I did a 25km trail race in the Lakes a couple of weeks ago.
Rated 5 out of 5 for difficulty. I'd only run about 60km the entire year before it.

I sounds nuts but I did it for two reasons.

The first is I want my kids to grow up thinking this stuff is normal.
Training, pushing yourself, eating well, not drinking every weekend.
Most people weren't brought up that way and for a lot of people exercise is just weird.

I don't want that for my kids. I want them to see their dad doing hard things and just think that's what people do.

The second is something called MISOGI.
I heard about it last year and it gave me the reason to book this race.
It's one hard thing a year that scares you a bit, not dangerous, just uncomfortable enough that you don't know if you can do it.
I needed proof that I'm stronger-willed than I felt like I was becoming.

I should have trained more and I knew that going in.

But if I'd waited until I was ready I'd never have done it.

My quads were cramping from about 15km and my knees were a 9 out of 10 pain on every downhill with 10km still to go...
There were points where I could have easily stopped but that's when I knew I'd picked a challenging enough event to confirm my MISOGI.

But I finished, and the best bit wasn't even crossing the line.
It was my kids being proud of me. (Laura get them to send me videos at the finish line and made me posters when I got home... I almost lost it) 🥲

If you've been waiting until you feel ready to make a change, you might be waiting forever.
​Sometimes the start is the thing that makes you ready.
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I'd love to coach you towards achieving your MISOGI next year! (see below for the best way to get involved)

Jake

P.S. Something new. I'm running Size Down for Christmas: 8 weeks of 1:1 coaching with me, Monday 19 October to Sunday 13 December. Your plan gets built around your Christmas diary, so you go into party season a size down without skipping a single night out. Only 7 places.

The early bird list gets the link on Monday, two days before anyone else, at £30 off.
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One click and you're on it: put me on the early bird list (I dont do challenges like this but this is a great time to do it before christmas)
join the list even if you just want to be nosey