Areet everyone just thought I'd keep you up to date on my journey of self discovery in Kenya like. Well I've been here for over 2 weeks and it's been going canny good like, the first week I decided to take it easy so clocked in about 120 to 180 miles over 30 hours of running although on the first day only managed about a 3 mile run in 15 minutes due to the time with the flights. Tried running on the plane like but the stewardess was a daft cow who didnt get it.
My second day in Kenya was a bit of a nightmare, I ended up getting lost out on my own so ended up running for over 4 hours which was canny painful as I was running barefoot. some people think that's a bit mad but I'm just like nah man your just soft howay come on get a grip. I don't see the point in coming all the way to Kenya to train on your own and train as you do back home, so I'm doing as the Kenyan's do, Im goin to eat like a Kenyan I run barefoot like a Kenyan and I even share my bed with a Kenyan ya na. It took me over 5 days to adapt to this but I really feel that it will make me a better person and help me discover who I am like. To help me adapting I tried hopping 6 miles, 2 miles on each leg at a time to strengthen me legs it was canny hard but am feeling the benefit now. Might try hopping some more like.
So after the first week of painful runs emotional phone calls to me girlfriend Lizzy and eating lot's of food I can honestly say it's good to be back. I really miss Lizzie, she is me rock in the tyne and me fog on the cheesy chips. We spend a lot of time together and I miss our special cuddles. Been pretendin that Josephat was Lizzie but it aint the same man he smells of yams.
The last time was out was back in January for about 9 weeks but this time I'm stopping out for about 24 weeks, I see this as a good mental challenge as it's good to be outside your comfort zone I mean it's like they say home is where the heart is but if you take away your heart surely you can't live?
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