We have been absent from ‘normal life’ for so long our first day back in our apartment felt like we’d moved into a new place. Our first day back at work felt strange, but good.

Sitting on the American Airlines flight to Boston I started to think about the trip and more importantly now that altitude is over, what is going to happen next.

Sitting on the American Airlines flight to Boston I started to think about the trip and more importantly now that altitude is over, what is going to happen next.

After 58 days training at a higher elevation in Boulder our return to sea level is only moments away. What is fresh in my mind is one single quote, “I hate to lose more than I love to win” Billy Beane, played by Brad Pitt in Moneyball.

In my previous blog I took my hat off to all those people out there who start a running program and make it past the first month. They are not about winning a race, they are about not losing to their number one competitor, their inner voice. Their motivation is about building confidence, a better body image and physical structure and about achieving their personal goals (ie. finishing a race, running a personal best or training 3 times per week for a month without taking the couch option on a tough evening).

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I’ve been building up now for as long as I was on the couch this year with osteitis pubis. It was a great feeling to have made it through the first week of running.

In my early 20s my great Uncle used to be stoked that I’d come to visit him and my aunty every few weeks. They always had great family stories to tell me and taught me how to play the piano. Uncle Don would always say to me, “You know a boy is never going to stop and catch you if you keep running!”