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heart rate dropping to a corpse like pace i m beginning to realise that all of those who have been riding bikes well and hard for some time have a bit of head start on me 3 i m a sucker for a dare it s very immature but i just cannot help myself this weekend we were in the lake district and climbed a mountain near the honister pass to quote from wikipedia it reaches an altitude of 1 167 feet 356 m making it one of the highest in the region and also one of the steepest with gradients of up to 1 in 4 25 we saw some crazy ass professional looking cyclists heaving their way up this pass and the idea burned into my head that i should try this i discussed this stupid idea with a couple of my friends who i was there with most of whom are experienced cyclists they all said it was in the mind and i figured i have a mind like a steel trap so why not have a go i had a 3 hour bikeride on the books on sunday and so hey presto sunday morning saw me cycling to the honister pass it s pretty up and downy on the way there and i was fine with that after a while there is less vegetation and this is where i started to talk to myself it s all in the mind you re strong you can do this imagine how great you ll feel yadda yadda yadda and then i hit the first bit where the gradient is 25 oh my lord i was hanging on for dear life terrified the bike would flip backwards with the pressure i was exerting on the handlebars i was in my smallest gear and could barely get my pedals round and all i was thinking was insert swearword i won t be able to clip out if i get into trouble i couldn t stop myself all i could think of was clipping out and i managed so there i was on this incline out of the saddle and then all i could think was man the insert swearword up petra what the is going on here get back on your bike so i managed to get back on which was no mean feat on that incline and i pushed on and up and then i was nearly at the top and i was going so slowly and grinding my pedals so hard and my heart rate was off the chart and then i hit a pothole and fell not very hard as i was going so slowly and then i could not get back on again it was just too steep so i walked my bike the last minute or so to the top where i was faced with my next dilemma how in the was i going to get down this pass it was absolutely hideous i squeezed my brakes with everything i had and slowly made my way down imagining all the while what would happen if i came off the road not impossible as it was v narrow and the cars were wedging past me and just hoping and praying i d make it to the bottom and telling myself i was fool to take on the dare by the time i got to the bottom of the hill my spirit was broken i was berating myself for being such a fool for even trying this dumb thing for always rising to a dare even if i m daring myself my legs and arms were broken too it was all i could do to get back to our holiday cottage i m okay today going for a very flat run this evening 4 i m dutch but have been living in england for longer than i ve lived anywhere else and the olympics have proven to me that i now feel culturally british i m going to get that passport sorted 5 i d like to be organised but am not i read real simple instead of organising my paperwork and photos 6 i hate absolutely loathe board games and card games on the very rare occasions that i play a game with my kids i feel i should be given a free pass straight into mother heaven as i feel i am making the most enormous sacrifice 7 on the other hand i love building lego 8 my go to karaoke song is don t rain on my parade 9 my favourite food is mexican food i love wahaca 10 i also adore sushi japan is the next country i d like to visit 11 i m so not done with goals and challenges in the next 10 years i d like to learn how to surf improve my skiing learn japanese improve my handling of personal finances and find a good yoga teacher among other things okay my questions from emz are 1 favorite social media facebook i have too much to say for twitter 2 favorite post workout meal big salad with chicken and avacado and nuts and seeds and all sorts of delicious stuff thrown in 3 clean the house or do yard work clean the house 4 favorite gift you ve ever received beautiful painting from adam for my 40th 5 do you look most like your mom or dad like my mother i think though i don t really think i look that much like either of them 6 if you could go any where in the world where would you go japan see above but i m also desperate to go back to the us to see friends do i have to choose 7 workout alone or with a group alone 8 favorite song at the moment call me maybe i know i know i ve never been very edgy 9 three qualities of your best friend honest funny loyal 10 favorite olympic event 10000m strategy and seeing tirunesh dibaba win with such joy was great 11 why did you start blogging because i was the only person i knew who wanted to talk and hear about running and i wanted to hear about others who loved it it s changed my life brought me new friends and a new career i m not stopping my questions for the tagged ones i m sorry this makes me feel like i m writing an article in some teen magazine but go for it 1 what is your next big goal challenge 2 what language would you like to learn to speak 3 which book has most inspired you 4 what is the one thing you d like to do but are afraid to try 5 best moment in the 2012 olympics 6 favourite cuisine 7 to what extent is your lifestyle shaped by the exercise sport you do 8 has your exercise sport affected your diet 9 what is your favourite post race treat food or otherwise 10 which bloggers inspire you 11 if you re not my fb friend will you friend me now and here s my tagged ones oh man i hate this it s like picking your favourite child but this is just a sampling and some of you have way more than 200 followers i know that but do it if you can it s bound to be fun reading amanda susan jill rebecca 21st century mom pensive pumpkin dorry lindsay mary jeanne susan good lord that took a while hope you all have fun doing it posted by petraruns at 5 03 pm 46 comments monday august 06 2012 suck it up sunshine and do your job crazy times the past few weeks have been crazy times kids are still home from school another 4 weeks of summer holidays to go and we ve had big birthday parties sleepovers a few days at the beach in wales the purchase of piglets and a trip to london to see the olympics more later training has been a challenge focus what i was looking for in my last post has not been easy to come by as always i learn things slowly and by having truths pounded into my head repeatedly one morning i was on my trainer struggling to complete a 90 minute trainer ride i was constantly thinking of excuses to get off my bike and end this thing i thought of emailing my trainer and whining that i couldn t do this ride when it struck me i couldn t because my trainer was out doing an ironman so she was not going to be available to pat my hand and tell me i was fine for not doing what i set out to do which incidentally she wouldn t have done and i knew that i sucked it up and finished the ride without much conviction but with an inkling of understanding seeping in that sometimes i just need to suck it up the next week or so after that i struggled through my training in my heart of hearts feeling a bit sorry for myself for having to do all this hard work at the beginning of the week i wrote to my coach and told her how i was feeling her response was an incredible email with various points i d like to share the first year of triathlon it is hard to learn to fit all the different things in certainly true having a coach is making it much easier but i would still say the sheer logistics and planning that go into fitting it in are a challenge it is hard but if i want do this i need to just do it prioritise it and be brave about it in this respect i am not a terribly brave person i like to make decisions that others approve of one of the things i am struggling with is right now is that in order to make my training work and my business work i think i need to make some lifestyle changes that others around me will not approve of training for marathons has been something i have been to fit alongside my existing lifestyle and i have been able to do it without it impacting much on those around me my lifestyle has changed in the past 9 years but not in a way that i think has had a great impact on others i eat well generally but there s also plenty of not so good food choices a lot of socialising around me involves alcohol and while i don t tend to drink too much i will certainly go along with that although i love my early nights and early mornings i will also stay up later occasionally to fit in with the bigger social schedule to fit in half ironman training to fit in the amount of training i want to do with my clients to learn the new skills i need to learn as a personal trainer i need to make some bigger changes this may sound sappy but it came home to me on a bikeride this week i was trying very hesitantly to turn my bike 180 degrees in a narrow lane i was going at it slowly and hesitantly and it suddenly struck me that in my mind i was willing the bike to turn but my body was not doing enough to actually make it happen i had to be brave enough to turn the wheel and follow through and in oprah like sychnchronicity this is what needs to happen in my life if i want to make a change i need to actually turn my wheels in the direction i want to go in at 40 i cannot burn the candle at both ends i need to take my training seriously and adapt my lifestyle accordingly improve my diet prioritise my sleep get my training in every day and not feel like i have been feeling all apologetic about it i need to treat my own training like my job part of my appeal if i have any as a trainer and a coach is my credentials as an athlete and while i m no winner of awards and don t expect to podium ever my achievements are credible and i need to treat them like that to get them i need to train so if i need to i will get childcare in to get my training in if i need to i will leave a social occasion earlier so i can get to bed and get up in the morning at 5am and train most of the time i will leave the wine to others as an aside despite years of practise i am not much of a drinker and my sleep and mood improve massively when i don t drink and i need to believe that it is legitimate of me to do this and i need to be brave enough to stand up for this choice when people challenge me on it i am not surrounded by other athletes many of my friends make very different choices and i respect that completely i now need to respect my own choices herewith endeth the sermon and i leave you with some photos of an olympic weekend of inspiration my son felix and i started off saturday morning by spectating the triathlon in hyde park and getting friendly with gwen jorgenson s family who were wonderful and inspiring despite her disappointing race due to a puncture gwen jorgensen gwen jorgensen after that race we made our way across london which is alive alive alive in a way i have never seen it to the olympic park to watch women s hockey and just soak up the atmosphere before coming home for an amazing night of british medals gold for lovely lovely jessica ennis wonderful mo farah and the great ginger long jumping chap running the olympic marathon course early in the morning shalane flanagan kara goucher in the red hat behind the green chick and then yesterday i ran my prescribed 90 minute run partially on the marathon course cheered on by funny volunteers who all rated my chances of winning the thing before heading out to spectate the women s marathon the weather was at times diabolical but what a view and what a sight they were amazing we cheered everyone and got quite a few glances from the athletes my voice is gone today it s been so fantastic to have the olympics here so exciting to travel to london to actually see it and the games are not over yet so inspired by what i ve seen i m on my way to realigning my life and priorities posted by petraruns at 8 13 am 15 comments thursday july 19 2012 thought for the day focus focus focus isn t it strange how when you finally put your finger on what s bugging you the whole picture is clarified from different angles today s blogpost from sage rountree whose dvd of yoga for athletes i love but i rarely take make enough time to do it point taken she posted how the focus that is so central to yoga is so important during endurance events like tour de france i started a new yoga class on tuesday there are very few yoga classes around here and was feeling a bit meh because we did so little i mean all this relaxing and letting go right but maybe instead this is what i should be doing relaxing and letting go focusing on a few poses rather than trying to manically get through them all catching up on my blogs i came across a wonderful post from amanda and if you don t read her blog you should she is wonderfully honest and insightful and i just want to quote this living intentionally and making our life what we want is truly open to each and every single one of us no matter what our life is made up of we have choices we hold the power to make changes in our life whether this means making the most of canceled plans changing the way we eat and the activities we are involved in so we can live a healthy life learning something new using our gifts to make a dream come true or even something as simple as changing our furniture around and cleaning our windows to let some light in we hold the power to create happiness for ourselves it starts with intention and motivation and creating happiness for our lives doesn t have to be huge it doesn t have to cost money it doesn t have to be a daunting task that leaves us defeated before we even start it can be something small i ve long believed in sometimes doing the opposite of me of shifting backwards in order to go forwards just to unstick yourself now i m adding some goals about being proactive in my life with my business and my family allocating time and energy to each in turn instead of balancing them all at the same time well as much as that is possible with the family around all the time small goals are a good way to start and short term goals are a good way to begin to get some focus so today s goals workout in the morning tick did an hour on the trainer i ve been outside a lot recently and been caught in downpours and storms and all sorts so today i decided to shake it up and get back to some ugly betty viewing during a not too taxing bike workout i have another run workout to complete but that was not a brick so i will do that this evening spend time with the kids this afternoon after various appointments i m going to head outside with the two of them to blow some cobwebs out of all our heads and catch up with them both i m encouraging them both to do some goal 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