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Learning to run fast & farrr ✨🕺🏼👸🏼🏃🏻‍♀️
- week 15/18 of chasing sub 3.30

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5 months til we go for a sub 3.30
- In between let’s PR the 10k, 5k and cheeky half marathon ?¿ 💕💫
- To get fast, run far and have fun 🕺🏼 by @built.bysoph

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5 months ago

The why : because I want to see what happens when you actually commit to something hard and don’t quit when it gets uncomfortable.

I’ve learnt that the further I run, the more honest I have to be with myself no distractions, no shortcuts, just me and my mind.

I started running a year ago and somewhere along the way I started to enjoy the exhaustion, the discipline, the quiet confidence that comes from doing what most people won’t.

It’s not even about the distance or pace anymore, it’s about proving to myself I don’t quit when it gets hard.

And most importantly you don’t have to decide between being a girlie girl and enjoying putting your body through hard things.

Best of both worlds 👸🏼💫

Soph by @built.bysoph

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6 months ago

16 week reflection (self worth) 🤍

Sitting here reflecting on the last 16 weeks and how transformative they were mentally and physically. Hitting every run no matter how fatigued I was, staying away from home, being on placement and getting smashed with hours of work, but a part of me loved it.

I remember my first run back from Bali wanting to quit. 5:30 pace for 7km with my HR at 170, I genuinely didn’t believe I’d be able to get back. But each week I continued to show up, got stronger, faster and fitter than I had ever been. I just wasn’t going to give up.

I think I fell in love with running because it was an escape. I could focus on one thing, what I put in I got out, and for those couple of hours everything was just silent. I always left a run feeling better than I started.

It was never just about a marathon time. It was about showing up week after week and showing myself I was capable. Maybe in a sense running started to determine my worth, which I know isn’t good. If I felt like shit, I could go for a run, hit a goal and feel accomplished again. Now without it, a part of me doesn’t really know what to do.

I know it’s not forever and the injury should be over soon, but the timing made it feel like everything I had worked towards for months was taken away very quickly. I love to control things and I know I can’t control this.

But I accomplished so much over the past few months. PRs, new milestones, running with elevation and becoming fitter and stronger than I had ever been. Not doing the Nike marathon doesn’t take any of that away, well that’s what I’m trying to tell myself hahaha.

Maybe this era is teaching me not to place all my worth in how well I’m going or what I’m achieving, and learning to love myself just as much without it. Sounds cliché, but I’m sure a lot of people can relate to relying on something to make them feel good or accomplished.

And maybe this post is also a reminder to myself to stop looking at what I’ve lost and actually appreciate what I accomplished. 🌟🖤🤍💋⭐️🥲🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏻‍♀️ by @built.bysoph

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9 days ago

Week 14/18 - Crashing out 😢
High - I finish placement this week 1 more week of working 7 days straight ✨⭐️🕺🏼
Low - Missed long run (meant to be a 100k week), IT band hates me (I fear I’ve seen this story before) 🥹
Improvement - I need my leg to pull through, I have not done all this work for my IT band to crash out 3 weeks to go again grrr, trying stay positive 🖤 by @built.bysoph

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16 days ago

Week 13/18 - Grind is on from here (KMs r going up again)🕺🏼
High - 15km neg spilt & placement
Low - Accumulating fatigue, hence being so MIA
Improvement - Stop going ghost, fix my IT band and get my HRV back 😆🥹🌟🕺🏼💋🌶️
This is has been a longgg couple months, craving a crashhh outtt if I don’t say so myself but I can see the finish line and I know how important these next few weeks are before I taper 🫶🏼🥰 by @built.bysoph

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23 days ago

Week 12/18 - Mini deload unwillingly 🥲
High - Placement is soo much fun, I got to move in w my bestie and I got a new jobb eekk (wanted it so bad, manifested it) ⭐️
Low - Missed marathon session due to IT band soreness (marathon training really is about managing niggles, we r putting our bodies through a lot of stress) 😢
Improvement - Stretch moreeee !!
Although my runs got messed around, I had the most wholesome week w friends, placement n life. The pillars r thriving 😘💋🔥 by @built.bysoph

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a month ago

Still learning. Still getting things wrong. Still changing my mind.

But if there’s one thing I’m starting to realise, it’s that life isn’t something you eventually arrive at when everything is perfect.

Do the scary thing. Eat the food. Chase the goal. Leave what drains you. Change direction. Fail. Start again.

You get one life, go see what you’re capable of !

Soph 🤍 by @built.bysoph

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a month ago

& a delusional bestie to do it w 🏃🏻‍♀️🫶🏼⭐️ by @built.bysoph

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a month ago

Week 11/18 - ohh we loveeee it 🕺🏼✨🌟🔥🌶️
High - 100km milestone 🙌🏻
Low - Placement starts tmrw, it’s gonna be a tough 3 weeks 🥹
Improvement - Stop being so hard on myself (comparison is the thief of joy) 🫶🏼
It’s crazy to think a year ago I struggled running 10km and now we can run a 100km week. Progress doesn’t happen overnight but it’s happening 🏃🏻‍♀️🥰 taken in You Yangs Forest Park by @built.bysoph

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a month ago

Chaotic Trail Run (gets lost)🌟
I loveeee my Sundays @gracehonan by @built.bysoph

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a month ago

Week 10/18 - Maiden boring week. Not every week is exciting some weeks it’s work, run, repeat 🥹
High - I can feel the 100km coming 😍
Low - Stapled my finger at work
Improvement - SLEEEPPPP 🥹
This week was weird, I did so much but if I’m transparent mood was lowww but that’s okay those feelings happen and not every week has to be amazing. Little wins is what matters 🖤🖤 by @built.bysoph

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a month ago

Priorities people 🖤🏃🏻‍♀️ by @built.bysoph

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2 months ago