This past 4 weeks have been extremely frustrating as i have been nursing a hamstring strain and haven't been able to get out running. In exactly 4 weeks to the day i will be running through Manhattan taking part in my 2nd Marathon since my MS diagnosis in 2007. My training was going well to i got injured and this past few weeks i have been doing some strength and conditioning work, trying to get my body strong so it will carry me around the best city in the world.
I have been getting some physio this past couple of weeks and fingers crossed the hammy will have recovered and i will get round in one piece. I had a time goal to target since i took on this challenge however with the injury i have had to review this. i will decide where i am time wise in the next few weeks - injury pending.
This year i am running for Action MS and also Cancer Focus NI. If you would like to sponsor me please do here www.justgiving.com/conor-devine
I hope a few good things come out of this challenge and the message i want to keep spreading is that everything is possible and a diagnosis or illness does not mean your life is over. Attitude is everything people and if you get that part right, you will enjoy the rewards. Enjoy the rest of the weekend :)
#AttitudeIsEverything
ps My new bok will be out on 1st November 2012 - #WOW
Sunday 30 September 2012
Sunday 16 September 2012
Life is a Gift
This last week in NI has been a very testing one for all of us. In the last few days we have seen how cruel, callous, shocking, and deeply tragic life can be with the sad deaths of Brian Og Maguire and three members of the Spence Family.
When i heard the news at the end of last week about the accident in Fermanagh that claimed the life of a rising young fantastic GAA star, i was shocked and saddened and found it tough to think about anything else for the next few days.
Last night around 8pm the news started to break on twitter of a tragic accident on a farm in Hillsborough. As i continued to watch my time line over the next hour the sheer scale of the tragedy started to develop, and i could hardly believe my eyes with the news of three from the same family being killed and another very seriously injured in hospital. Of course we are talking about the Spence family, whom i do not know, however feel like i do following reading the news and listening to this disaster of a story all day.
I was at the gym this morning, trying to prepare for my up and coming marathon. This past few weeks I've found it very difficult as i have a hamstring strain and haven't been able to get out running. As i was trying to do my training this morning i couldn't stop thinking of the accidents which have claimed the lives of these four people in the last few days. When things like this happen, it really rocks you, puts life into perspective and tests everything about your character. We start asking ourselves all sorts of questions, trying to make sense of it all, with little to no answers.
As i was on twitter last night i read a tweet that Nevin Spence posted yesterday at about 2pm, saying he was out for a cup of coffee in a Belfast restaurant and having a good day. I bet he never in a million years had any idea of what lay ahead for him and his family later that afternoon. What a sad sad story and an example of how so cruel life and this world can be at times.
Sometimes you just have to stand back, stop what you are doing, take a few moments to yourself and thank God about all the positive things that you have going for you in your life. Life is a gift and i know that this coming week i will be a little more thankful for all that i have in my life.
Young Brian Og was laid to rest today in Co Fermanagh where thousands attended the funeral mass to pay their respects. Later this week thousands will arrive at the Spence's funeral to pay their respects to a great family and support the remaining members of their family. What a sad time this will be and i just hope that both the Maguire family and Spence Family get the strength from somewhere to get through this week and also the next few months.
Death is terrible at the best of times but in these two separate incidents its even much harder to take as it was a result of accidents at work that were likely very preventable - if only you could turn the clock back a few days.
I felt compelled to blog about this tonight and pray for both sets of families to get the courage and determination to carry on. RIP Brin Og and Nevin, Graham & Noel Spence
When i heard the news at the end of last week about the accident in Fermanagh that claimed the life of a rising young fantastic GAA star, i was shocked and saddened and found it tough to think about anything else for the next few days.
Last night around 8pm the news started to break on twitter of a tragic accident on a farm in Hillsborough. As i continued to watch my time line over the next hour the sheer scale of the tragedy started to develop, and i could hardly believe my eyes with the news of three from the same family being killed and another very seriously injured in hospital. Of course we are talking about the Spence family, whom i do not know, however feel like i do following reading the news and listening to this disaster of a story all day.
I was at the gym this morning, trying to prepare for my up and coming marathon. This past few weeks I've found it very difficult as i have a hamstring strain and haven't been able to get out running. As i was trying to do my training this morning i couldn't stop thinking of the accidents which have claimed the lives of these four people in the last few days. When things like this happen, it really rocks you, puts life into perspective and tests everything about your character. We start asking ourselves all sorts of questions, trying to make sense of it all, with little to no answers.
As i was on twitter last night i read a tweet that Nevin Spence posted yesterday at about 2pm, saying he was out for a cup of coffee in a Belfast restaurant and having a good day. I bet he never in a million years had any idea of what lay ahead for him and his family later that afternoon. What a sad sad story and an example of how so cruel life and this world can be at times.
Sometimes you just have to stand back, stop what you are doing, take a few moments to yourself and thank God about all the positive things that you have going for you in your life. Life is a gift and i know that this coming week i will be a little more thankful for all that i have in my life.
Young Brian Og was laid to rest today in Co Fermanagh where thousands attended the funeral mass to pay their respects. Later this week thousands will arrive at the Spence's funeral to pay their respects to a great family and support the remaining members of their family. What a sad time this will be and i just hope that both the Maguire family and Spence Family get the strength from somewhere to get through this week and also the next few months.
Death is terrible at the best of times but in these two separate incidents its even much harder to take as it was a result of accidents at work that were likely very preventable - if only you could turn the clock back a few days.
I felt compelled to blog about this tonight and pray for both sets of families to get the courage and determination to carry on. RIP Brin Og and Nevin, Graham & Noel Spence
Thursday 13 September 2012
Attitude Is Everything
So i am nearly there, in 7.5 weeks i will be in New York City getting ready to run 26.2 miles in what will be a spectacular day of festivities.
I spent most of January this year in Australia on holiday with my family were my training started for my big day in November. As i was running down to Bondi Beach on my daily training runs taking in all the sites of that beautiful place i was imagining myself running through Central Park, down into Manhattan, past Ground Zero and taking in all the sites that fantastic City has to offer. I was excited back then so you can guess that i am pretty excited now we are so close to the event.
My training was going great to about two weeks ago when i tweaked my hamstring and unfortunately i haven't been able to get out on the roads since. However i have been doing some gym work and getting treatment, so with the rub of the green i will be back pounding the roads next week, putting the final touches to my preparation.
This will be my second marathon after i ran the Belfast one last year which i found extremely tough. When i finished the Belfast marathon i told myself that i would never run another one again. However i suppose i really enjoyed the challenge and also the fact that people with Multiple Sclerosis are not rally supposed to be running marathons - or that's what some people think right??
Well what a load of rubbish that is. When i was diagnosed with MS in 2007, most of the so called medics told me to pretty much stop all physical activity and just take it easy - for the rest of my life. I listened to these so called experts for about 2 years - then i woke up thankfully and decided i was in control of what i wanted to do, not the MS - i put the building blocks in place over the next 36 months which has given me a platform right now to push on and set and smash whatever goals i set myself. I have an unbreakable attitude and looking forward to the challenges the next number of weeks have in store for me.
I meet people every day, loads of people, all with their own challenges, problems and difficulties to overcome. Some people handle pressures better than others. What i would say is those people who have a fantastic attitude, are generally always the ones to win their battles and never give up. If you apply the right attitude to any situation, there is more chance of a positive outcome than a negative attitude. That seems a very simple philosophy but its amazing the amount of people who haven't worked this out yet. You attitude will determine your altitude, so work on it, embrace personal development, get around positive people, bin the dream stealer's and you will be on the right road.
New York New York...... here i come #Dreamers Move Mountains
#AttitudeIsEverything #NeverGiveUp
www.justgiving.com/conor-devine pls donate to my charities here :))
I spent most of January this year in Australia on holiday with my family were my training started for my big day in November. As i was running down to Bondi Beach on my daily training runs taking in all the sites of that beautiful place i was imagining myself running through Central Park, down into Manhattan, past Ground Zero and taking in all the sites that fantastic City has to offer. I was excited back then so you can guess that i am pretty excited now we are so close to the event.
My training was going great to about two weeks ago when i tweaked my hamstring and unfortunately i haven't been able to get out on the roads since. However i have been doing some gym work and getting treatment, so with the rub of the green i will be back pounding the roads next week, putting the final touches to my preparation.
This will be my second marathon after i ran the Belfast one last year which i found extremely tough. When i finished the Belfast marathon i told myself that i would never run another one again. However i suppose i really enjoyed the challenge and also the fact that people with Multiple Sclerosis are not rally supposed to be running marathons - or that's what some people think right??
Well what a load of rubbish that is. When i was diagnosed with MS in 2007, most of the so called medics told me to pretty much stop all physical activity and just take it easy - for the rest of my life. I listened to these so called experts for about 2 years - then i woke up thankfully and decided i was in control of what i wanted to do, not the MS - i put the building blocks in place over the next 36 months which has given me a platform right now to push on and set and smash whatever goals i set myself. I have an unbreakable attitude and looking forward to the challenges the next number of weeks have in store for me.
I meet people every day, loads of people, all with their own challenges, problems and difficulties to overcome. Some people handle pressures better than others. What i would say is those people who have a fantastic attitude, are generally always the ones to win their battles and never give up. If you apply the right attitude to any situation, there is more chance of a positive outcome than a negative attitude. That seems a very simple philosophy but its amazing the amount of people who haven't worked this out yet. You attitude will determine your altitude, so work on it, embrace personal development, get around positive people, bin the dream stealer's and you will be on the right road.
New York New York...... here i come #Dreamers Move Mountains
#AttitudeIsEverything #NeverGiveUp
www.justgiving.com/conor-devine pls donate to my charities here :))
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