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A choice

May 19, 2015

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Throughout life you have a choice:

– a tiresome life full of frustrations

– an amazing life full of opportunity

Balance ability and enthusiasm. Build awareness. Live authentically.

Choose wisely.

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So excited to be joining the UTMB-week party this year! The MCC, weighing in at 40km with 2,300m elevation, starting in Martigny-Combe (Switzerland) and finishing in Chamonix, should be an absolute blast and a great way to celebrate a week of epic trail running. Stoked to add another European race to this year’s calendar! • • #running #racing #trailrunning #utmb #mcc #myutmbstory #getoutside #exploremore #adventure #believestriveachieve

Thoroughly enjoyed this mode of transport for the week. There is no better way to get around. Huge thanks to our hosts @snowtrippin_chalets for the week! • #repost • Trip to Moutiers on the "Rally Road". --- #landy #LandRover #landroverphotos #landroverdefender #landroverlife #landrover110 #landylife #offpiste #snow #skilife #snowtrippin #getoutside #exploremore #adventure

Sunrise in St-Martin-de-Belleville. . These mountains have unending beauty; I can’t wait to be back again. . . #sunrise #mountains #beauty #sun #snow #skiing #les3vallees #getoutside #exploremore #iphoneonly #landscape #portrait #igers #igdaily #colour #oakley #goggles

View from my window. . Let me at it!! Powder day 😍 . #powder #snow #view #mountains #ski #skiing #getoutside #exploremore #viewfrommywindow

A first lift to last lift kinda day 👌 . This morning started out with some howling wind, snow and cold cold temperatures, then the sun goes came out to treat us to a beautiful afternoon with fresh powder. An absolute beaut! . Can’t get enough of this place. . . #skiing #sun #landscape #mountains #snow #powder #les3vallees #getoutside #iphoneonly #igers #igdaily #iphonesia

This is Lou. Good friend, tent partner for 3 months, SPEAR17 expedition leader, and recently a man who skied across Antarctica solo, unsupported & unaided. . After coming up with the idea for SPEAR, he organised the recruitment, selection and training of the team, then led the expedition, and what a blast we had. . 2 years later he went back to crack the traverse by himself, without any resupplies & under human power alone, a feat never done before. . I met him as he flew back into the UK after finishing his exped where he looked just a little weathered but pretty good, before being whipped away by a flurry of media. . He has been using his platform to ask us to encourage kids to take risks, to learn to manage risk. What a great message. . Do us all a favour next week, be more Lou. . #growingup #risk #riskmanagement #expedition #antarctica #rolemodel #endure #endurance #leader #leadership #bemore

19th Jan 2017, descending the Shackleton Glacier to the Ross Ice Shelf. . After skiing for 1,000 miles in a mainly monochrome environment, I vividly remember the explosion of colour as we started walking down the blue ice of the glacier in our crampons, mountains on either side of us. . I even remember saying I’d happily walk 1,000 miles again just to see those views. I’m not sure that was a good idea in hindsight 🤔 . #explore #expedition #getoutside #exploremore #endure #endurance #glacier #antarctica #polar #team #teamwork #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #igdaily #iphoneonly #landscape #landscapephotography #sun #igers

Jimmy’s Iced Coffee in Bournemouth Emergency Department! . A huge thanks and massive respect to @jimmysicedcoffee for supplying our staff room with one of your fridges keeping staff morale up with all this iced coffee and keeping us firing on all cylinders for hours on end. . #icedcoffee #coffeeaddict #emergencyroom #emergencymedicine #morale #shiftwork

The joy is palpable as I come to the end of a tough Country to Capital this weekend. A hard pace was set early by a large contingent of great runners which I wasn’t quick enough to handle, but I’m glad I stuck with my plan, races sensibly and put in a negative split to take me from 10-12th early on to finishing in 6th behind some very classy runners. . Obviously I want to run faster and race harder, but as my coach @philiphatzis1 pointed out, Rome wasn’t built in a day, it’s very early in the season and for this time of year I am faster and holding more power for longer than before. This is one of the MANY reasons I have a coach! Nice of #strava to point out I ran my third fastest marathon (that it has on record...) during the second half of the race. I remember not being able to run that time in a stand-alone marathon a few years back, let alone after 30k of difficult trails. #perspective . . Great to see @asj_7r at the finish after spending an awesome week in the Lakes together over New Year, and to hear those magic words that the end of all that pain (Type 2 Fun) is so close. . Run of the day has to go to my close friend from Med school and smartest gentleman I know, who definitely isn’t a runner, but was bold enough to go from couch - 70k this winter exploring his limits. It takes a vast amount of willpower to keep moving forward through the dark and to finish in 9hrs 17 was an incredible display of grit. Thank you @michaelachats for being so supportive and crowbarring him out the front door! . Finally obviously a huge thanks to my better half @g.h.brown for putting up with this hobby & being so slick with refuelling, and to all the volunteers at the race - you guys make this happen. . #race #run #running #ultra #c2c #extreme #mindovermatter #psychology #milesandsmiles #littlevenice #fitness #fitnessmotivation #fitnessjourney #progress #romewasntbuiltinaday #endurance #endure #paincave

My favourite way to work...long days in the hills, a cosy cottage (no signal or WiFi!) & log burner, reflecting on key skills to pass on. . I spent new year tucked away on a working sheep farm deep in the Lake District with the mornings running on the fells, and the afternoons writing a talk about mindset & psychology, looking at day-to-day strategies and approaches for big expeditions like our Antarctica Traverse, and the Namibia desert race. If I can help just one person to dream big, or change their approach to obstacles for the better, it will be mission accomplished. . If you’re interested in psychology, you should also follow @drnathanjsmith who I had the pleasure of working with on our expedition, and who does incredible research in & teaching on psychology in extreme environments. . #psychology #mentality #mindovermatter #extreme #environment #expedition #talk #speaker #motivation #motivationalspeaker #cottage #woodburning #cosy #fitnessjourney #growthmindset #growth

Ascending Scafell Pike on New Year’s Day. Such a scenic area and beautiful morning, we were SO lucky! . Formed part of a 33k run with 1,800m elevation gain. Part of a big week in the hills! . Absolute pleasure to share the top with @g.h.brown @asj_7r & @leilarrrrrr . . #getoutside #explore #exploremore #smilesandmiles #wintersun #landscape #nature #naturephotography #mountains #lakedistrict #running #runningmotivation #fitness #fitnessmotivation #silhouette #igers #igdaily #fellrunning

Happy New Year from the highest spot in England. Beautiful morning on Scafell Pike, great way to start the year. . #mountains #running #fellrunning #coldfingers #newyear #lakedistrict #scafellpike

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