A Great Weekend

I had a really good first week of Round 4 in term of exercise and nutrition; however, it was also a really busy one at work with a successful concert, great teaching and a job interview (see my week 1 wrap up). So by Thursday night I could feel the beginnings of a cold and have spent the last couple of days managing that. It has turned out to be a great weekend though :).

On Saturday morning I went to my normal run group hoping for a fairly easy run to manage my cold and test myself for City2Sea. Unfortunately it was being run by a different leader who is a marathon runner! I did my 6.7km, but spent most of it trying to catch her as I coughed my way through.

This was followed by an enjoyable circuit for the first SSS of Round 4 with some women from my training group. This was ideal, as it allowed me to focus on parts of my body I sometimes ignore while running - upper body for instance. It was also lovely to chat with other 12wbters again :).

                                                     (With thanks to Sarah for the photo)

I went on to play at a Primary School Fete with my band, finish most of my reports and share dinner with my parents.

                                                     Kew East Primary School Fete

By this stage, I was feeling much more rested, but still blocked up and coughing and made arrangements to complete the City2Sea on the 5km route rather than the 14km if needed (the organizers were great and said I could decide the following morning).

Roll on Sunday morning .... blue skies, unblocked nose and no cough! I was really pleased, as had been keen to complete the City2Surf/City2Sea double. Running a little late, I made it for my starting wave and set off to complete the full City2Sea.

It really was a beautiful run, starting at the Arts Centre, looping through Albert Part then finishing along St Kilda Beach.

As I knew I still wasn't 100%, I set myself little mini goals throughout the run and ended up completing it in a respectable 1:46:12. Although I'm working toward being much faster, this satisfied me today - I kept a consistent pace, ran the whole way and felt good :).

								It was also really nice to catch up with a number of friends after I finished, from two lovely ladies I've met doing Shannan's fitness program, to three friends from my training group who were (rather impressively) following that with the Eureka Stair Climb and some fellow musicians playing in the band at Catani Park St Kilda. The final part of my successful weekend was a catch up dinner with a big group of women from my 12wbt training group to celebrate a birthday. It was great to see everyone and help Raelene celebrate her birthday :).                                       Penne with Pumpkin and Spinach   Was great to see so many of the lovely women I've met doing the 12wbt :).   Bring on Week 2!