The Training Ends Here.

This is it then. Training is now done. No more early morning 5 milers or squeezing 8 milers in after work. No more long runs or planning crazy routes trying to work out distances, fuelling options and finding ways of staying hydrated. All the hard work has been done…for now!

Officially, I’m supposed to do another 8 miles tomorrow, 5 on Tuesday and 3 on Thursday but my foot hurts. I reckon I’ve done enough to get to the end so I’m stopping here, full on resting so I’m ready to enjoy next weekend.

Of course I can’t not mention this achievement today! A sub 2 hour marathon is mind blowing history in the making! Today, I have been totally inspired by this man:

It’s made me reflect on how I have also been totally surprised and amazed by what I have achieved on my own journey. As Kipchoge’s coach pointed out today, everyone’s achievements are all relative. Kipchoge is clearly a super elite athlete but is still finding ways to challenge himself and push away barriers. That determination and curiosity has to be admired. I don’t think I could even call myself an athlete, but I have still challenged myself and pushed away my own barriers and limitations that I had placed upon myself. The only way to find out if I could run a marathon was to train for one and do it – and next weekend, I will find out!

Quite a life lesson right there about what can be achieved with determination. I hope it will inspire Noah to find his own challenges that push away his self-imposed limitations – because like it or not, we all have them.