So much universe, and so little time.

Current Fundraising totals: Winston's Wish: £25 out of £800 raised https://2024fordridelondon.enthuse.com/pf/russ-brookes Weldmar Hospice Care: £30 out of £1000 www.justgiving.com/page/russ-for-bop Longest Run: 10 Miles Longest Ride: 60 Miles 18 Weeks till the Jurassic Coast 1st Half 50km I keep meaning to blog more, there is a lot I want to talk about or promote. But like everything in life at the moment, it's having the time. It seems like everything is happening, everywhere, all at once. Work is needing a lot of my headspace and time, I need to put focus into my career, we need a new car, we'd like to move house, having just sorted out our mortgage. And all of this is before you factor in training for the event, making time to fundraise, throwing in some downtime, then the biggest timefocus and commitment of life... Family. Making sure I spend time with my family, that I'd wanted so long, is both enjoyable, never feels enough and the number one priority. So it's taking a lot of discipline and focus to ensure I make time for training, which is the next priority. So blogging about the experience is a way down the line, in priorities. But I'm trying to manage my time better, procrastination is often my enemy.... as is my own brain. To often I get overwhelmed and find my brain going at 100 mph, wanting to do every all at once and then doing nothing, and hating the time I've wasted. Slowly that is getting better and I'm learning to use my time better, as well as ensure I have down time, to recharge and not get overwhelmed, in short slowing down is making me more productive, and allowing me to think better. I'm finding I'm investing more in the training too, to often I've held something back and not gone in at my best, and it's made it a struggle. So now I do my best to accept the situation, I can't train as much as I used to, so make time to do the priorities and invest. I'm now comfortable able to run 10 Miles in the hills, again, this week is the first test and benchmark, it's back to half Marathon distance, almost 6 years to the week, I ran my first ever half. That took me just under 2 hours, without the hills, so I've already come a long way. It's been hard fundraising for two charities and my main anxiety is two fold 1) Not achieving my goals and 2) Not hitting the targets I've set for fundraising. That's always normal this early in my training and I know that I'll get there, but the nerves help keep the focus. So this is a bit of a short check-in but I'm just trying to get back in the habit. Next time I might even do a video!