When the world went into lockdown last March 2020, I stopped writing anything in my blog. It would have probably been therapeutic to use this outlet but I honestly couldn't get up the motivation to do anything else 'online' with the rest of my everyday life unfolding on a screen at the time. As I was behind in recapping races when the pandemic started, I still have races on the road to 40 in 40 before 40 that need a replay. So I'm kicking it back to late 2019 to cover these off [Marathons 5 (Thailand) & 6 (India)] - and make space to recap upcoming races that seem to actually be sticking on the calendar again. (Fingers crossed!)
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Marathon 2/40: Cambodia
After making the decision to run 40 marathons in 40 countries in 4 years, finishing the month of my 40th birthday, and sharing this goal publically, I started planning my race schedule for the rest of 2019. I also had some sleepless nights filled with anxiety, terrified about this big goal and thinking about everything that could go wrong to stop me from achieving it. That fear slowly faded when I started adding to my weekly running volume and getting back into shape. I didn't make any solid goals at the beginning of this calendar year. On New Years day, Erik and I sat on small boat in a harbor in Queenstown, New Zealand, drinking champagne and talking about our dreams in the next year. We spent 2 weeks traveling over the holidays, checking Fiji and NZ off the list, and my 50th country traveled. (I also ran 100 miles around the South Island in 10 days!) I've never been one for resolutions but I can typically throw out a couple goals for the year - making them SMART by the time my birthday roles around in February. But this year, I wasn't ready to jump in with a plan. I was just happy, I didn't want to rush the process.
I'm ready now. |
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