Really Emma? Really!

At some point, significant life events are going to stop popping up! Or perhaps not; perhaps this is the way I roll! Here is my rapid update!

The respiratory investigation is ongoing, although, at the moment, the shiny new meds seem to have stabilised my asthma symptoms. Whatever will be will be. I've lost my top end at the moment pace-wise, having stepped away from anaerobic run training for a bit; however, today, I re-started...drum roll... intervals. I was shit, but I won't be too shit for too long, so that will sort itself out in due course.

I have completed and passed all of my gym instructor coursework and assessments, apart from one in-person assessment at the end of March. Assuming I manage to pass that, I will start on my Personal Trainer qualification immediately after that.

I have just finished attending my Lydriard Run Coaches course and will complete the assessment this weekend, after which point I can call myself a Lydiard Running Coach! Cool huh?!

I have been formally assessed and diagnosed as Autistic (without intellectual or linguistic deficits), so that has been interesting to try and integrate into my 50-year identity. The usefulness of the diagnosis is recognising the things that lead to me living in a perpetual cycle of periods of exhaustion that are not related to physical activity.

And finally, some running! I plan to run the Tamara Coast-to-Coast Way in September before I launch my coaching business. It's a big challenge for me with my current lack of ultra-distance miles, but I am pretty excited by the challenge. It's a mere(!) 89 miles. In the meantime, my interim goal/measure is the Hope 12 in July, and I need to work out my target mileage for that. At the moment, I am thinking 40 miles, which will allow for some chill time throughout the day as I will be unsupported. Excitingly K & A will be joining me for the event, visiting from Denmark so I am particularly looking forward to that.

Right now, it is back to everything. Training, work, and studying, but perhaps with the ASD diagnosis shining a light on some behaviours, managing myself a little differently to avoid burnout. Gimme an isolated hill, tracks, trails, and no contact with the outside world for 98% of the time, and that should do it!

And just because...a sunrise photo from Monday morning xx