A fair amount of water has gone under the bridge since my last entry and not much else, following the Penn Relays 5k on November 16th I failed to register a single mile in training and promptly got my arse handed to me in the season finale Schuylkill River Loop,I got what I deserved....feck all ,a finishers medal and race t shirt and boot up the hole for not running for three weeks it felt a fitting anti climax to a season that began so well w/ such high hopes only to unravel b4 my eyes over the course of the year, there were a few highs and a few age group awards but there were also some big lows including recording my slowest ever times over 5k, 10k,10 miles, and the marathon and only the mother of all shit shows in the 2017 Oddyssey half marathon spared me from the Love Run and PDR being my slowest ever half marathons......as the saying goes when you hit rock bottom there's only one direction to go and that's up.........
When I failed to be motivated to run on New Years Day so often in the past my symbolic " start the year off on a positive note" mindset/mantra I knew I still wan't ready.....thankfully a pair of lunchtime 4 miler on Jan 13th and 14th, kicked off the shackles....albeit for 2 days,circumstances beyond my control scuppered the following two days then we got snow and below freezing temps on Jan 19th which stuck the proverbial fork in another week of training.....however things took a turn for the better last week and for the first time since Feb 19th-25th last year l logged a 5 day training week, also I managed a non race weekend run for the first time since October 13th, time for yours truly to stop feeling sorry for himself and for my opponents to start feeling sorry,I'm not saying 2025 is the year of The Shamrock Warrior kicking arse and taking names but it is I hope a return to better things for my running
Despite Dublin being my slowest ever marathon I plan to celebrate the 40th anniversary of my debut marathon in November at the Philadelphia Marathon on November 23rd,42 weeks, to that end I have 9 races lined up between Saturdays season opener the Cupid's Chase 5k and the Penn Relays 5k on Nov 15th I also need to reverse an annoying trend of seeing my yearly mileage drop well below triple digits 769 in 2025, 723 last year,I know when I'm fully motivated and training to the full range of my talent the sky is the limit for me, somewhere in the last 2 years that has slipped between the cracks......time to reclaim it, the blood of my forefathers that pumps through my veins, nothing came easy to them, they had to fight for what was theirs had gone cold...it happens,what happens next is up to me,time to reclaim what's mine, it won't be handed to me, nor do I wish it to be, I'll reclaim it the old fashioned way.....I'll fuckin' earn it...
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