Fit is the new skinny

22~ Belgian ~ 🌱~ ED recovering Next race: April 5k PB challenge (This is a sideblog)

[health-food-diary]

Sunny morning walk.

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[healthiness-happiness]

[oliviafitmomof3]

[taking-care-of-you]

(Credit: unknown)

[cassje]

I'm feeling very called out rn.

[runtofit]

I did a thing!! After a year and a half I ran another race!!

Since the event was spread over multiple weekends and you had to sign up for a time wave to spread out the amount of people in start/finish zone. I could actually bring my parents along all the way to the start and they could wait for me right next to the finish line.

When I started training at the beginning of the year I had just picked up running again. After 2020 being very disappointing fitness wise, I had to start over completely. I set myself the goal 10k time of 1:10 min. But since I haven’t really been consistent with training and there was a strong headwind. I started with the idea that if I would run it sub 1:12, I’d be really happy. And guess what??? I did! Even though I started struggling around km 3 and I thought I was gonna have to stop after running up a bridge in km 7. I managed to run it all in 1 go and even sprinted the last couple of 100m and ended this on, for myself, a really positive feeling.

+ bonus: enjoy a nice before vs after picture of my untrained a’ running a 10k race

[oliviafitmomof3]

[gymbarbie]

Reminder to my fit folk that going for a walk before bedtime will increase your sleep quality, clear your head, and you'll wake up fresher!

[runlikeyounever]

Nike women

[eat-travel-run]

steel cut oats topped with mixed berries, pb, & cacao nibs! i also added chia seeds and flax seeds to my oats. happy thursday everyone! 😌

[love2bfit]

Back & biceps today 💪🏼😠 made one of my fave smoothies (matches my shirt) Stella waiting for her portion 😝

[zoeatery]

[lightheartedsuggestion]

Stop convincing yourself you’re wasting your life away. The time you’ve spent resting and healing was and is necessary. You’re not a waste of a person if you find yourself struggling right now. Healing, recovering, sitting with your pain is foundational. It’s not a waste. You are still whole.

[runtofit]

The Instagram running community knows no chill. If you haven’t been able to run for 3 days after a 19(!) mile run, you aren’t ‘injured’. Your body is just recovering...

It’s so easy to be carried away into that mindset. 1 bad run: training isn’t going right. Really tired and having to miss out on a run: have to reset. A little sore after a hard training: injured.

I get that for many people it’s just a log of what they’re training for, how much, what recipes they made... and they want to be really honest in how it is going exactly. But where do you draw the line for yourself? When are you sore, in need of a few extra days rest and when are you injured?