Valentine Gaudin
Wednesday, August 06, 2014
Part 2 of my "the women" series is contributed to by this amazing lady that I met at run club. I truly have met the best of people from run club. This month is all about leggings and sports bras.
A. My name is Valentine
Gaudin, 31 year old Frenchie who has been living in SA for about 7 years now!
I am the general manager for TRACE in South africa. I also have a passion for earring making, I have my own brand called “WAL” and I am launching my website
soon (a lil bit of self promo doesn’t hurt lol www.misswal.com)
Q: How do you balance your exercise regime and your professional life?
A. I always try to make time to work out, of course sometimes
its not possible as work can get really hectic…but I need it! For me sport is a
very good stress reliever! Also, I love good food (NOT junk food but good food)
so it helps me keep in shape and not become obese! lol
Q. What does your weekly
fitness regime consist of?
A. Mondays = go hot or
bikram yoga (1h30 of yoga in a 40 degrees & humid room if you are not sure
what it is - anyone reading this please come try with me its awesome!)
Tuesdays = “bootcamp”
with some friends at Planet fitness
Wednesdays = flow yoga
or bootcamp or run club (whenever I can leave the office early!)
Thursdays = forrest yoga
Fridays =
“bootcamp”
Saturday = Flow yoga (if
I don’t go to bed too late on fridays ;-)
Sunday = REST
Q. When and why did you start running?
A. I started running about
two years ago when I first joined the Nike Rosebank club! At that time running
2.5kms for me was a great achievement! lol
Q. What motivates to go out
there, when you do not feel like it?
A. Its really hard but you
have to push yourself, you really feel great afterwards!
But what is motivating me right now is my wedding day in
April! I wanna look amazing in my wedding dress!
Q. What is the longest distance you have ran?
A. I ran a half marathon
(21kms) at the Two Oceans in Cape town in 2013
Q. What do you love about running?
A. I like the fact that
ANYONE can just put on some shoes and get out there no matter what…
Q. What do you hate about
running?
A. Running is hard, im not
going to lie – I think I hate the first few minutes when I start running…but as
soon as I get into it im good! Oh and I also HATE hills!! hahahaha
Q. What would you like
to achieve in the future in terms of running?
A. Maybe run another 21kms!
I don’t think I will ever be able to run a full marathon…but you never know!!
Never say never!
Q. What do you think about the lack of exercise among the youth?
A. I just think its
sad…young people around me spend way too much time on their phones, computers…I
must say im glad I had a “normal” childhood (glad I was born before technology
took over!!) growing up in France in small village I used to ride my bike to go
to school, played basketball, played outside with my friends…so I’ve always
been an active person. In SA, there’s a lack of information about “healthy”
living and lifestyle; but I guess poverty makes it also difficult for a lot of
people to have access to gyms & healthy food so its a tricky one…
Q. What was your best running experience?
A. Crossing the finish line
at the two oceans…as mentioned before running 2.5kms was an achievement so to
be able to run 21kms I had to train really hard!
Q. What was your worst running experience?
A. Running with a big
blister!
Q. How do you push through the pain?
A. I don’t stop, literally don’t stop…I slow down but I don’t
stop or walk –I keep on running! that what seems to work for me!
Q. What is your favourite
shoe to run in?
A. I currently run in Nike
Flynit Lunar
A. MUSIC!
Q. What advice can you give somebody who wants to start running?
A. Start with short
distances and increase…Also, found good friends to run with and motivate
yourselves!
But what really helped
me is yoga – I built my core, muscle strength over the years thanks to it. Yoga
also helps for reducing the risk of injuries.
Q. Which Social media sites are you on and how can one follow you?
A. @Valentine_gaudin on
twitter
Valentingaudin on
instagram
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