Inflight reflections – my second Marathon motivation
I’m writing from seat 24B on Air New Zealand flight 104. I’ve got a long journey and 2 more flights before I hit my final destination, Chicago. When you’re forced to be with yourself for that amount of time you can’t help but reflect, well I at least I do anyway. The reason for this epic journey is to run the Chicago Marathon. I’ve been training for the better part of the year and things went pear shaped...
Sunny Sydney Runs – Week 8 of Maratraining
Late afternoon last Friday I got some shocking news. One of my corporate colleagues rang to say she was leaving the cheesemine for good to study full-time. Her last day was Monday. I was gobsmacked and didn’t see it coming. I’m in a very small team so a loss of such an amazing team-mate was off the richter terrible news. My boss rang and asked me to pack my bags and head to the head office in Sydney for the week to...
The Golden Ticket for an Epic Run
A few months ago I won the lottery! The lottery for a place in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. I’ve been wanting to run a marathon for quite some time yet the prospect seemed so daunting that I never quite mustered up the courage to commit. Well that has changed. I’ve paid my money, I’m registered, I’m doing this. I’m not actually running it until October 2016 but for...
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2016 Chicago Marathon – My City, My Run 20, Nov, 2016 -
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Inflight reflections – my second Marathon motivation 06, Oct, 2016 -
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