if I can do it, so can you (maybe)
After Telford 10km I decide to have a week off. I am feeling abit jaded, mentally more than physically. The following week I get a cold, so 1 week becomes too. Fine. I am quite happy to discover this is my first cold for almost 2 years, and that last time, I still ran 100 miles.
My biggest target of the year is to get through 2018 without being hospitalised. I am winning on that front, so far, so I should be satisfied just to turn up and race Telford 10km, without a broken thumb or busted knee.
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I have struggled my whole adult life with what it means to be a man. I get so confused about my role. I want to be strong and protective over my wife and family, but I would never consider myself a chauvinist. I cannot hunt and fight the way men did for a hundred thousand years, yet I still get testosterone fueled urges to do similar stuff. I have stupid notions about how crying, or expressing emotion, is ‘unmanly’ and frowned upon. Yet I want to be caring and empathetic and emotionally engaged with my family and friends.
Last week I decided to listen to my body, making the decision to lie in on Sunday when I felt fatigue (and headaches) setting in, instead of stubbornly following the schedule anyway. This week, guess what, I feel so much better for it, refreshed and rejuvenated. I hear a thousand voices all chime;
“told you so”
This week I have been mostly enjoying: extra 90min in bed every morning beer with dinner when I feel like it pint with mates after work walking down stairs like […]
