We spend so much of our time living life in ‘Fast Forward’ - endeavouring to achieve the impossible in the shortest possible time-frame - never stopping for breath and not savouring the moment, or the journey.
Sounds familiar - sounds familiar to me! ATM it feels a lot of the time that the simple ‘Play’ mode is too fast. Maybe it’s an age thing but I’m noticing that it’s not so easy to knock out the miles anymore and that it takes longer to recover than it used to. See, I told you it was old age!!!
Sure in my head I’m still eighteen and against the general head of the population I’m considered to be super fit - for my age that is - Garmin reckons I'm 51 and not 61...
No, the realisation during my downtime on the ‘Coleman Vacances’ is to find the ‘Pause’ button and enjoy the world as it whizzes by a bit more. It will be 25 years this year since I set nine Guinness World Records for distances covered on a Treadmill in various timeframes and 25 years next year since my first MDS. Tempus Fugit! It feels like a mere split-second of time yet it encompasses a lifetime of memories, achievements and encounters. And if you’ve been part of my journey you'll know where you fit in.
A journey that will continue with some updated coordinates, a new direction and with a fresh mission statement. It kinda goes...
‘Make the most of every moment you have left and take care and protect those that come with you on your journey as nothing else really matters'.
1,161 Marathons - 273 Ultras - 16 MDS - 1 Life
No comments:
Post a Comment