Journey

I've never really had any reason to talk about my job before, other than bashing it or making excuses for why I do what I do for the third time in the last eight years. I can't really go crazy on talking about it, as I’m still employed there. But I do want to talk about it, because it has impacted my life. Sometimes I like it, some times I hate it. But I can’t deny that in the end, it’s given me a lot in more ways than one.  I originally joined the company as a salesman at 20 years-old, having dropped out of University not long before this. Needless to say, I was not cut out for that role at all - at least at that age. I made barely any sales, and just didn't really have any people skills by that point. I wasn't very driven, and opted to get on the piss with my mates rather than make any attempts to further understand the product and become a better salesman. That's the way I was back then though. In saying that, even now I don’t think it’s really in my nature to be...

 The Taupo Marathon was the first time I've been disappointed from a result within an official race. As stated in my previous blog entry, my ambitious goal was to get a time of 3:30hrs or less. Even with some solid training behind me, I would have been amazed if I reached this goal at this event. Ultimately it wasn't meant to be, with my finishing time being 4:18hrs - my worst performance in a marathon yet. I wrote this marathon off before I even started the race. I had just one month to carry on my form from the Wellington race. I spent one week recovering from that, then had the flu for over two weeks and still didn't feel too flash by the time Taupo came about. There wasn't much training at all during this period, so I was hoping for a sub-4 hour time at the least. Despite saying that I had dismissed any kind of expectation from this race before it even started, it's needless to say that it all still stings when you don't get close to a goal. I originally pla...