Day Fourteen - Two weeks, done and dusted!

I had a really lovely moment this morning that reminded me exactly why I am doing all this. I told my little man (who is almost four - yikes) that I was going in a run this morning (parkrun). He knows all about my running, as he sees me leave for my runs several mornings a week, and has come along to watch when I've gone in fun runs. Then, having heard me talking about running, the little miss (who is 21 months today - yikes again!) wandered off into my bedroom and came out with my sports bra and running top and handed them to me. So, I put them on and asked her where my running pants were, and she went and got those for me, then my socks, and then she went looking for my running shoes. She was so excited about me getting dressed to go running, and once I was dressed she looked like she was ready for me to go. And then, throughout the morning before the run (cause it didn't start till 9am), every time we mentioned that I was going running she would smile and get excited. Who knows why she was finding it so exciting, but still, the fact that she understands that I go running, and is excited about it - it really reminds who exactly I'm doing this for.

To be a healthy mummy for my kids, and to demonstrate a lifestyle for them to follow - that is why! It makes everything worth it.

So, for exercise today I went in my local parkrun. For those who haven't heard of it, parkrun is a free weekly 5km run, for runners of all standards. It's all volunteer organised. They're organised all around the world, so if you haven't heard of them I highly recommend checking out the website and seeing if there is one near you. Sorry, I'm not advertising haha - I just think it's a really good idea!
It was a good run - I spent the first almost kilometre fumbling around with my headphones cause they wouldn't stay in my ears properly, but after that it was all good. I sprinted the last 100-200m or so, and passed a few other runners. It's not a race, but I must have a slight competitive streak that comes out haha! Anyway, I placed 39th overall (out of 91 runners), 14th female over the line, and a time of 26.06. Not my personal best for parkrun, but still pretty happy with it!

Breakfast: A green choc smoothie minus with added in blueberries but minus the avocado. I find it's the best breakfast to have before a run because it's not too heavy in your stomach.

Morning tea: A small apple and one of my cookies. Then just before lunch a choc orange ball.

Lunch: We invited a couple of friends over for a BBQ lunch (second time we've used our hand-me-down barbecue). I had a burger on a homemade spelt/wholemeal bun with coleslaw. I had a little bit of leftover burger of the little miss too. Very filling. Very yummy.

Afternoon tea: Grapes and another cookie.

Tea: After having such a filling lunch we just had a 'bitsa' tea. We had leftover coleslaw, a small bit of homemade bread roll and some oven baked sweet potato.

Dessert/Late night snack: The last cookie and two pieces of the fudge I made the other day. The fudge is really growing on me actually.