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Trying to maintain balance in life is an ongoing challenge: health and well-being which embraces the spiritual, social, emotional, familial, communial and physical (to name just a few) is an ongoing challenge in the busy lifestyle we find ourselves leading. It is nearly five years since I ran a marathon. Now I'll be the first one to admit that running a marathon is not part of a balanced life - there are considerable sacrifices to be made to train one's body to run 42 kilometres. Running a marathon had been a back-of-the-mind challenge since my teenage years, along with riding a bike from Melbourne to Adelaide.
I have to say that I felt great during the training and at that level of fitness. But it could not last without considerable cost in other areas of life. With a growing family about to enter the teenage years, it would almost be derelict to devote the time needed to run consistent marathons.
However, the last six months has seen me getting increasingly unfit - the pendulum had swung too far in the other direction. Although I continue to play basketball weekly, my fitness has taken a nose dive. In the midst of the many challenges, running got the squeeze. Until holidays last week. I hit the road again, starting small.
The hardest part is knowing where one has been. There is a voice inside reminding me of what had been achieved and pushing me to get back there. I won't. At least not for a few years. This is a voice that needs to be resisted and refashioned. Sometimes our histories can be our worst task-masters.
Posted by gary at April 19, 2005 10:43 PM
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