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UnfilteredAttemptedAthlete will aim to share all parts to the journey of a middle aged man dealing with his mental health through running and exercise

09/08/2026

running Christmas
We lined up in purple section and had a good solid push.
In the end, a PB was snagged by the eldest and I had an absolute ball.
Beautiful day to run.

08/08/2026

Oh look!
It's me on my way to my first sub 20 parkrun this year
🦸

05/08/2026

Yoga today on a self determined, unplanned rest day

04/08/2026

summarise to 30 secs

01/08/2026

The thing I like most about running is how it makes me feel even when I'm not running

29/07/2026

Running easy in the cold

25/07/2026

parkrun 🥰
There are many joys associated with being a parkrun enthusiast.
Hanging out with Jenn and her incredible group of volunteers and Saturday morning athletes rates fairly high.
Today turned 10! So along with the other benefits of being invited along to celebrate is the fab arrangement of cake (and mulled wine for those with the morning, post-run stomach for it)
Congratulations to Jenn and the whole team of Bathurst parkrun on really doing their community proud for now over a decade through the magic of parkrun

22/07/2026

review
I've carried a little more load these past two weeks as I seek to improve my overall training pattern. It's become obvious to me as I review what I'm doing versus say what was going on before just how little I pushed my hard work days.
Not to say I didn't try running faster over shorter distances. But my general pattern seems to have been more like random threshold preferences without connecting with higher quality, pacier work.
Today I pushed myself into 10x 30 secs of pressure. Focus on form equally as much as pace. Very happy with how this workout made me feel.
Having to trust the process, but can see versions of running me I know I can be.

19/07/2026

Two Wolves

The bad wolf
time for this run not what I hoped for

The good wolf
enormously successful in feeling and acting strong ......in my whole run........
patience shown when the leaders broke off
consistency keeping them in sight most of the run
review of stats shows I kept the effort going ......even when I got tired......

Why does the bad wolf get so MUCH voice
for such LITTLE reason?

Today I took some cushion shoes out on a long run to clear the negative voice. It wasn't ruling my brain, but it was whispering to my doubt monster.
Thankfully I've cleaned up my thoughts and ready to keep trusting my changes. In the meantime I've remembered how lovely it is to just run long

15/07/2026

trust
Today the legs were extremely heavy on that recovery run
And today is where I have to rely on my change of schedule over what my instinct/brain/heart wants.
You see, off my half marathon plan I was getting confused between working with my fitness and working against my running improving. I could feel my fitness levels growth and thought that would be enough.
So before my plan changed, I might have taken a day like today a little harder. Try to push and force change. I've got a day off, the weather is lovely and I slept well.
I think the two issues I was ignoring were that I wanted to back that up into a fast parkrun day (threshold or above) and I wasn't really getting quality out of the overall run I might have done today.
I worked hard yesterday. Got more out of it. And that was thanks to my other change of schedule moving that hard day. So it stands to reason recovery is what I need.
Feeling positive about the whole thing. Let's see how it rolls

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