My World in Words
Welcome to my blog, the place I try to put my inner world into words, aiming to share wisdom gained through experience, hope, mistakes, and everything that makes life both beautiful and messy.
FYI - Posts will appear haphazardly and on no set schedule other than the one life sets out for me. Things get a little chaotic at times, but I will always return eventually.
Altitude Training From Australia: My Experiment
Because of the costs and time, I am forever trying to improve my ability to spend time at home around those I love while chasing big dreams. So when I got injured this year I used it as an opportunity to experiment with having an altitude generator at home thanks to High Altitude Training Australia. It has by no means a perfect experiment, with travel, life, and illness at times getting in the way. But despite that I have been excited by both the objective blood test results I have gotten, plus the subjective feel of my perception of effort at generated-altitude.
Australian Mountain Running Championships 2019
8 days out, the Saturday before the race, was where I freaked out. I was home alone, getting ready for race week and trying to organise my travel to Queensland, when it all hit me at once. My longest run in the last 5 months up until that point was 12km, and the race was 14km up and down a bloody mountain. I sat, breathed, meditated, and ate chocolate peanut butter as I tried to reframe my thoughts.