Spirit of the marathon

Quite simply if you don't have this DVD as part of your collection as a runner, then you are missing out. A great story and massively motivational.

Being reinspired

What an amazing start to the day and the week. So happy to be alive at this point in time and share it with like minded people in this forum.

This morning had an amazing breakfast with a friend and one of her colleagues who has done some fantastic things in his life, including running the Marathon des Sables (across the Sahara) with his brother and then write a book about it called Project Sahara.
What an inspiring guy!

The conversation and energy at the table was such that it was refreshing to be talking to two people who share similar thought patterns to me. The rest of ‘us’ are the ones gathering in forums such as this to make a decision to turn our backs on negative thinking and to embrace the positive that the world has to offer.

I encourage all of you to visit his website and look out for the book. It is a really good read and makes one consider the question that he posed to me - ‘What is your Project Sahara?’

Go forth – discover your Project Sahara, knowing that little bits of positivity in each of our days can snowball into much bigger things.

Keep on running and spreading positivity through the run. – Sean Muller

The running couple

Out this morning on a gentle run, I came across a man and a woman who were clearly in a relationship, but who were also from the looks of things insanely competitive with one another.

Having had this in a previous relationship, I know that it is great to have someone that shares your passion, but that too much competition is also a sure fire way to create friction. This particular couple seemed to have things largely in check, but there were times when I could see that either party was getting frustrated and that the gentle jibing away had the potential to spill over at any point in to something alot more serious that may ruin the day for them.

Later I saw them having a coffee together and it seemed like all was good.

Walking that fine line between letting your passion for man’s greatest freedom spill over into passion that you have for your partner is at times a tricky endeavour.

It is my personal thought that ultra runners and Ironman athletes have to either have a partner sympathetic to the sport, or someone actively involved in it. This is quite simply the easiest way for the ultra athlete to go.

I am interested in what readers think and what their experiences are. – Sean Muller

New life - New runners

Today was such a beautiful morning and I could not wait to get out and do my morning run. It was only 30 minutes again (as per my recovery plan) – this time at the local track, but my gosh was it good.

Great to see so many people out there enjoying the early hints of summer and great to even see some pregnant ladies out enjoying a walk/run. Good to see them telling a busybody to mind his own business when he told them off for running while pregnant.

Mum played competitive tennis when she was preggers with me and frankly I can’t thank her enough.

I have seen both of these ladies out running while pregnant with earlier children and think that it is a big credit to them. They are doing something they love and at the same time providing great amounts of healthy, oxygenated blood to the young life growing inside of them.

Spring is a time of new life and new growth and new living. May this spring put a spring in your step and may you indulge in man’s greatest freedom on a regular basis. – Sean Muller