Having a break from training (Brett)

Having had some time off running for a few days due to various commitments and having the infamous manflu – trust me that it is life threatening even though Hannah and other women may disagree. The only thing which I could do is moan and use the remote control.

It did highlight something which Guy used to go on about, and that was that we all do things at a 100m/hr and never stop to just smell the roses. The other thing being that we also keep comparing ourselves to others during this process. I personally think that the Keartland clan is at a loss without him as he was the only one in the clan who provided the deep thinking. My task is, light banter and teach the nephews bad habits – well habits which their mom might not approve of.

Having not run for a while I have been like a bear with a sore head and eventually I managed to do some very light running e.g walk/run for 25-30minutes. Thankfully it has not been to cold, so did not need any of those man up chats which Hannah has a knack of giving. However once I got out there, just cruising around the park in the evening after work it really highlighted how fortunate we are that we can just get outside and go for a run and do something which I love doing.

During my time off running I have been noticing that the blokes and other such characters have been putting in solid training sessions in the hills and they are definitely looking very impressive. Thus I start over analysing my performances vs theirs etc and start doubting my own training for Hardmoors 110 and Transalpine. However I bet that if you ask these guys how their training is going they might say rubbish and that I am flying. Or at work when you are only a junior bricklayer while the guys you went to bricklaying college with are now senior bricklayers – you do not know if they are happy being senior bricklayers and whether they are pleased that they have sacrificed so much for only that much more.

Thus what I am trying to say is that sometimes you need to just enjoy the journey no matter what gets thrown your way – yes it does get frustrating and you want to go into hibernation but that is when you need to look around you and be grateful for what is around no matter how small it is and just enjoy it. Furthermore during these periods and others do not compare yourself to others as you do not know what is going on behind the scenes.