So, here I stand at the end of a big year..having completed it by running an absolute disaster of a race. Yes my last Ultra for the year saw me finish in my worst time ever and I have to say, it’s left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. Just last Sunday I was […]
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October
04
Dwellingup Drop Bears and Drop Bags
posted by Fitmidget
The good news is I survived the 81km WTF race The bad news is I went off course for around 9km. The best news is that I learnt something amazing about myself, finished what I had intended, and am a stronger person for the experience. So as Julie Andrews would sing “lets start at the very beginning, a […]
September
24
Sweaty Bikram Dingleberrys Anyone? Advice for Bikram Yoga Beginners.
posted by Fitmidget
Pheweee! What a week. With final preparations happening for my race on Saturday I have been a busy little bee checking off everything I need for the weekend trip as well as fitting in a few last-minute bits of training before total rest. In doing so, I have tapered my running and also aimed to slot in a few massages […]
September
19
Omega 3’s, 6’s & 9’s, 1099’s, 1 million and 2.85’s… and a Dog that eats Asparagus
posted by Fitmidget
Following on from an epic metabolic conditioning session involving butt gusting double unders, one arm dumbbell snatches, handstand push ups, sit ups, 600m sprints, decline ab sit ups and bicep curls it was no surprise I was absolutely starving by the time I got home from the gym last night! And in the words of […]
September
17
The Electro Stimulation Experiment!
posted by Fitmidget
And so the countdown to the big day has begun! My 50 miler event is in little over a week and the nerves have already started. This weeks training consists of a 10km, 12km and 20km run. And thank god tapering has begun as I feel like I couldn’t be in greater need of the […]
March
21
A night at Lark Hill – Part 2
posted by Fitmidget
Karen was only allowed a few minutes to stop and sit before she dragged herself back up and out on the trail again. Holy cow I admired her. It took a tremendous amount of guts to sit in that seat and be able to get back up again with functional legs and even partly functional brain. Mentally […]
March
13
A night at Lark Hill – Part 1
posted by Fitmidget
It all started on a road trip out to Cunderdin. My then new running friend Karen had invited me to tag along to participate in an event over the Christmas break and it was then during the car ride that we had got on to talking about our running goals. I had explained that I was determined that 2013 […]
January
14
Stay Puft – The tale of a ghostbusting adventure and neverending sand!
posted by Fitmidget
Sunday the 13th of January, unlucky number for the superstitious for exciting for me as this was to be the first race of the Perth Trail Summer Series! The Perth Trail series is a collection of 5 short but challenging trail races in the hills surrounding Perth with both Short and Long course options. The short usually range […]
Looking to lose weight? K.I.S.S
posted by Fitmidget
Being in the fitness industry for over a decade now means that I am commonly being asked questions by new clients about everything exercise related you could possibly think of who want to know everything to help them lose the weight fast. More often than not these conversations start of with the phrasing: ‘I read the other day…’ […]
At a loss for motivation?
posted by Fitmidget
Being a morning exerciser usually means that when a change in my work hours comes around to force me to exercise in the afternoon I struggle. Bigtime. Mentally my mind is already on its way home to wind down for the evening, physically my body has bypassed the idea of the gym hours ago and is already gloriously […]
Beginners Guide to Trail Running
posted by Fitmidget
For those of you who enjoy a break away from the hustle and bustle of a busy city, and prefer to be outdoors and amongst it, trail running maybe for you. It takes the average exerciser to places they may only ever see on a tv in a gym, and plunges them into the great outdoors. You can […]
My love hate relationship with Wally Grunta
posted by Fitmidget
I visited one of my long-lost loves today and reignited my passion for trail running. Walyunga National Park or Wally Grunta as I affectionately call him is the bad boyfriend that I love to hate and hate to love. He is at times the gentle protector, offering cool water and the shade of the trees, but other times he’s downright abusive […]
Longest Bouncy Castle Marathon
posted by Fitmidget
It may not seem the an obvious fitness challenge, but bouncing on a bouncy castle is not as easy as it looks, especially when done for 26 hours! In March 2011, as part of the fourth birthday celebrations for Hero’s the Party Experience in Ohio, five staff members set themselves a challenge to beat the […]
Down & Dirty – Part 1
posted by Fitmidget
11am Sunday the 19th of August and here I was bunching everyone together for the classic ’before’ photo. “Dammit I forgot to brush my teeth” I said to Dean who was next to me. “Don’t worry, they’ll be covered in mud soon” he re-assured me. The event in question was the […]
Down & Dirty – Part 2
posted by Fitmidget
I gulped as we stood waiting as the breadth of what we were about to do sunk in. The whole team stood watching other participants holding onto a short rope, propping one leg up and leaning their whole bodyweight backwards to climb up a flat slippery wall angled at what looked like 45 degrees […]
Busted!
posted by Fitmidget
It was a relatively quiet period in the gym today when I was sneakily watching a gym member quickly and efficiently perform a series of torturous looking pull up variations. After immediately being impressed at the strength displayed I started to feel cheated at how hard pull ups were for us girls in comparison to some guys. The reasons […]
Respect The Distance
posted by Fitmidget
There’s a little bug that has been niggling at me lately, and everywhere I go at the moment I seem to be finding it. Glorified stories of people running marathons, half marathons and the 12km City to Surf after having undertaken absolutely zero training. No don’t get me wrong, kudos to those who have done it and survived […]
Bananas, Bikinis, and 6 inch high heels – INBA Natural Physique Titles 13th Oct 2007 PT 1
posted by Fitmidget
PT 1. Morning Preparation It was a 5am start with 3 herbal diuretics, a breakfast of dry oats mixed with a thick protein paste, and a tar like syrup made of 2 teaspoons of dry black coffee and only 100ml of water. Yum Yum! Next was stage makeup and hair. Using hemorrhoids cream under my eyes […]
Thrust into a technological galaxy far, far away…
posted by Fitmidget
So here I am, being welcomed with open arms into the world of Blogging, confused already by complicated sounding IT terms like domains, dashboards, and URLs. I can’t help but wonder what URL even stands for. Upright Row Lunge? And isn’t a dashboard the thing in my car that always needs cleaning but never gets it? Nevertheless, onward and […]
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