Whilst I’m certainly not one to shy away from pushing my luck (in my experience progress rarely hounds non-risk takers), this doesn’t mean I’m willing to give it a drop kick off a cliff either and so when I woke up this morning feeling surprisingly supple, bright and breezy I did not take it as a green light to try and pull another 7 mile speed session before work.
A little ten minute tread-mile seemed to be the minimum I could get away with in order not to break my Juneathon Runstreak but I then hopped on the stationery bike and gently trundled away for a bit whilst listening to the final chapter of an audio book I received as a free download as part of the Run2Work promotion. I selected Rich Roll’s book Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself. Thankfully the book’s not as long as the title. OK that’s not quite true. I picked it because whilst it wasn’t something I’d have bought as it focuses on triathlons more than just running, of course I knew I’d find the running element interesting and as he is proud and loud in following a vegan diet I thought I might pick up a few tips (though I am primarily an unashamed fan-girl of Scott Jurek in this area!) Whilst I wouldn’t necessarily recommend everyone rush out and buy it immediately, it has been an interesting listen. He spends a lot of the book discussing how he sank into and then overcame various personal difficulties before his athletic, plant-based renaissance so if you like biographies in general then you may well enjoy it. There are moments when it pushes his own range of products a little too much for my liking and I’m not sure the appendices of nutritional values really make for the most enjoyable audio book experience but I did pick up some interesting tips and pointers for ensuring my own plant based diet is adequately fuelling the demands of my training.
So, with an easy day well earned and even my blog post out of the way in a quick lunchtime update, do you know what I am going to do this evening of Juneathon the 11th? No, me neither, and for a bit of a change, that’s A-OK with me for once!
A little ten minute tread-mile seemed to be the minimum I could get away with in order not to break my Juneathon Runstreak but I then hopped on the stationery bike and gently trundled away for a bit whilst listening to the final chapter of an audio book I received as a free download as part of the Run2Work promotion. I selected Rich Roll’s book Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself. Thankfully the book’s not as long as the title. OK that’s not quite true. I picked it because whilst it wasn’t something I’d have bought as it focuses on triathlons more than just running, of course I knew I’d find the running element interesting and as he is proud and loud in following a vegan diet I thought I might pick up a few tips (though I am primarily an unashamed fan-girl of Scott Jurek in this area!) Whilst I wouldn’t necessarily recommend everyone rush out and buy it immediately, it has been an interesting listen. He spends a lot of the book discussing how he sank into and then overcame various personal difficulties before his athletic, plant-based renaissance so if you like biographies in general then you may well enjoy it. There are moments when it pushes his own range of products a little too much for my liking and I’m not sure the appendices of nutritional values really make for the most enjoyable audio book experience but I did pick up some interesting tips and pointers for ensuring my own plant based diet is adequately fuelling the demands of my training.
So, with an easy day well earned and even my blog post out of the way in a quick lunchtime update, do you know what I am going to do this evening of Juneathon the 11th? No, me neither, and for a bit of a change, that’s A-OK with me for once!
