Lack of Instagramming and even fewer blog posts... what's going on. The Christmas period I always find super busy and mixed into this I had revision which I needed to do as well, in preparation for my January exams. I was also doing lots of shifts at the pub, to earn some much needed money to get me through uni ;). Joking aside... I went through a time where I just didn't know what to talk about to you guys. My running has been up and down. In summer I managed to build up to a few 5km and then two weeks into uni, I went back to square 1 with zero running. However a few weeks ago, I started to build up again and everything seemed to be going relatively smoothly, as I was taking things very slow. Then this all changed... I woke up one day and my shin was sore to touch. I felt seriously sorry for myself, because this was following missing BUCs XC, scrolling through social media and just being so jealous of seeing everyone running. Over the last week it has sunk in that my body isn't ready to run. It's allowed me to focus on other areas... such as rowing. Looking at this in a positive light, it has allowed me to commit properly to rowing and this actually makes me really happy, because I love it! BUCs head is coming up in a few weeks and that will be really exciting, as our first big race! Spin classes have also been a new found love of mine... finding myself going to a handful each week and loving them. Spinning is also really good for my rowing as they both use your legs a lot, so I know this different type of training is helping my rowing. It just makes me feel so good; serious endorphin release! I could not recommend spin classes more. Over the last two weeks I have really worked on my overall fitness. Doing lots of different classes for full body weight workouts and eating good food. I actually feel so much better for it! Following this, I also had a rowing test on Tuesday morning... at 7am. I was really scared... as we've had 1km tests before but this was more important as BUCs crews were also in the balance. If you didn't read my instagram, it went as well as I could have hoped and if not better. I pushed myself beyond my limits and this resulted in me being a bit of a mess straight afterwards! Even though I went through a lot of pain in this test, I felt great to really push my body again... it was sort of a nice kind of pain. My lectures for the first two weeks of term, have been great. I love my new modules, but I have had a lot of spare time this week. I've been able to fill my time with sport to keep me happy and just general chilling. I know in the next few weeks, my work load is going to get larger, which I actually don't mind. I'm definitely embracing and enjoying uni much more this term. Especially with my rowing really coming on and having more structured training and targets to aim for. I'm hoping to just be able to perhaps run once a week, but just whatever my body can handle. I hope you've all had a great week and for those doing nationals xc next weekend, you are super excited. That will be another tough one for me to swallow, seeing all the photos of people there.
G x
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