The third day into the challenge proved to be a good one.
After a couple of hiccups early, a later start due to a disrupted sleep throughout the night, and then having forgotten to do a few tasks around the house I managed to hit the road by 5:45am.
The run felt good, I tend to know inside the first kilometre what sort of run it is going to be by the pace, my first one came in at 5’45” which is a good 30″ faster than I have run the previous two mornings. I managed to keep good pace for the entire run, completing the 12km in 1:04:24 which is an average pace of 5’22”.
I also managed to hit a new milestone today, bringing up the 1,000 km for the year. The funny thing is that I might be able to come close to running another 1,000km over the course of this challenge if I manage to keep up the pace!
The run was spent thinking about a research paper that I have been working on that looks into the benefits Trauma Informed Positive Education (TIPE) practices in schools and the benefits to this approach not only for students who experience complex trauma, but every student and also the benefits to the wellbeing of staff in schools. This morning I was specifically thinking about the role of parents and developing an effective partnership with parents to support the growth and development of students in schools and the obstacles that could possibly be present in developing these partnerships. I am hoping to start writing this paper in the next day or so with it being completed by next Friday.
Tomorrow morning will prove another opportunity to grow in my running journey.
