OMG, becoming 60 (date for your diary,6th Feb 2022) is arriving faster than an out-of-control express train and in preparation I’m off to Jordan to race at ULTRA X(a 250km five day, five stage race) in anticipation and celebration endeavouring to recapture the youth of life gone by. Well, life twenty-one years ago if I’m being honest when as a mere 39 year-old sapling I ran the 100 mile non-stop Desert Cup that followed some of the same route I will undertake next week.
You see the ‘time’ thing has been bugging me and hit home whilst listening to ‘Time Was’, a great track by Wishbone Ash. Their 1972 Argus Album was one of only four LPs that my best friend’s sister owned in 1973 - the others being Dark Side, Tubular Bells and In Search of Space. The albums reflect a moment in time What was she on? Anyway, best part of half a century later and I’m still listening to them with pure love and will enjoy them being part of my Jordanian Desert Experience. This music has literally accompanied my life.
And when I listen closely to the lyrics of Time Was , I realise that I've lived and rearranged my life plus changed my world many times over and survived when there were things to be afraid of. It’s a great song and well worth a listen!
As for the next chapter in my world - I’ll continue to share my findings, trials and tribulations in a fresh set of blogs and a new book that will try and encapsulate some of my own experiences but also the learning that’s accompanied both the lighter and darker sides of trying to live the dream, achieve a purpose and pass that on to others.
Time Was…Amen.
1,107 Marathons, 257 Ultras, 9 Guinness World Records & 15 Marathon des Sables
