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5th April 2024

👟 It is all about that first step!

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#together #learn #journey #inspire #story #run #running #runner #ultra #ultrarunning #ultratraining #trailrunner #ultratrail #friday #fridayfeeling #scotland #trainning #step #you

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8th April 2024

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UPDATE..

Apologies my monthly update should have been posted long before now!

So March was a positive month (When you remove work from the equation) with some real progress made!

Weight wise I am flying on my fasting diet plan with nearly 3 stone lost! That leaves me about a stone and a half to go to be at my ideal running weight.

I have now worked up to getting in around 50KM a week in the old legs, through runs, hikes and walks with my beautiful wife, really starting to feel the difference in my legs and fitness.

I have explored some more of my local area with some absolutely stunning finds with some glorious opportunities potentially showing themselves (watch this space) Scotland really is a beautiful place to be.

Professionally has been another really tough month although there are possibly some chinks of light starting to shine through, we learn from the mistakes made, understand who truly stand alongside us, fight the unjust and dust ourselves down to fight another day!

All in all it has been a hugely progressive month and I look forward to taking part in my first half marathon of this journey this weekend with @eveson_row and the home town half!

Have a fantastic week all, remember, you have got this! What ever journey you are on, however your story is being told, your not alone, there are people that want to here it, I want to here it! #Together we #Achieve

#inspire #monday #progress #update #journey #story #scotland #adventure #diet #fasting #life #run #runner #running #ultra #hike #walk #explore #achieve #positive #light

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8th April 2024

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Will be more active on run progress moving forward, get the #garmin working overtime.

Slow and steady 5:30AM - 6.5KM this morning, refreshing!

Difficult week this week working away so need to be on it when I can, no excuses thou, need another 50KM+ week!

Work like a captain, play like a pirate!

#inspire #monday #progress #update #journey #story #scotland #adventure #slow #steady #life #run #runner #running #ultra #early #am #explore #achieve #positive #light #captain #pirate 🏴‍☠️

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8th April 2024

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#UNBELIEVABLE

This social media dinosaur 🦕 has gone from struggling to post at all to 3 posts in 1 day (Although probably a bit extreme for one day)

Have I turned a corner? Time will tell....

So have turned it up slightly with my second 6.5KM run of the day, another nice steady pace (Couple of minutes quicker than this morning) but certainly felt a lot easier this evening.

Similar again tomorrow before a full on second half of the week sees me tested....

Hope everyone has had a fantastic start to the week, lets keep this positive trajectory!

#inspire #monday #tonight #progress #update #journey #story #scotland #adventure #today #steady #life #run #runner #running #ultra #early #am #explore #achieve #positive #evening #night #together

15th April 2024

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Last week started well in regards to posting then life seemed to get in the way, as my teachers many moons ago used to say, must do better!

So I will as I have done and will start bringing in all the other elements over the coming weeks and months, no room for excuses.

Sunday saw my 1st race of this new journey completed, I am around 6 weeks in since I started the training and am pleased with the progress so far, all be it with a couple of #stumbling along route but completed in aprox, 2hrs 18min (forgot to stop watch)

Not a bad time and now sets the stool to improve.

Stay tuned for a Simon moment 🫣

#inspire #monday #afternoon #progress #others #journey #story #essex #adventure #yesterday #steady #life #run #runner #running #ultra #early #am #explore #achieve #positive #learn #learning #garmin #halfmarathon #half #together

18th April 2024

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WHY 2?

let me explain.........

#Why #Two #Story #Journey #Tattoo #Football #Shirt #Poem #Poet #Poetry #Run #Running #Runner #UltraRun #Inspire #Together

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28th April 2024

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A week of complete heart ache and also joy, you couldn't get more polar opposites!

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You will notice the radio silence, and I really didn't want to do social media today but this is part of it! This is the raw honesty and document of where I am at!

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Now please don't get me wrong, this is not a feel sorry for me post, it is, what it is!

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Always start with the positives! My boy has now entered the real world (although a bit sooner than expected) and has done 4 days with us and as a father I couldn't be prouder of how he has gone about his week. He aches and is tired but approached it in a way that he can be more than proud of (I am)

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Colchester United FC got the result and will carry on playing league football next season (Boom! #ColU) and Arsenal have just beaten Tottenham Hotspur in the North London derby to keep the tittle race alive (there are the positives)

 

Professionally it has been the single worse week of my working life!

I am black and blue and have failed with my vision and my belief of what is needed and how we support tomorrows generation! Letting colleagues down!

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Regardless of what has gone on and the people that have let me down, the circumstances of the market place and the world we find ourselves in, I am the one steering the ship! And this week we have said goodbye to a vision a process and a belief, years in the making by so many!

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But as I wallow in self pity and reflect on what the future holds it is also a time to remember and take inspiration!

So I sit here sipping on an award winning, family businesses gin ( Hayman's Gin ) who are part of the incredible #FBU and take inspiration from others!

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I have been on 1 run this week as I feel sorry for myself and fight with me, myself and I, but while the future is uncertain remember with every sunrise there is a fresh and new beginning, we dust ourselves down and we go again, tomorrow is a new week!

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#sunday #story #journey #together #run #running #achieve #inspire #positive #negative #tomorrow

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29th April 2024

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FOCUS...

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Time to get my head back in the game!

So... Each month I am going to give myself a weeks challenge as I build up to this 215 mile ultra run, so that should be a minimum of 16 challenges to complete, gradually getting more difficult each time.

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So May's challenge which I will start this week (today in fact)

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7 Days

100,000 Steps

50KM - Walked or Run

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To make a difference tomorrow, we first have to act on today.

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Time to act!

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#Story #Journey #Together #Challenge #Act #Today #Monday #Focus #Run #Ultra

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