Q: What you doing for the rest of your life?
A: Gees, I'm not sure what I'm doing later this evening.
A 9 mile run in 1:20 to keep marathon training on track around Dublin in drizzly rain at near race pace.
It's never too late to set your Personal or Business goals so you have a target for the future.
I am the greatest and I will help anyone I can, be the greatest they can be.
18.5 mile Sunday run in 3:21 through glorious sunshine and torrential rain several times along the way with a blustery wind in my face.
That was worth the effort.
Positive self talk and positive I am's give your life power and energy and help you reach your goals.
Go for it.
Purpose and Meaning.
Making a difference to a charity we raise funds for through sponsorship gives purpose and Meaning to a run.
Monday after work 6.6 mile run in 57 mins with my fast colleague and pal Michael Walsh in windy conditions and glorious sunshine that made us work very hard this evening.
Go out and do it, you'll feel better about yourself.
Be honest direct and bold, you will be respected, unless your boss is a bully, in which case you must do something about it.
A 6.8 mile run in 1:03 through the rain and puddles this evening as rush hour traffic stalls
Remember you have a right to be treated fairly and with respect.
Life's most persistent and urgent question is : what are you doing for others?
Martin Luther King.
6.55 mile run in 56 mins after work today with my fellow colleague and award winning marathoner Michael Walsh .
The attitude had to be right for this run as Michael pulled me around with avg 8.3 Min miles , we smashed it this evening .
Self belief in your goals is fundamental , it helps you over achieve in all areas of your life , believe it and then go smash it.
Running into the May long weekend with a Friday May 3rd evening 13.2 mile run in 2:12 on a very pleasant evening in Dublin , no wind , rain and very little traffic on the roads.
Sunday afternoon 13.2 mile run out of long weekend in 2:09 in unexpected glorious sunshine
Choosing your attitude is to choose your own way to meet your dreams.
20 half marathons run in just over 40 days during Easter period.
You can achieve whatever you wish if your reason is strong enough, you focus, and give it 100 %.
A 13.5 mile Sunday run in 2.10 in glorious sunshine as I run toward the exit of 2018 and into 2019.
It’s been a mixed year with high’s and low’s , I lost my mum * my executive coach * in February and was recognised in my Industry as a positive male role model on assisting people reach their goals with positive mental health.
Like everything I learned in 2010 when I suffered mental exhaustion is that stuff happens, painful stuff , but so does good stuff and if you pay attention you can learn from it , and be happy .
I read as many positive articles as I can and I read the writings of Marcus Aurelius which I find inspirational .
He wrote,
Imagine you were now dead , or had not lived before this moment . Now view the rest of your life as a bonus, and live it as nature directs .
Be proud when you reach your goals , put your hands out wide and thank those who helped you and tell yourself you are great.
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
