Aleka Lilius
Thursday, August 18, 2016
On who you are…
I love black coffee. Especially before a run. I don't function well without it. Ask my husband.
I am a wife, sister, daughter, dog mother, friend.
I am a runner. I run with the Foodrunners and Nike Running Club.
I recently quit all my desk jobs and went back to the hospitality industry full time. I needed to be moving and not sitting for 8 hours a day.
I took a vow in January to start the journey to finding the strongest, healthiest, fastest version of myself.
So far I'm doing pretty good.
I am a wife, sister, daughter, dog mother, friend.
I am a runner. I run with the Foodrunners and Nike Running Club.
I recently quit all my desk jobs and went back to the hospitality industry full time. I needed to be moving and not sitting for 8 hours a day.
I took a vow in January to start the journey to finding the strongest, healthiest, fastest version of myself.
So far I'm doing pretty good.
On running…
Running. I will talk to anyone who will listen about running. I will try to talk anyone into starting to run. Running is my outlet. It is how I cope with the rest of my life. Its my way to reset and feel better about the day. It's my way to show myself that I can do what I had thought was impossible.
I was a runner in public school and high school. I was quite good but fell out of it. Since then I have dabbled in and out of running.
My first run back was in 2014. It sucked. It was hard. I had unrealistic images of how it was going to go. I could barely make it 1km before stopping. I kept going for 4km at a very slow pace. I wanted to die but I wanted more.
On your First Run...
My first run back was in 2014. It sucked. It was hard. I had unrealistic images of how it was going to go. I could barely make it 1km before stopping. I kept going for 4km at a very slow pace. I wanted to die but I wanted more.
On Street culture…
But in a whole I feel like the city is becoming more aware of the healthy living movement. Its apparent with healthy food places popping up all over the city. You can get juice delivered to your door through Ubereats... I did it :)
On running culture…
On gadgets…
On injury…
I took the time to go see Brittany at Runners Academy and really figure out what was happening to my body. And to take the time to properly heal. Fingers crossed but I have been injury free since December 2015.
On achievements…
I took a running workshop that helped me develop a proper running stride and gait. I researched into what I should be eating for my hypothyroidism and changed my diet. I started doing strength, swimming and biking along with running while training for the Goodlife half marathon in May. I stopped drinking for awhile. I made running my priority. I made my body and mind my priority.
The goal for Goodlife was to run it under 2 hours.
Within that 4 month training cycle I signed up for a 5k race. The goal was 25 mins which if I did it would be the first time I would run under 5 min kms for longer then 1k. I came in at 24:12. That moment made me realize that what I was doing was working and it made me believe that I could achieve more then I ever thought I could. It made me feel like a runner.
The goal for Goodlife changed. A week before the goal changed to 1:48. Scary but doable.
I came in at 1:47:09- a 23 min PB from my last half marathon.
I call this my biggest achievement in running.
On future goals…
My future life goals are somehow to combine running, fitness and nutrition into a career. My husband is a chef and the plan is to someday open a catering/restaurant space together.
On your social media…
On Pink…
On Pain…
On women’s running…
On the Past you…
When I die…
#RunRevolution
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