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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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Van life. Background: La Tournette (2,351 m), Bornes Massif in Haute-Savoie, 🇫🇷. . Love the freedom of sleeping in a different place every night and being able to set off straight into the hills in the morning. We’re planning our camps based on what running & cycling we want to do the next morning, how quiet somewhere is and it’s proximity to a river. Dreamy. . #vanlife #vans #vw #transporter #vwtransporter #alps #running #cycling #holiday #adventure #travel #nomad #camping #mountains #latournette #travelgram #nature #igers #igdaily #iphonesia #funkydubz #landscape

Suns out, time to play. Finding trails with these views 👌 . Don’t make me leave 🙈...maybe I should move here 🤔 . #lakeannecy #trails #mountains #running #bluesky #getoutside #timetoplay #adventure #travel #travelgram #iphoneonly #igers #igdaily #landscape #moving #fitness #trailrunning

Washing in mountain streams... 🙀 . This outdoors & nomadic lifestyle is so refreshing away from the daily grind in urban areas, even if the daily wash in a freezing mountain stream nearly gives me a heart attack every time. It’s a good ice bath after a hard session on the mountain! . These areas are incredibly beautiful, I am constantly reminded we need to work hard to preserve them and minimise our human impact. . “Earth does not belong to us; we belong to Earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.” Chief Seattle. The quote on the back of @expeditionfoods packets is a healthy reminder. . #nature #stream #outdoors #beauty #mountains #getoutside #natural #naturephotography #icebath #recovery #training #travel #fitness #cold #bath #nationalpark #journey

Exploring the trails & running the ridges. Up Pointe de Banc Plat (1,907m) with @g.h.brown; yesterday’s summit in the background. . This place just keeps on giving. . #running #alps #trailrunning #getoutside #befree #runsteepgethigh #adventure #explore #exploremore #trails #mountains #mountainrunning #ridge #landscape #fitness #igers #iphonesia #igdaily #milesandmiles #journey #travel #travelphotography #training

Welcome to my playground for the next 2 weeks 😍. Time to find some hill legs & build an engine. . 📷 top of MT. Trélod, 2,181m . So good to be back in Les Alps. . #running #mountains #trails #trailrunning #runsteepgethigh #smilesandmiles #getoutside #explore #annecy #exploremore #loveisintheair #iphoneonly #igers #igdaily #strongnotskinny #fitness #fitnessjourney #iphonesia #landscape #fitnessmotivation

The pain & the joy of finishing a 257 km desert stage race. Mixed emotions of happiness to reach the finish line for rest & fresh food, relief it’s over, accomplishment that I’d made it, & sadness that the amazing experience was coming to an end. So glad to have shared it with so many others. . I’m now keenly following the progress of the next race in the @racingtheplanet series - the Gobi March - currently in action. My two pals I battled with are back out front on a different continent! . Follow at https://www.4deserts.com/gobimarch/live . 📷 @sakasphoto.flow . #race #raceface #finishface #pain #joy #racing #running #desert #stagerace #adventure #travel #trailrunning #travelphotography #smilesandmiles #strongnotskinny #sweat #journey #share #getoutside #pushboundaries #exploremore #explore #igers #igdaily #endurance #endure

Short sharp hills & beautiful views - the Jurassic Coast gave me 45mph winds, 74k running & over 3000m climbing yesterday amounting to a good day’s training! . #jurassiccoast #dorset #lulworthcove #training #ultra #smilesandmiles #running #trailrunning #fitness #hills #coastpath #nature #landscape #iphoneonly #igers #igdaily #fitnessmotivation #journey #believestriveachieve #strongnotskinny #strong #getoutside

Namibia by night. . Deserts can give the most amazing skies at night away from all the light pollution. All you need is a moment of stillness to enjoy it. . This was taken during the long stage of the Namib Desert Race, a 84k day through the desert - a tough day out for all involved! I was fortunate to not be out there for too long, others showed real strength having to push the whole way through the night into the next day. . The volunteers were incredible helping everyone make it through the long day/night/day! . 📷 @sakasphoto.flow . #night #sky #stars #desert #racing #stagerace #nightrun #ultra #ultrarunning #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #travel #namibia #perserverance #getoutside #adventure #smilesandmiles

“We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill. . Sharing highs and lows, the mutual support and the shared experience of the sport, adventure, beauty and unrelenting desert kilometres. This is living. . Being able to meet and share stories with people from so many countries around the world by the camp fire each morning and night was amazing. . So glad to have met these guys - @leonclarance & Matt, and be able to catch up with the Brits at the end of each day! . 📷 @sakasphoto.flow . #4deserts #namibia #friendship #share #experience #running #explore #exploremore #laughter #racing #trailrunning #stagerace #fitness #journey #travel #heat #desert #camping #campfire #strongnotskinny #motivation #motivationalquotes #quotes #winstonchurchill

Stage 5 of the Namib Desert Race, enjoying the peace that the desert brings. . . The silence, the heat, the vast open planes, the sweat, the aching legs and all the great people out there = take me back there again! . 📷 @sakasphoto.flow . #running #desert #namibia #skeletoncoast #4deserts #racing #trailrunning #heat #sun #sand #landscape #travel #motivation #fitness #smilesandmiles #fit #fitnessmotivation #exploremore #getoutside #outdoors #journey #strongnotskinny #strong

Refusing to sit down during breaks whilst we skied across Antarctica. A small but empowering psychological technique. It helped me believe I was still strong. . I’m looking forward to giving a talk in Croydon tonight about with expedition and hearing Surgeon Lt. Charlie Tweed talk about his experience with the Ebola Crisis. . #expedition #psychology #adventure #exploremore #getoutside #ebola #antarctica #coping #copingstrategies #strong #strongnotskinny #strength #exploringhumanpotential #fitnessmotivation #training #landscape #live #onelife #fit #motivation #mountains

10 hours into the pain cave but still managing a smile 😎 how can I not with that beautiful scenery?! . Saturday was a tough day having no energy or legs the whole way through. Sometimes you have to take it on the chin and ‘good enough’ is good enough when balancing life, working as a doctor and your hobby. . A small PR on the course at least shows we’re moving in the right direction. . Time to reset, look ahead to the next race and get stuck into a new training block 👊. . A big thanks to @philiphatzis1 for his ongoing guidance. . #trailrunning #milesandsmiles #happyrunner #ultra #training #travel #mindset #ultrarunning #racing #running #fitness #fitnessmotivation #journey #landscape #landscapephotography

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