October 2024 has been an interesting month. Both personal and professional lives have being impacted. As the month ends I just want to say I am grateful.

The harder the fall, the higher you will soar. This is exactly how I feel moving forward. They were so many pitfalls and learnings in this month. Another thought I had in my mind comes from the poem by Oriah called The Invitation. There is a part in the poem that says ” I want to know if you can get up after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done to feed the children.” This directly talks to my faith too reminds me of “We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” That is the grit of life. The true champions just go the extra mile when everyone is down. The fastest man runs that extra metre faster than everyone else etc. Beyond all of this I am grateful to wake up everyday and have a chance to be better and Go One More!!!

new running route

Despite all of this I managed to run the most distance I have ever done in a single calendar month. I ran a total of 122km!!! These were mostly endurance runs. I put very little focus on speed just enjoyed getting some miles on my feet and meditating before the start of my day.