An ordinary world12/21/2023 ![]() It’s one of the highlights of the race and is the same height as Mount Snowdon in Wales. The race was a moving experience for me, especially as I summited Jebel Oftal. And instead of surrounding myself in the eight-person tent with folk I could help, I looked for folk that could support me instead as I needed some emotional support. I went there much physically weaker than I had been previously. I will admit that I gave it everything I had and more. ![]() And I was especially unsafe on the rocky downhills, although I also wasn’t too brilliant going uphill either, if I’m being honest!Īnyway, I went, survived and conquered my demons, nevertheless. Actually, looking back when I did take part, I really did do it on very shaky legs. I mean what could go wrong and I had thirteen years’ of experience to lean on. However weak and cheesed-off I felt, I thought by April 2017 I had a chance of being fit enough to once again take on the desert. It’s what I needed to get me through the darkness.Įvery day I thought about my massive goal. So, in 2016 although I was wheelchair-bound, the concept of another Marathon des Sables was all I needed to get me out of bed each day. You see, in recovery you need a goal, something to focus on. Since GBS, I’ve run 150 marathons and I’ve enjoyed every single one of them. I realise I’m very lucky even to have run just one. Not an easy feat, especially when you find yourself lost when even being ‘Ordinary’ will do.Ĭovid-19 has changed the world. Having had my own private five-month-long lockdown with GBS, the national lockdown wasn’t too hard to handle. It teaches you to accept where you find yourself and to make of it what you can, with what you’ve got. It’s challenged my inner soul and taught me how to survive when the chips have been down. Trying to find my ‘Ordinary World’ has taken every last drop of my energy. ‘Ordinary World’ was the stand-out track for me and lyrically underlines my thoughts about creating a new life with fresh limitations without crying about what happened yesterday. Ten years on from their multi-platinum album Rio, the Duranie’s revived their career with the self-titled album ‘Duran Duran’ also known as the Wedding Album.
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