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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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Fun weekend navigating round the Black Mountains for the OMM last weekend. I think I enjoyed it a little more than my buddy (in the background)...probably my terrible company that did that. . Stoked for @g.h.brown & @harriet_hubbard06 who came first in the Short Score course! Legends 👊 . Slowly slowly catching the monkey getting back to training after 3 weeks off. 16hrs on the hills was a good way to remind the legs what to do! . #OMM #mountains #blackmountains #running #fellrunning #fells #camping #endure #orienteering #navigation #teamwork

Starting the off-season in style at @velodomcafe 👌 . Sunday - race. Monday+ Tuesday 12.5hr shifts on the shop floor seeing acute medical admissions means Wednesday is for chilling, drinking a flat press & eating a peanut butter brownie while planning how to improve patient care in the Emergency Department. . #spinningplates #timetochill #breakfastburrito #coffee #patientcare #lunch #happy #relax #rewind #recharge

Had a blast in Ely this weekend with the flat & fast Monster Racing ultra - 68k along cycle paths and the towpath along the Cam river in just under 5 hours. . . Enjoyed a really close race with 5 of us taking it out at a quick pace down to Cambridge at half way, all going through the check point within about a minute of each other, then watching the legend Craig Holgate (GB 100k & 24hr team...!) show us how it’s done pulling through the field from 4th to 1st, while I managed to take only 2 places in the second half from 5th to come in 3rd behind Craig and Ben. This was my third race with Ben this year! It’s like we’re planning race calendars together - he’s super quick and a pleasure to run with him again. . . 2 great races 2 weeks apart, 82k & 68k, to finish a long season of training and racing with no real pause since October last year, it’s now time to put my feet up for a few weeks, rest up, enjoy some downtime and concentrate on work life a little before getting back into it and getting stronger ready for next year. . . @g.h.brown a huge thanks for supported once again, en velo this time, & @philiphatzis1 for your guidance. . 🍻🍕here’s to the off season! . . . . #racing #training #running #trailrunning #fitnessaddict #happy #runner #podium #strongnotskinny #smilesandmiles #ultra #ultrarunning #happiness #runningmotivation #fitnessmotivation #fitnessjourney #igdaily #portrait #igers #travel #getoutside #outdoors

Only 2 weeks after racing the Centurion Running Chiltern 50 miler, I’m super excited to be racing again in Ely, 68k of supreme trail fun. I’ve been really looking forward to this as the last race of the year. It’s been a great journey this year. Can’t wait to pull my trainers on one last time and fave the challenge, feel that feeling of working hard when empty once more. Reminded me of a great article by Josephine Perry about mindset leading up - https://www.peakendurancesport.com/endurance-psychology/endurance-athletes-are-your-races-a-threat-or-challenge/ . . #mindset #trailrunning #racing #running #psychology #runningmotivation #ultra #happiness #happy #travel #igdaily #landscape #fitness #fitnessmotivation #journey

The smile of finishing an 80k loop of the Chilterns in one piece. Months of preparation and hours of hard effort to see the finish line brings a huge smile and sense of joy. Thank you to everyone who made it happen. . . 📷 @stumarchphoto & @centurionrunning . 😎 #retro . . . #trailrunning #trails #race #finishline #ultra #ultrarunning #ultrarunner #ukrunchat #training #running #getoutside #smilesandmiles #endurance #travelgram #igdaily #igers #trailrun #fitness #fitnessmotivation #runningmotivation

#tbt exploring hidden trails in alpine forests. Happy times. . 📷 Annecy, 🇫🇷 . #explore #exploremore #getoutside #smilesandmiles #trails #trailrunning #travel #forest #training #running #mountains #freshair #river #bridge #landscape #travelgram #igers #igdaily #nofilter

Patience. Purpose. . After 2 races that didn’t go to plan and a tricky few months of carrying a lot of tiredness from work I am so glad I stuck with it and was rewarded with a podium at this weekend’s Chiltern Wonderland 50 miler. . Last week was very busy week at work on the Coronary Care Unit with lots of admissions with quite unwell patients, but instead of letting the stress get to me from the hectic days leading into the race I thought more about how it gave me purpose outside of running; how much of an impact we have on peoples lives. Then carried that feeling through as excitement into the weekend, heading out to enjoy a day of running with others who take joy in the sport, not just competitors. . The race started out fast at the front with very quick runners up ahead. I had to be very strict, rein in the effort and not get caught up in racing early and hold a sustainable pace that I could build on later. Going through the first few checkpoints in 10th was daunting but I kept the effort steady, enjoyed the scenery & company, and slowly picked it up in the second half, working my way through the field and finally feeling that race buzz again as I hammered along the trails as hard as I could with 65k in the legs. 🥉81km, 1,600m gain, 7hrs02. . A huge thank you to @g.h.brown for putting up with me through work, training & racing, and crewing on the day, @philiphatzis1 for his coaching and having faith in me, and @centurionrunning for the outstanding race. . #patience #purpose #trailrunning #racing #care #patients #hospital #weekend #running #ultra #thoughts #igers #fitness #ultrarunning #smilesandmiles #runsteepgethigh #fitnessmotivation #landscape #mountains #mountainrunning #landscapephotography #igdaily #movemore #getoutside #podium #igpodium

This is my man Galen who just crushed Tor des Geants, a 330km race with a mind blowing 24,000m of vertical gain, in 74 hours with only 50 minutes sleep! Such an incredible performance and a well earned 2nd place in a big international race. I’m so stoked for this guy and mind blown by this performance! Chapeaux! . . 📷 @galenrun #repost - straight from his feed, a must follow account . #tordesgeants #mountainrunning #trailrunning #trails #runsteepgethigh #rolemodel #inspiration #mindblown #fitness #motivation #running #getoutside #expandyourmind #biggoals #finish #igers #igdaily

Treat lunch at @velodomcafe for a breakfast burrito after a 3hr tempo run session. Good coffee and an amazing burrito with fried potato, chorizo, spinach, egg, cheese, jalapeno jam, avocado slaw...what more could you want?! . Good place to revise advanced life support for my instructor course too - self confessed geek... . #homeofthebreakfastburrito #treat #treatyourself #food #burrito #velodomestique #lifesupport #revision #study #morale #recovery #geek #geekymedics #instafood #instagood #studygram #medicine #foodismedicine

Thinking back to epic times in the mountains for motivation to get out for today’s hard training run. T-9 day’s till 50 miles in the Chilterns. . 📷 credit @rob.brown26 - descending Nanteux Vertical Kilometer course. . . #mountains #motivation #running #trailrunning #runsteepgethigh #travel #landscape #france #alps #workout #bluesky #ultrarunning #ultra #igdaily #igers #nofilter #fitnessmotivation #fitness

Hard runs are always made better by being in a beautiful place & having a dip in the sea after at the end. Ice bath? . 22k tempo run whilst adjusting my body clock back from working nights in hospital is always going to be a struggle... . 📷 Southbourne, Dorset... Home. . #training #running #workout #beach #sea #postrun #relax #ultrarunning #nightshiftproblems #jetlag #fitness #fitnessmotivation #bournemouth #bournemouthbeach #icebath

Exploring hidden trails on a moody day took us to this cute (insecure?) bridge on our search for a hidden waterfall. Good times. . We set off from an empty car park in the mountains and didn’t see anyone else the whole run - whole place to ourselves! . #explore #getoutside #mood #forest #wood #bridge #exploremore #travel #travelgram #trails #landscape #iphoneonly #igdaily #exploring #river #rain #igers

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