severe syncope and corresponding pre and post syncope symptoms (syncope is fainting)


In the past I have had:
- Ovarian cancer, leading to the removal of one ovary and about 2/3 of my uterus
- Pneumonia
- Whooping cough (I was immunized, I still got it)


Plus the standard childhood illnesses and injuries.



I DON'T LET BEING SICK STOP ME. IT IS NOT AN OPTION.

This blog is about being sick, being tired, and doing it anyway