Alison Langley

Oh Hai 8kms!

This is the second last week before my official training starts up and I am pretty proud of myself that I have been able to ramp it up from 3 and a bit kms to a full 8 in just three weeks.

I actually attempted to do this yesterday however when I set off outdoors, over the bridge I took a few wrong turns and ended up lost in the international terminal car park. Super unsuccessful.

This morning I set off on my quest for 8kms on a treadmill, a slightly safer environment.

I still have the doubting thoughts in my head particularly around the 3-4km mark. My body just wants to stop and eat a sausage roll! But you ignore it and push on.

And so I did.

Next week I would like to make my target 10kms. Get to just under that half way point before run club set in.

Also a little something I like to think of at 7am... Sausage!

Get your mind out of the gutter and onto the hot plate!

Uhuh, All your sausage, bread, onion, sauce, and coke cans that your little heart desires.

I am having a BBQ at Wolli Creek Woolworths on the 25th of June!

Now, most of you would say that WC is a litttttttle out of the way to go get a sausage sanga. But is it too far for cancer? I THINK NOT!

Not only will you get to see my head in its absolute element (surrounded by greasy food) but you will get to see Pauls as well (because his attendance was mandatory)

So stop by on your way to the airport, city, blue mountains, the beach, the corner shop and come say hello!

That is the 25th of June - Woolworths @ Wolli Creek.

I'm having a bake sale!

So, I had a brain wave on the treadmill this morning and what better way to raise money for running a half marathon and finding the cure for cancer than to hold a bake sale on the 27th of August ...

That's right, all I thought about this morning was how much sugar and self raising flour I can shove in my mouth on the 27th of August before it starts to slow me down.

The bake sale will be held at Bunnings, on the 27th of August at Bunnings in Kirrawee.

I dare say I will rope in Paul to sit with me for hours on end just to keep me honest, and I might try to rope in Big O for a celebrity guest appearance too!

So come on down and say hi to us OR if coming to Bunnings Kirrawee on the 27th of August not your thing, feel free to hit me up via PM and donate some goodies... slice, or a cupcake, or finger bun, cronut, 3 teired wedding cake... ANYTHING!

Bunnings Kirrawee - 127-141 Bath Rd, Kirrawee

6kms treadmill style

So I hit 6kms, and it was pretty awful. The eternal struggle between your brain reasoning with you to "just go a little bit further, then you can stop" and "just end it nowwwwwwwww and no one will knowwwwwwwwwwwwww".

It sucked, but I did it. Which in return deserves a good pat on the back. If not for any other reason but to make me go a little faster.

7.20m average per km, meaning that if I keep that up. I will be hitting the finish line on the half mara around the 2h 30m ish mark. That will put me in the top (looking opitmistcally) 2/3rds of the race.

I guess for someone who loves to smash a pizza and is more built for mens professional waterpolo that ain't too bad.

First 5K

So, on the weekend Paul and I thought it would be a great idea to do a hike in the Blue Mountains, and it was a really great idea... for a Sherpa.

The hike we did was labelled hard, and I have been told that there was a conversation beforehand of “should we be doing a hike that is labelled hard?” to which I replied “oh, it’s only cautionary, it isn’t really that hard”. Well I have no memory of this conversation (naturally) and we did it anyway. It was a really, really hard hike.

Paul and I honestly couldn’t walk for all of Monday, most of Tuesday and right up to this point we still find climbing up and down stairs a bit of a challenge. It’s attractive.

So, this put my “training” on a bit of a holt, but today being a new less achey and stiff day I thought, I am going to run 5kms today. So off I went!

I took a friends dog with me of whom I will blame the 8 minute kilometre on (because when a dog needs to go, a dog needs to go) but overall I am quite proud of my efforts. I nailed it! Tomorrow I plan to get out there and do it all over again and on Saturday I would like to be able to achieve 6kms.

So my first little goal will be to have the ability to run a minimum of 7kms by the end of this month.

If I fail, I'll have to think of some crap punishment that I hate. Hill Runs? No, no, sand dunes running, yassssssssssssssssssssss.

First run for the training season...

So, before the official training season starts in June, I thought I should at least get moving a few weeks beforehand considering I hadn't of done a great deal of exercise since January.

Yes it was indoors, yes it was on a treadmill with zero inclination, yes it was in front of a television screen but you gotta start somewhere and that was mine. I must admit it wasn’t a complete disappointment. 5 minute warm up, level 8.5, then level 9, then level 9.5 then NOPE! Body says no, you have done enough. So I ended up doing 3 and a bit kms with an average speed of 6'57. Boom.

I have a long way to go, but at least I have made a start :)

I'm training with Can Too for Blackmores Sydney Running Festival Half Marathon!

I am training for an event with Can Too, a health promotion organisation that engages and inspires individuals and the community to achieve personal health, wellbeing and altruistic goals. 
 
Beginners and experienced athletes alike are given professional coaching as part of a team to run or swim in endurance events- including 10km, half-marathon and marathon runs; as well as ocean swims and triathlons.
 
In return, I am raising valuable funds that go towards innovation in the prevention, care and control of cancer. In 2015, Can Too community is funding 14 early career researchers through Cure Cancer Australia.

Thank you for supporting me!
 
‘It’s so much fun and I can’t believe I’m going to achieve this goal that I never thought possible. A great program and team support is making it possible. You Can Too!’