When the Unexpected becomes the Expected!!

Something has very recently occurred to me.  When I first suggested that I would ATTEMPT to run a marathon, everyone was surprised and interested to see how I would get one.

This same interest etc was shown recently when Sian (my wife) ATTEMPTED to do her first marathon in Lochaber.

However as I completed by 5th marathon in London a week later there was almost a sense of "that's what Sean does".  The unexpected had almost become the expected.

This was then further supported one week later, when a bunch of friends completed the Hoka Highland Fling (all 53 miles of it over rough terrain on the West Highland Way).  Whilst impressed, there was almost a feeling of "that's what they do!"

This really got me thinking about how hard people work to achieve there goals and how

sometimes we take them for granted.

I guess the new unexpected is that we all keep "doing what we do" for as long as we can keep doing it. This way people will see the expected become the unexpected-"I can't believe they are still doing that!"

Only time will tell!!

PB or CB that is the question

Having just completed the London Marathon in a new PB of 3:31:40 I have been left to reflect on what my new goals should be.

Still managing to achieve PBs in all my distances has made me think about where the next improvements will come from?

Our coach Alastair Macfarlane is constantly challenging us all to park our PB and move on.  To quote the man himself "the only person who will not be improving there PB is him...."

I guess the PB should actually be referred to as a CB-CURRENT BEST!!

So that's where my goals are!

To qualify for Boston has always been my goal, largely because I never thought I'd be able to get close.  I am now only 7 minutes away from that goal and as such 3:25 is my next target (although I believe I have a 3:20 in me!)

To do this I will need to improve my 5k/10k and half times and as such they have been amended on my Fetch page.

But for the record they are as follows:

5k-sub 20m
10k-sub 42m
Half-sub 1:34

Lets see how I get on!!