27/09/2022
Tayla Donnell-Wales This is a client I am super proud of this year. Tayla wanted to complete her first half marathon this year Cairns Marathon Festival . With an athletic background of competing as a rower, Tayla had a good base in regards to cardio and strength. She had a good relationship with food and had an outstanding mentality when it comes to hitting the gym and keeping an active routine.
With limited running experience and roughly 6 months to train for her first half marathon, I'm again super proud of her result. Going through, firstly, the strengthening and technique process to reduce risk of injury, secondly improving her muscle endurance along with slowly increasing running volume, then finally training for pacing and race day preparation. Through the process education was always a huge thing like, learning breathing techniques, impacts of diet, potential overuse injuries, shoes and other race day factors.
Of course through the period of training there was a few speed bumps such as sickness, fatigue, loss of strength and muscle and even weight gain. In the whole process, Tayla did much better than expected. No injures or overuse joint pain, comfortable pacing on race day and being able to say 'I could've kept going or gone faster' after she completed the race in Cairns. Absolutely amazing.
As a client, Tayla was amazing and I couldn't ask for anyone better as a trained athlete with experience in a different field.
As a friend, Tayla has a great appetite for good food and a smile that's able to brighten up the room. I wish you all the best for future competitions.
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