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Five Things for Friday (vol. 10)

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The last few nights I’ve found myself getting to bed, and realising yet another day has gone by. It feels like from the moment I wake up, to the moment I go to bed, things just zoom by.

I only pause when it’s time to go to sleep, and really, I’m only pausing because I have to. I want to keep doing things, and getting stuff done, and sometimes sleep just feels like a waste of time.

No points for guessing that I had bad sleep this week because I kept going to bed late, whoops.

New mission for next week: slow down, pay attention, and appreciate what time I have.

Anyway, here’s what happened in the last blink-and-you’ll-miss-it week.

1: Still “Running down under”

I renewed my subscription to Run the World this week, a virtual run around Australia.…

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The running dream is over

Well, today wasn’t exactly a good day. I’ve been on a running hiatus after an injury suffered while training for my first marathon in 2024. After a year off, gaining weight, losing weight, and easing in to pilates to work on my strength, I booked in to see my physio and with the hopse of working towards running again.

Long story short, I’m not running again.

But let’s rewind.

How did I get here

In 2009, while playing netball, I tore my right ACL and damaged my meniscus.

Fun fact – the first doctor I saw ignored my knee, told me to take shark fin oil and lose some weight. If you’re thinking “what the actual f**k” right now, well, yeah, me too.…

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