It was a successful year for me both as a Motivational speaker and marathon runner and I have really enjoyed it despite managing a long term hip injury. I continued to tweet my night runs under @bjkenno with running time’s and some motivational quotes.
A couple of times I have met people during the year who have recognised me from my motivational posts on Linkedin and twitter which I found just amazing eager to speak to me about running even in the rain.
I have been lucky enough to have been invited to speak across Ireland and the UK during 2018 and Individuals have contacted me following my motivational speaking on mindfulness where I speak about positive mental health and setting personal and business goals while spending time in the present and not always thinking of the future .
Something I have said in sharing my story whether its surviving 7 armed robberies in a banking career , suffering mental exhaustion in 2010 following working 84 hours a week or how i turned my life around to become a marathoner at 50 and an Ultra Marathoner at 55 has resonated with them and they have found inspiration set goals and go about meeting them , sometimes to loose the weight they have always failed to do in the past , or their football has improved and they are scoring more goals for their football team, or being more in tune throughout the game and possibly defended better than that had previously , or they have started running to get fit and have run their first 10k or half marathon or marathon .
Whatever way you look at it I am chuffed that I have been able to assist these people by giving something back.
I ran the Dublin Marathon to raise funds for Our Lady’s Hospice this year a very worthy cause as requested by my mum who passed in February 2018 an emotional run and my 9th Dublin Marathon in a row .
Looking forward to more motivational speaking and coaching individuals to meet their goals in 2018 .
Have a happy Christmas holiday and best wishes for the new year.
Brian