Wow, half way through January already!!
Yesterday morning when travelling to work I was listening to the news and a report on a survey completed by economist Dr David Blanchflower which confirms that we are getting increasingly miserable from the age of 18 hitting peak misery at the age of 47.2…….
Well, this is my fucking year and I have no intentions of making it a miserable one, never mind the next 6.5 years!!
Combining Goals!
You know you have hit gold, or at least a great shortcut, when you can combine multiple goals into one! This week I got the opportunity to merge 3 of them into one. Music, running and fundraising for charity. I signed up to #TourDePicnic which is an event which allows me to fundraise for three amazing charities, run 17kms to the gates of EP2020 and to get my weekend ticket in hand upon arrival! It is an excellent initiative and I am super excited to be part of it later this year.
Talking about running my official 2020 Marathon Training plan has now commenced and I am actually excited to get started! It helps that I am planning my first ever drive up to the Arctic Circle when in Sweden for the race.
I have my first running sessions done, signed up for the Clare Running Series and the Regeneron Great Limerick Run and I have also started to work on ensuring that I prevent injury along the training routes. I can do this!!
Hiking Bonanza
If you haven’t been there already, then I do urge you to go! Comeragh Mountains in Waterford are spectacular. Even if you don’t want to hike to the top you can get up as far as Lake Coumshingaun and sit down for a nice warm cuppa and take in the astonishing scenery!
Getting to the top was a little more difficult and as you know I have a fear of heights…. Let’s just say that this was the first ever hike after which my arm muscles were sore. I clinged on to the rocks on the way up for dear life and even took a mud slide on my but on the way down!! But it was worth every second and I will definitely go back to this one when the sun is fully displayed!!!
This weekend gone I managed to fit in a walk before storm Brendan, which took us around the beautiful Lake Graney in Flagmount! Another great spot and this time we were accompanied by two 11-year olds who managed the near 12km trek nicely!!
If you have any routes or places to recommend or to challenge me with, please let me know! Always looking for my next hike!
Honest Insults
So, I can only say that I am a very lucky lady when it comes to my friends! But genie you wouldn’t want to be sensitive or you would start thinking they really don’t like you……
To give some examples of this honesty;
- Do not settle for second best, or third for that matter!
- Get that shit storm sorted!
- You deserve more than you expect!
- Grab it by the……!
- Stop moping, you have made your choices…… stand by them.
- You may not want me here, but I am here anyway if only to annoy you!
- And the most honest of all! In between honest insults we are actually able to say, I love you and I am lucky to have you as my friend!
Not only are they honest as f**k but they are also incredibly “free spoken” and at times I wonder(I am very well reared and super polite so this stresses me)if I can really be seen, never mind heard with these people in public places!!
All jokes aside, I couldn’t be luckier than to have the bunch that I have around me! Ladies and Gents, thank you 😊
So onwards with another week of adventures and challenges of equal measures!! Let’s go grab it.
Simply Malin 