Recently my whole life turned on it’s head. I lost my Father. We were very close and it’s been incredibly difficult to deal with, especially as it came so suddenly and out of the blue. I thought I’d write about how it affected my life afterwards, particularly in relation to where it left my own personal goals and what I did to help me return towards achieving them. Dealing with the grief, as well as the admin and trying to be comforting and strong to my family around me was beyond a difficult balance. Yet despite this, I actually still had an overwhelming feeling of wanting to train and continue to better myself as I reach for the goals that I’d set earlier in the year. There is a no right or wrong way to mourn the loss of somebody close to you. No specific amount of time to cease your usual activities before it’s acceptable to re-commence them. My desire was to keep on running and not lose the progress I’d been making throughout the year. So I continued to do just that. My Father ...
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