Retrain and Regain with Rebecca

Other summer running 💛💙
🛬 Round the Runway 5 miler
🥇 Royton Trail 10k First Lady and winning team
☀️ Wilmslow Summer 10k approx 38 mins on a scorching day
🏆 Huxley 5 miler in 30:10 representing Cheshire and setting a new senior 5 miler record for Wilmslow running club
⭐️ Alexandra parkrun in 18:30 and a new parkrun pb

A busyyyy and successful season which I’m very happy with 😊

Taking a bit of a running deload due to a slight flare up of my peroneal tendon (too many trails and hills!) but spending more time on the bike which is absolutely lush during these sunny days 🚴‍♀️🌞

🔠 Finally after 467 Parkruns I’ve completed the silly little alphabet challenge 😅
5:45am wake up for an 2.5 hour drive just to collect the U 🤪
A nice little 3 lap course finishing 🥇 lady and 4th overall 🙌🏼
Followed by a lovely brunch, a stroll around the town and a chill in the outdoor spa 🏊‍♀️
Thank you Catherine Machin for coming with me in my quest 🫡 🩷
And the parkrun obsession continues 🧡🖤💜

🍃 Herby wholegrain mustard quinoa with balsamic glazed hake 🐟
A quick and tasty dinner packed full of fibre, flavour and protein 💪🏼
You can use a different fish, chicken or tofu and mix up the veg depending on what you have in!
Ingredients
👉🏼 100g dried quinoa (or use precooked pack)
👉🏼 Finely chopped onion, pepper, mushrooms and a large handful of spinach
👉🏼 1 stock cube
👉🏼 1tbsp wholegrain mustard
👉🏼 1tbsp garlic (purée,dried or fresh)
👉🏼 1tsp each of dried rosemary and thyme
👉🏼1 tbsp tomato puree
👉🏼 juice of half a lemon
👉🏼 squeeze of honey
👉🏼 2 fillets of hake (or alternative)
👉🏼 salt and pepper
👉🏼 balsamic glaze to finish

Add the dried quinoa to a pan of boiling water (around 500mls) and dissolve the cube in it. Allow to cook for around 20 minutes until almost all of the water is absorbed.
Meanwhile, pan fry the veggies with the garlic and herbs for 5-10 minutes.
Place the hake on a foiled sheet season with salt and pepper. Cook in air fryer or oven for 10-12 minutes at 180 degrees.
Add in the wholegrain mustard, lemon, honey and tomato paste to the vegetable mixture with a splash of water to combine.
Then stir in the cooked quinoa and allow everything to simmer for a few minutes.
Once your fish is cooked, serve this on top of the quinoa with an expertly drizzle of balsamic glaze 👌🏼

The food that fuels ⛽️ colour, balance, variety, flavour and all the goodness that supports my training 🏃🏻‍♀️ 🏋🏻‍♀️ 🚴‍♀️ 🧘🏻‍♀️
Repeat offenders and current obsessions include matcha, anything pickled, cottage cheese, poke style bowls, topped toasts and oats in baked or scrambled form 🍵 🌶️🥬🫚🐟🫜🍞🍊🍓🧁 ☕️
And of course food for the soul and a little bit of what ya fancy is key to overall happiness 💛 COOKIES & BROWNIES IFYYK 🤤

Summer runnings and socials 🫶🏻
🙄 Last min dash to Parkrun as per
🍃 Canal runs with Cornershop
⭐️ Jackos 100 day marathon challenge with Kickback Coffee Roasters
🐗 Boars Head Fell race 🥉 lady
⛺️ Wild and Wild wellness festival
🏁 Marple 10k trail race 🥈 lady
🐍 Snakes pass and Derbyshire trails with Nic
👟 Monday Adidas madness with Demi-Jade and Wayne Jaffe at RNW
💙💛Round the Runway with the team

Recent running success 🏃🏻‍♀️🥇💫 🏁
🏆 1st female at the Dunham Massey 5k 18:35 and 14th overall.
A lovely local event on the “uphill” course, 15 seconds quicker than when I did the “downhill” version in 2024 and was 🥈 lady
A great turnout for WRC and lots of age category wins 💙💛

🥈 Lady at the Happy Valley trail half marathon ☀️
A brutal but beautiful course around the hills of Bollington, Kerridge and Pott Shrigley 🏔️
2 days after my pb at Christleton 5k 🫠 and even more impressive from my teammate who placed 🥇 and set a new course record 👏

🌍 A continued streak of first female finishes across various parkrun venues 💜

Relationships with running can go up and down, but at the moment I’m liking this positive groove I’m in 💃🏻🕺🏻

💥 Christleton 5k 💥
A new personal best of 18:02!

The goal was not to pb, but to give it my all and get a l baseline to see how overall training is going 📈

However it was slightly bittersweet as my watch clocked 17:59 but my official chip time came in at 18:02 🙈

Regardless, there’s lessons to be learnt from my pacing and it just means I’ve got more determination to achieve that sub 18 🎯

A great turnout and set of results with the team and a social celebration after 🥂

On the other hand, I’d rather a full or half marathon than a short and sweet paincave 😆

🍊 Choc orange chia pudding 🍫
A tasty and indulgent feeling dessert but with all the health benefits!
Ingredients (serves 2)
* 20g chia seeds
* 30g pitted dates
* 100g yoghurt
* 200mls milk
* Juice and zest of an orange
* 1 square dark chocolate(I used 85%)
* 1 scoop chocolate protein powder (could use 30g cocoa powder instead)
🔸Soak the dates in around 100mls boiling water and allow to soften. I put them in my nutribullet ready to blend.
🔸Add in the chia seeds, yog, milk, orange juice and protein or cocoa powder and blitz until smooth.
Allow to set in the fridge for a couple of hours.
🔸When ready to serve, grate over the orange zest and dark chocolate or leave some chunks for a crunch!
✔️ Omega 3 fatty acids -chia seeds contain alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) to help reduce inflammation and improve heart health
✔️ Fibre - to support digestion and promote gut health
✔️ Protein - chia seeds are rich source of plant protein and the protein powder will also boost the content to help maintain mass and satiety
✔️ Source of Vitamin C from the oranges to aid immunity
✔️ Adaptogenic mushrooms in boost cognitive function and improve energy
✔️ Polyphenols from the dark chocolate which act as antioxidants reducing inflammation along with lots of other benefits!

💜 450 PARKRUNS 💜
11 years of running which all started at Golden Beach thanks to a little persuading from 🇦🇺 🌊

Apart from a hiatus for Covid, my sisters wedding day (🙄) and a small handful of other Saturdays, I have been religiously going to a weekly parkrun, whether that be to run, walk, run/walk rehab or volunteer 💜

I love everything it stands for; the sense of community, the inclusivity, the chance to visit a new place, meet new people or push myself for a time 🏃🏻‍♀️

It isn’t just about the running; it’s routine, it’s friendships, it’s a sense of achievement, it boosts wellbeing and it has silly little challenges that have made me travel half way across the world 🗺️ no joke!

If you haven’t tried a parkrun yet, I urge you to and I promise you won’t look back 😊

Thanks to all you showed up at Wilmslow today and to those that have been part of my running journey 🫶🏻 But if it wasn’t for parkrun, I wouldn’t be a runner at all!