Marathon mindset

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Today, we are diving into week two of our marathon prep in the lead up to Berlin. we've already learned a lot, I would say, from the first two weeks, and been met with many hurdles. So we are excited to talk through some insights relating to training, fueling, balance, and recovery. However, our deep dive today. It's going to be on mindset. Ooh, but first as always, let's kick off with our notable runs of the week. Give me your worst run of the

worst run. My worst run, this is so

Oh, really? Track Tuesday.

track Tuesday, cast your minds back to Monday night, it's 2:20 AM Oh no. I have been a victim of the night sweats,

Oh, the night

Yeah.

I thought you said nut

sweats, You're like,

Is that like you have too many nuts? Night sweats. Yes. Okay.

I, uh, yeah, I was like, I just had such an awful sleep. Anyway, Tuesdays is notoriously an early morning for us. We sort of

sort of

famously, some may say, we start running at 540. So on the back of a very bad sleep, I trudged on down to track, even in the warmup, I felt so bad, but I was like, Oh no, it'll be fine. Maybe I'm just like tired from, cause I've been doing more running than normal. Like, I'll just see how I go. And then. Jackery, friend of the show. He did a session with me and it was a long session as well. We had like two minutes.

on a Tuesday, we're not used to long

Tuesdays. Yeah. Yeah. so it was like two minutes on one minute times 14 and From the start I felt shocking and it didn't get better. But got through it and Bought myself a Rockabees to say good job you.

So when, so when you get night sweats, do you, does it wake you up?

No, it doesn't wake me up. Um, Dave has to wake me up to let me know that I am drowning. Just not nice. And I think I must not, even though I don't wake up to it, I think it must just take a lot out of me, I guess maybe cause I'm sweating so Um, but yes, that was my worst run of the week. What about you?

My worst one of the week was on this morning. We did

We ran

We ran together. Sorry, but nothing but a snore as we like to say. Um, so this morning I did a chest exercise. Tiny, tiny session because I'm still building back from my Achilles, even though my Achilles feels great. It feels so good, which is amazing. and what I should be focusing on, but I, sorry, I only had a 20 minute effort this morning. which is very small compared to what, you know, most people are doing at this stage in their block. but it felt so hard. And so I, yeah, I just joined in.

I have a long

We have a

a medium amount of time.

Um, yeah, well, yeah, we'll talk more about mindset in a second, obviously, but, it was definitely, was, had to like work hard to like, reframe

Yeah, that's tough. Especially when you're running with people who you know are running further than you. And you're

Exactly.

Yeah. I feel like that's even, it kind of, it's just another, like, kick in the

you feel like, you kind of go

like, you kind of go into it thinking that like, oh, I should be the one feeling fresh because I'm not doing as

Yeah. And, and I do, I feel fresh, but I feel unfit. Yeah. Felt very unfit. So, that was a It was a bit of a, um, not wake up call. Cause I already knew that, but just, it was a stock reminder of where my fitness is at. Yeah.

had

I've got to turn this tone around. Tell me about your best

Tell, we gotta turn this

my best run was Tuesday.

What was your best run? Well, my best run was Tuesday. Me! so I'm, as you know, so it's Friday night now, Friday evening, and I fly to Europe tonight or tomorrow morning at 5am. so got a very early trip to the airport.

well, so for everyone listening, so it's Monday morning right now, you might be on your commute to work, it's winter, it's Australian winter, it's cold, it's drizzly. Just, I want you to think, Anna will be in Europe

Jet lagged.

Extremely jet lagged.

jet lagged. London will probably also be raining.

it's true.

Um, But yeah, so I got up at twenty past four this morning. Makes me sick, even just saying that. Um, it's also my husband's birthday today, so I've woken him up at twenty past four to go for a run. I said, no, no, no, as in like, I left to go for a run. Like, I'm picturing him just thinking, when he's like, thinking about his birthday. 30th birthday. He's probably going to wake up, like maybe have some pancakes, like have presents. And then I'm like, see ya!

Anyway, um, yes,

Anyways, um, yes, I had to get my long run done because by the time I go into get into London, it would just be too hard. So yeah, wake up at 420, our legendary friend Jenna. met at my house at 5 a. m. to keep me company and she rode her bike for an hour next to

her house to

is just, yeah, I think like I said to you earlier today like I am so so appreciative. But like if i'm being self aware I don't think I would do that.

We can't all be like Jenna.

That's very true. Anyway, so thank you, Jenna. And then, yeah, so then joined you guys for after 12 kilometers. and went to the lake, did a bit of a session and then ran back. So I ended up with 33 kilometers.

is massive! Is that your, now your second biggest

I feel like every week I'm just going to be like, and now it's my

it's always

Yeah.

33km, that's like new milestone

in territory. Yeah. It was, and by the time I, it was kind of funny because I almost felt like I'd been running like all through the night.

all through

Because I like,

it was so dark

dark. So dark, so early. And then by the time I finished, like everyone's up and on their way to work. I

You know what I was thinking is really brutal about that run for you is like you're obviously adding on to the distance of your runs, but then to also add intensity in.

It's like

like a

double it was hard. And I did speak to you pre recording, but, um, as I said, yeah, it's Dave's birthday and we went out with family for dinner last night to this Thai restaurant and then had like, this like really rich chocolate and caramel cake.

And I, I, I mean, I knew about your, um, night, not, not even because you told me initially, but because of this butt dial that I got from Anna, hang on, that turned into a voice message. That'd be. I want a piece of cake? Are you sure? Aww. Are you sure? Do you want one? No. That's fine. It's fine. Alright. Alright. waitresses don't want a slice. I asked if the waitresses wanted a guys, I'm gonna hang up because I, I haven't listened, I think it goes for five minutes.

Oh my god. Anyway,

so

I was asked, I was even asking the waitresses if they'd like a slice of

You're so excited. Aw, you don't mind? Aw,

I was like, Oh, I'm on a diet. I'm like, Oh,

is that what they said? I

it was really good. And then because we're going overseas, I was trying to get them to have a face because I'm like, I don't want this to go to waste. Anyway, sorry, we got distracted.

your best

Um, what was your best run? Tuesday. Um, yes,

the story of my week. So, because Tuesday was my first sort of session back that wasn't like a half hearted one in Bali. And it was the first like back at track. Last time I ran at track was the run that I think I kind of triggered this injury. And it wasn't a huge, it was only kind of a pretty small session similar to what I did on Friday. but I was so, you know, that stage of like when you're coming back from injury and you're just so happy to be back, pushing yourself, feeling good.

nothing like an injury to give you a

oh my

perspective.

for for all of 24 hours. And then I'm back in the like, oh, I feel unfit. But yeah, on Tuesday I was still in that headspace of like, Oh, this is, I'm just so happy to be back, running with everyone, pushing myself, feeling really good. yeah, I really enjoyed Tuesday.

Yeah. Um, so, speaking of, how has your mindset been this week?

So, I would say, as I kind of said, it started off, I started off sort of blissfully unaware, not blissfully unaware, but not really paying attention to the marathon block and just being really happy to be back running, which is a great mindset to be in, very healthy. But then I had this moment today where I was running with you guys. I was, I'm saying like, all our friends are doing these crazy big sessions, like tomorrow and everything.

Yeah. You gotta remember that, like, you're on your own.

your journey

And to not compare yourself to anyone else, because I mean, like, unless you're literally the best in the world, you could, if you're comparing yourself, you can always compare yourself to, someone better. Yeah. Yeah.

And I, I also think like, at the end of the day, I reckon in one week, like next week, I'll be running way more again. And my sessions will get bigger and same with the week after. And this, this is what, one of the times where I appreciate having a coach the most, because Gary is like putting the brakes on so hard right now, still, I'm still like running most days, but if I didn't have a coach, I would be, I would have been straight into a

Yeah. Yeah. and, that's when you're likely to get like, another

exactly. So I think these are like these critical few weeks that I knew I would have to do of like, just be patient with the build. and in a few weeks I'll be back pushing myself. Like I want to, you know, it's but yeah, I was like, I did the cool down.

Mm. Mm. Mm. I had one that I kept thinking of today when I was running. Yeah.

one

from I'm

Actually, you know what, let's talk, let's hold off on that conversation because we are going to award a cheeky team member of the week later and I think we might reference that Strava conversation quite a bit. are

are you going to, what are you going to do for next week, just in case, these thoughts sort of, like, come back in. Like, what will you do?

you, these of, like, come back in. What will you do? I caught myself out doing it. And sometimes it's easy to like get in those, have those internal narratives without consciously realizing you're doing it. And yeah, as I said, it wasn't until I was running back and I was by myself and I had a little bit of head space that I reflected on it. I feel like I need to be really aware of when I hear that kind of narrative creeping in and remember that like we're all at different stages on the journey.

a bit older.

Like, then I'll look back and be like, oh, that,

Yeah, you should have just tried to

yeah, it's the come back to your why thing. It's like, why am I doing, I'm not doing it to like break a record. Like I'm doing it because it's fun and I do it with my friends. And if I'm too focused on. That comparison thing. Which I feel like must be such a thing in marathon training. Comparing your training to other people's and be like, What are they doing? Where

think more so, I think more so than other distances. And I only say this because, this is like my first marathon block. And like, I feel like I don't really compare myself to other people when we're

like just trying to do this

but for some reason, yeah, the last two weeks, I think because it's so there's so much of it is like the unknown and like the it. Yeah. I think that distance and the race itself is like a lot more daunting. So I feel like you, then it makes you like, look for, like other little keys or something that like, oh, maybe they're doing something, different. maybe that's better. And I've found myself doing

that.

that. I'll see someone's session. I'll see what, what they're running on a Saturday and thinking. Oh, how come

I'm not doing that.

Yeah, it's so toxic because it's that mindset that makes you push yourself more than you like run what your body's actually capable. Yeah.

Push yourself too much and then that's when you get injured anyway. So yeah, I feel like that, it's that comparison mindset. no good. Yeah.

I actually read a article the other day and it was about a study. This is so vague, sorry, but it's a, it was a study. I either in England or America and they compared these, I think it was in America. They compared these college cross country runners. Um, some of them did. all of the training that they were prescribed, like on their program, to a T. And then others did 80 percent of it. They could have a rest day or, not do a session if they were like feeling a bit tired.

had improved just as

Um, and so I think that's just to say that like, Arrest A here and there, even though I feel like mentally it's such a, sort of a barrier to, acknowledge and like accept that it clearly does. That you are able to, like, miss a few things, and like, if you're listening to your body, that is gonna get you there in the end. And I don't know if that was because, like, some of the ones that did it 100 percent ended up getting injured, so then couldn't do it, or whatnot.

interesting. I think that is so interesting and I feel like it slightly ties in with this idea of, actually again something Sean talks about is like, you'd rather be a bit undercooked and on the up for the race, than like overcooked and like plateauing on the

down. You know what I'm saying?

you want to, you know, it to be in a stage where you're still kind of getting better each run and like feeling really good and energized rather than like, it's a grind. Every

And definitely

I'm definitely at the moment, like I'm, I'm feeling great in my

my race, and that's the thing. Um, I feel like mine's been a bit topsy turvy this week as well. And as we were saying before, we did push out the Strava question. Like one of the reasons why we did put it out was because we like wanted guidance and like to know other people's opinions on everything. and I think just coming back to it being my first marathon training block, and obviously we're quite. early in. this weekend it's nine weeks away.

away. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. I'm like, wait, is it? oh yeah, obviously we're, you're quite early in, so it's quite daunting to think you've got nine weeks of it left. Like I know there's a taper in there, but then on Tuesday after I felt bad, and because I'd like done my longest run last weekend, I was just thinking like, maybe I'm just not cut out to run this far or do this kind of training. It's just like, not for me. and even sort of like Wednesday, Thursday, I was really sort of on edge.

so badly. You

slept so badly, so

badly. Yeah. Like,

of you're never gonna feel good if you do that and then try to do a session. But when I was sort of in it, I was like. Oh my gosh,

gosh. Yeah. I

I can't do like marathons. I don't know how people do it. Yeah. Um,

so wild for me. Like it's wild for me hearing you say that because I feel like I see you as just like the strongest runner and like quite aspirational for me. I'm like, oh my God, like, Anna's so good. And

And

like to hear that you have doubts, which sounds silly 'cause like everyone has

doubts. But there's more that you could be. You always think you could be better. yeah, like, maybe, like, I'm too tired, like, I can't, yeah, like, this is all, like, too much

all, like, too much for me. Yeah, like, I woke up

it. You actually

past four this

it. Yeah, like, I woke up at twenty past four this morning. And you would think you'd wake up being like, Oh my God. Whereas I woke up like buzzing and like a bit nervous and being like, Oh my gosh, I'm about to run 30

There's a really specific feeling of like before you, when you wake up, when you're about, you know, you're about to do like something you've never done before from a session perspective. I don't know. It's

Yeah. Or like there's something exciting going on. yeah.

But I feel like Yeah, that, that sense that you're, what you're doing, you're not sure if you can do it. Like that's what makes running a marathon so amazing or for anyone running a half marathon for the first time. Like it's not, if you know you can do it, then it's like, sure, that's great. And you, it's like you said about the half marathon last week, like we're at a stage with a half marathon where we know it can run the distance and it's more about the time.

Yeah. Yeah. But I mean, like we speak about it a little bit, but that's when, like you gotta be on, get uncomfortable and do things that you're scared of. Cause that's when you grow.

Yeah. And so what, how are you going to try and, like, reframe that mindset this week?

I think for next week or whenever it next happens, I think like the confidence of it passing that once I feel like I can kind of come back to that and think like, it's fine. Of course you're tired. Like you're doing a lot of things. just like back on Tuesday, for instance, like I didn't, I did the session and like, I didn't feel good, but I backed it off quite a bit. And then I guess the same.

those like bad days, well then it makes like the good days She had a few races early on where she felt really bad, but then she ended up, like the first two laps, say, but then she ended up getting PBs. And that for her, there was such big lessons to be like, Oh, just because you're feeling bad, it doesn't actually mean

mean anything. Yeah, yeah, like you couldn't run well even though you, yeah, which I found, I mean, to what you were just saying, like, I find that so interesting that she said that, because I sort of look at her and think, you would never feel

would never feel, oh yeah, you must just feel amazing all

All the time.

And she knew, she knew because she'd had those experiences that she could get through it. And I feel like that's kind of like what you were saying, like, you know, because you've had that doubt and it hasn't proved to be true. It's like, how much do you pay attention to that little voice in your head

much do

don't think you do this. Like, no, you, you know, that voice is wrong half the

head? Yeah. Yeah. And I think, we spoke about it ages ago on one of the podcasts about, There's, what's that part in your brain that like when you do something hard then like that's how that

was called, but yeah, this is I think in, uh,

it was in season one. Yeah. Yeah. That's right. Yeah. Cause we were speaking about if you wake up in the morning and you actually get up, then the next day you're more likely to get up. and I guess it's the same kind of thing. Like if you do overcome that little hurdle and then say to yourself, you know, I've done that, like I can do it again. you're, you're

teaching that

yeah, yeah, exactly. Whereas if I just had have like given up after I never would have like got to today. So then. That would have just been it.

And can I say we talk about what we want to get out of this training block. What an amazing thing. If one of the things you get out of this training block is like, if you're a better way to manage that voice in your head that tells you you can't do something.

I know.

think of anything better in life than being able to, like, quieten voices like that? Like,

you can.

pretty, that's pretty, like, powerful.

Yeah.

well thanks for sharing. I feel like, yeah, that was really, we don't talk about that kind of

about that kind of stuff enough. It's

It's crazy, I mean, we talk every day, and I didn't really know that that's where your headspace was at.

that that's where your headspace was at. Which you shouldn't, but like I'd feel silly being like, oh. All right, but you know what? Once you do, I probably should vocalize it, because once you vocalize it, you're like, well that's silly. Yeah, it's silly

and it feels so normal as well. Like I think, you know, both of us, like, you with some self doubt and me with like comparing myself to others, like they're such normal human tricks that your

Yeah, yeah.

yeah, hopefully, it's, it resonates with some listeners as well.

yep. So, let's

let's talk about, as we said, we want to do a holistic approach to marathon

holistic approach

some of the other dimensions. Yeah.

want

wanna hear about how your recovery's gone this week. Recovery, because you've had a

week. It's been a hectic week. Oh, that's a good idea.

we do

should we do mindset quickly

your mindset?

Um, Six. Six? Yeah.

Yeah. What about you?

Um, I would say four.

Okay,

No, actually. No, no, no. No, I have five. I'd say it's a pass, but just. Okay. But P's get degrees. But

But we're aiming for a

aiming for higher, for sure.

mindset especially. Because

If we go

we go through this whole block, with a like, five and a six, just feeling terrible about ourselves.

about ourselves. That was not the Okay, let's start with

Okay, let's start with the score then let's talk about why.

why. Gosh, and my recovery is quite low as well. I would say probably on par with mindset. That's it. Actually, you know what? I'm gonna give myself a six.

Nice.

And the reason being, so yeah, been super busy this week, just sort of like trying to get things sorted before I go away. Um, and catching up with people and also running and work and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And so just haven't had time for things like sleep.

So

So like, I haven't slept as much as I would like, so that's why my score goes down because I feel like sleep is so, so important. But the reason that it's not at a complete zero is because I have been, I did a mobility test. Session just for like 12 minutes yesterday. Yep. Um, on the AB Pilates that we've spoken about that you can just YouTube. So if you just YouTube AB Pilates, like mobility, then there'll be a, a few routines that you can follow.

Oh, what a great idea! Oh, some great recovery, despite the low

yeah, so I'm gonna go

I'm gonna go Um, I would say, okay, with this rating system, can we make a rule that you can't say seven?

Yeah.

I feel like seven's a nothing number.

Yeah, that's very true.

it's on the fence. Let's be, let's have a decision either way. And if I was to say where my recovery was, I would say

six as well. Um, My, my orroring

ring would tell me

I would

six because my, I'm going to get up

going to get up to six.

No. Well, it gives

get

It gives me a percentage. So, and it, like, for example,

it, like for example, Um,

could, absolutely. And I'm, and I will.

have a look. Nah,

we'll round. We'll do

We'll just round.

My resilience has gone down.

are bad

And my resting heart rate has gone up. These are bad things. So, like total sleep for this week, my average sleep has been five hours and 40 minutes time of sleep.

Oh my gosh. That is

which as you can see this trend, like normally sits up around, honestly, it's sits around seven hours and seven hours is great for me. I feel really rested. I think I have good quality sleep. But this week it's plummeted to 5 minutes. And yeah, it's just been because I've been, work's been really intense this week and also cheeky. We've had a lot of cheeky commitments. Like we've been doing the,

Olympic

Olympic stuff. We've been doing a lot of extra like recording and work for that. And so I feel like when I've been finishing work and it's been kind of late and then I start working on cheeky stuff and then it just takes me a while to wind down. And so, um, my sleep has copped it, but positive things.

from a recovery

I did a yoga session, which was really good. It's been so good for my back doing yoga. So yeah, six, six for recovery.

Um, fueling?

Fueling. Okay, I reckon eight out of ten, I'd say. I think my fueling's been good. say what I did well for fueling is I did good meal prep this week, which just helps so much to have, like dinners, especially just like quick dinners that are like ready to go. And that I know are

Nutritious. Really

really filling me up and fueling me for my runs. I haven't, I kept getting to have protein post runs this week. So, I need to do that a little bit more. And. Oh, I've had a few mornings where I've been really busy and post run I've like kind of had to get straight into work and then I haven't had breakfast till like, a bit later and like that happened this morning and I just had like a tiny bowl of porridge for breakfast too late.

on my feet. Yeah, yeah. And you're still giving yourself a night. Yeah, well I don't know.

know. I think, okay, no, I'll tell you why I'm an 8. Because I've discovered my new favourite pre run

snack.

I told you about it already, um, raisin muffins.

not doing that. One thing I didn't update about them Is I've rediscovered my love

for raisin muffins. Do you know what they are? They're like English muffins, but like fruit

toast. Oh, I didn't even know you could get

Oh my god, they are so good. And they toast really quickly and they, As opposed to bagels, which take a little bit longer to get down. They're really easy to get down. I just put some butter on them and they're really high carb, like high carb. So yeah, for anyone who's needing some inspo, I've been like wake up in the morning, excited to have a

morning excited to have a

So I'm giving myself a pat on the back for

that. Yeah, and you can

What about you

I give myself an eight this week because last weekend on the long run, I don't think I fueled correctly. I, uh, I had two gels on the long run, but one piece of toast beforehand. And I just feel like the next day I was a Um, I'm a bit too tired. So I feel like if I had a fueled a little bit more, like had three gels or had like a second bit of toast or both, before I feel like I might've felt a bit better. but this week I honestly, well, I, you heard about my overview story before.

Um, apart from Tuesday night where we didn't eat dinner until like nine 30 and we just, we did a lot of recording.

Yeah, we did a lot of

just took way longer than we thought. And we

than we thought. Yeah. we had to take blankets. Yeah. I was starving. Oh

god, I was so hungry. When you left I was just

you left. I was just like, Om nom nom

Literally. Um, how would you rate your overall, like running this week?

touched on. Oh. Um.

like adherence? Yeah. Almost performance. How would you rate your running performance this week?

I would say an eight because I feel like I've been doing things properly, like the recovery runs, I've been running slow, then the session, the long run was good. Only an eight because of my Tuesday battle. What about you?

You know what? I'm going to give myself a nine. I mean, I've

done yeah, you've done every,

but the only thing is I haven't had my biggest run is tomorrow. I've got two and a half hours. So that's

oh, whoa. So that's what I did today. Yeah. But

Yeah, but I won't be doing a session. I'll just be

be, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Um, so, but apart from that, you know what, I've done everything that Gary has prescribed of me.

yeah,

and I've felt really good because I haven't been running heaps. I've felt really good. How have your doubles been going?

going? Yeah, so since we've started marathon training, I have been doing double runs. So that's just as it sort of sounds running twice a day. And I've been, I've done that twice a week for two weeks now. and the reason being is that I just split my runs up. So if I would normally run for 10 kilometers, in one go on some days, I do two, five kilometers. And I think it's just so that there's a little less stress on my body.

It's

Well for me it's quite common to just be going from inside to inside. Like I'll go

work

home because like it's not white, like it's already dark, it's not very nice. so it's actually been really nice just to get some fresh air after work. And I guess like, as we've spoken about before, having That third space a little bit more like having that a little bit more time between work and home life so yeah, that's been really good. My only gripe with them is that they take It's just it's just like time consuming. Yeah. Yeah. Oh,

I've kind of been like, oh, it's cool that in the mornings you don't need to get up so early sometimes.

Yeah, but I feel like I do end up because I still want to run with people. my other thing that this is maybe a question for the listeners. Is it kosher to run in the same kit in the afternoon that you run in, in the morning? What do you think? Well,

I think for you It's okay. Especially if you didn't do like a massive session in the morning. Cause as we've discussed, you are remarkably non

So I

So I think it's fine. And also you're not running with anyone in the afternoon, so you're just chucking it on. Whereas I feel like if I did a big session in the morning, would be like

wet. So

so I wouldn't, it wouldn't be comfortable. That's my number one thing I'll get chafe if my sports bra is a little bit damp, I'll get

bra is a little bit damp, I'll get chafed.

not wet? Yeah. Okay, cool. Like who cares even if it's, even if it got dirt on in the morning or whatever, like

Yeah, because I've been getting back into my clothes and thinking, I think this is a bit

bit off,

off, but also I, I,

it's worth

I'm doing it anyway.

yeah, yeah. I think for the convenience that it gives and I think it's fine. Keep

Yeah. We'd love to hear what everyone thinks. okay. Should we get into our

Cheeky team member of the week. Yes. So the idea behind cheeky team member of the week is it's all about this concept of marathon is a team sport, and we love the idea that there are so many in the cheeky community who are training for things at the moment or have trained things for things in the past. And we love the idea that we can all kind of lift each other up and help each other up a little bit. And so one of the ways that we are embracing this is by.

get around it. You did? Yeah. I think like 55 people commented. Yeah. for everyone not on Strava, I'll get up our question. Yeah. That we're gonna tell you our favorite answers. So, so you know what they're actually answering. So, it's for anyone who has trained for a marathon or a half marathon before. What is one thing you wish you'd known before you started training? If you could go back and speak to your pre event self, what is one tip or piece of advice or encouragement would you give?

So yeah, we had some, there are some unreal comments on there. I mean, yeah, I definitely was thinking about a bunch of them throughout this week. Um, so thank you so much to everyone who sat down and wrote some responses, but you just wanted to read out, we'll probably give a runner up and then the favorite.

and then the favorite. Yeah. So do you want to go

I'll do runner up. Runner up is from Georgie, Georgie Sutton. Um, I absolutely love this one and so did a lot of the other people who were reading through the comments. So Georgie said, The journey is it. I went from couch to half Mara in 20 weeks at the start of the year, and I'm now eight weeks away from my first Mara.

to have like challenges and challenges and what makes it, like, that's what makes you proud

Especially while

look back on it. As Georgie said, like it's a really nice library and you can kind of look back on what you've done and I feel like quite often I forget to take photos. So, it'd be a nice little thing to go back on and think, oh I did this that day.

love that. I, one of my favorite things is, cause I post quite a few photos,

Yeah you do, you're really good

my social media of choice. I love it when Strava gives you your memories from like this one a

run that you

two years ago. Oh my God. Every, so if you go into activities, It always, here, my activity from one year ago. Yay, this run is just captioned, yay. It's just a jog. Um, and I love looking back at my runs and being like, Oh

did not know, I need to go into my activities.

into your activities. Okay, and what was our, which one did we pick as our first ever team member of the

so our winner is, drumroll, our Cheeky Team Member of the Week is Kendal Moore. Yay! Um, and she's commented saying, I think I would have wanted myself to know that the bad runs. where you don't feel as good or feel tired are just as important as the runs where you feel amazing. You learn so much from the bad runs, like knowing how much you should be hydrated, how much fuel you need, and proper recovery so that you don't have to worry on race day.

wish I had read this

part of it. Yeah. It's all

Yeah, so so much. Uh,

So, thank you so much. Uh, Kendall will message you.

you.

Yeah.

DMs.

Strava DMs. you'll be getting something cute and funky from on. Bye.

Final announcement from us is we are hosting a marathon watch party for the women's Olympic marathon. It's on Sunday, the 11th of August. It's at the Tempo Warehouse in Collingwood. So, we're going to be sharing the address and the invite and everything all over socials and Strava. So keep an eye out for it, but it is going to be so much fun. I'm

actually a little bit jealous that I'll miss it.

Yeah, I reckon we'll try and, um, zoom you in,

Yeah, I'll FaceTime in. Yeah,

afternoon to celebrate not just running, but like women's running in Australia. Yeah. It's, it's going to be a lot of well, that's it for our, second week of training for the Bellen Marathon and next episode we'll

last time together! No.

no. Um,

I go away. Yeah,

yeah,

We'll be back together. In like four weeks. I actually was thinking

for the next five weeks we'll be, Anna will be recording. Remotely and then I will join you in

Europe for the

four weeks in the lead up to Berlin.

All right, that is it for today. As always, please like or subscribe wherever you're listening. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter. at Cheeky Run Club. Join our Strava group and we can't wait to be in your ears next week.

Oh my god, so next time I see you, actually I'll see you later tonight.

Ha ha ha ha! Actually.

yeah, the next time I see you after that we'll be in Girona.

I might be so cultured then.

You might

I hope I'm, I hope I'll be at least more cultured than I am now. Can't be worse. you left. I was just like,