Meg Chanom

I ~love~ running

First cardio l've done in ~ a year? And I was running into the wind, somehow the entire time?? Kill me haha. Mouth tastes like metal, obviously. As sad as it is to have walked a bit of a 2.7km "run", I walked a chunk (cardio fail not legs, so it should improve quickly, thank goodness!), so my average pace when I run the more distance shouldn't be quite as abysmal. And I had a lovely walk with Mahoney in the warm weather! Share

Still here!

I haven’t done a little update in a couple days. But, big news - thanks to every single amazing friend, loved one, kind acquaintance, not only did we meet the fundraising goal I set at the beginning ($1500) but I then increased it to $2,000 and we have since beaten that!! You’re all amazing and the support means so much to me. Truly, I’m not just saying that. Even if no one is reading this, the support in the form of donations makes me feel seen. Thank you. I appreciate it and you so much. Real talk, my two most difficult tasks when I’m depressed or getting burnt out, even if I feel okay functioning well everywhere else, are the dishes and keeping my huge yards neat. My birthday is coming up and I’m having a get together for it for the first time in years, at my house, hosting on my own. I love hosting, but it also crushes me with anxiety most of the time now because a) I worry so much about having every single detail at home perfect, even though I know it’s not necessary, because I want people to feel cosy and welcome, and b) getting everything ready, walking Mahoney pre-company, cooking, tidying, and getting myself ready gets so stressful on my own. And I don’t have a teammate to help out to be an anchor. It used to be so much fun and so easy when it was Brian and me, doing it together. Anyway, the yards have been out of control and I spent like 7 hours doing the backyard on Saturday - not even finished but green bins full. I was sad and done for the day after that, and anxious that the green bins will only be emptied the day before my party and I’ll have to finish it all then. I’ll get it done, but damn. So I didn’t walk or run on Saturday. On Sunday I tackled the pile up of dishes, which actually wasn’t too bad, to be honest. Then had a lovely day with a friend, and then hit the pavement with Mahoney in the little window of no rain. And then it started to drizzle again, but we were all good and happy with our raincoats on. And then the wind picked up and it started pouring - Mahoney was not so happy any more, so we headed home after only a very small morsel of kms. Very long story short, I’m behind on kms from where I’d like to be by now, but I’m not worried about making it up and hitting the goal by the end of the month because, der, I’m a winner. I’ll be in the city for work a couple days this week, so if it’s nice I’ll do some wandering around the city, otherwise I’ll use the treadmill at my hotel. Which is one of the most boring things I can imagine… When I was managing my weight for fights, I used to run for an hour before work every day on the treadmill, and got through it by setting the pace to 10km/h and the incline to 3, covering up the display, and watching 3 back-to-back episodes of Scrubs. I’m sure I’ll survive without Scrubs, which has not aged well, and just, y’know, get it done. X Share

Day 7

Distance: 5.5km Time: 1:03 Phone calls: 1 - Cass Podcast: “Night Shift” - The Binge Burnt houses we walked past: 2 Still not sleeping well and feeling pretty physically wrecked, but today’s walk went really quickly. It was nice to hear my sister’s voice - we talk often but we’ve been missing each others calls the last few. Mahoney and I stopped in at the dog park - not long after Brian died she was attacked by a dog and has been dog reactive since, so when we come by an empty dog park for her to sniff and run around, it’s a nice moment. So we ran around for a little bit and she smelled a million smells before we carried on our way. One of the burnt down houses we saw must have happened overnight or today, because we walked past yesterday day and it was still there. It also smelled recent, it was pretty strong. Mahoney stopped for a drink at Colin’s house, the neighbour we met on day 1, but he wasn’t in the yard this time. Share

Day 6

Distance: 5.4km Time: 1:01 Music: Turnstile - Glow On and Time & Space, Title Fight - Hyperview Birds spotted: Magpies, silver gulls, crested pigeons, superb fairy wrens, spotted doves, little ravens, blackbirds, pied cormorants, grey fantail, willy wagtails, chestnut teals, welcome swallows, new holland honey eaters, yellow breasted wattle birds So many birdies. I was wrecked all day today and really didn’t feel like it, but the walk today was so nice. Golden hour with my golden girl 💕 Share

Day 5

Today was a bit warm for Mahoney, so I didn’t push her too far! We had a relaxed and cup-filling walk along the Geelong waterfront with my nephew. The breeze was beautiful and the water was tempestuous but such a pretty colour. I’m a little behind on distance currently, due to being pretty busy the last couple of days, hence the shorter walks, but I’ll make up for it with a big hike with friends soon. Not quite enough walking this weekend, but heaps of fun and connection with community. That’s the shit I do like 🩷 Share

Day 2

Distance: 5.5km  Share

Day 1

Distance: 4.95km  Share

Mahoney 🩷

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LFG

For myself and every time I’ve been able to put my feet on the floor in the morning, and take one more step. Share