I’ve also fallen off the wagon since; ‘too busy’ organising the events in which inspired people can compete. This July however I signed on with Dry July, to raise fund for cancer research; the ‘deadly dancer’ responsible for both my parents early demise.

Your tale will surely drive me back to ‘paddling’ my Finn ski, and we’ll see what happens from there — my MTB is far too unused also.

Glad to have you back in the ‘Ironman’ family!

The event awaits — ironically 2010 it its 10th anniverary!

I would love to do it with you so lock me in as already discussed.

Well done your an inspiration to all of us.

Later.
b

Sometimes I feel like the balance for me has switched to be the other way — too much time focusing on training, fitness, etc. But that may just be “at the moment” as we’re 5 days away from IronMan Lake Placid. When that is done, I need to bring it down a notch and pull back on the training hours and enjoy some more time with the family.

Best of luck with this journey — I’m right there with you!

Thanks for sharing such a struggle — or rather a few of them. My respect for you (and I don’t know you very well) has grown.

I’m glad I follow you on twitter, and am rooting for you — with your running, your health, your relationships (esp. w/ your daughter, as I love my dad so very much), & your business.

If anyone dear man in my life wrote something like this, I would never let them fail — I would support them and cheer for them every step of the way.

Go, Stephen, go!

Cheers,
k

I sometimes think all of us (particularly us doofus men) only have relationships because of others’ tolerance … and you are no orphan when it comes to neglecting what is important in our lives. It’s unfortunate that we seem to need the shock of losing friends or relatives to motivate us to refocus on those things — I’m encouraged to see that you haven’t waited until your parents aren’t around to talk about these things.

Me — I’m not far off the age that my father died, and I’m way overweight and unfit too … but that is one of the reasons I’ve changed my worklife to something that’s a little less poisonous, and flexible enough to allow more time for those important things. Jeez the knees hurt, though … :)

It’s experiences like this one that make you realise how sometimes what we think are the right priorities eventually aren’t, and the good thing is that we are lucky enough to make changes right on time! Glad you are on board what plenty of us have started already and surely an inspiration for everyone!

Let us know how you progress further and thanks ever so much for making it personal. Incredibly touching and a must read for those who keep struggling with Work Life Balance; perhaps we should start thinking it’s more about Work Live Integration altogether :-)

Let’s get busy!! :-D

A few training sessions together doesn’t hurt, either. It’s always easier with a friend.