Reflect on 2024 & 2025 Challenges
The New Year is always a good time to reflect, reset, clear your head and focus on what's next.
So let's just reflect and take a moment to think what you personally achieved in 2024.
If it was a tough or a difficult year for you & you managed to get through it, well done, give yourself a big pat on the back. You are probs much stronger than you give yourself credit for. Be proud of yourself.
If 2024 was a good year then that's great news, did you achieve what you wanted? Leave a comment and tell us what you did that you are proud of (your email address won't be published ).
Speaking personally I achieved 6,000 miles (9,600 km) on my bike 🚴♀️ which for me was a huge achievement & one I'm quite proud of, I'm not sure I drove that far in my car 😂.
Four specific events spring to mind: the London ride 💯 miles in memory of a very special friend; Riding the Way of the Roses with good friends; Sail, Cycle, Croatia 2024 🇭🇷 with 2 lovely ladies in September & Porto to Faro, Portugal at the end of October.
So what have you got planned for 2025? Hopefully setting yourself a target just out of your comfort zone but within your reach! Rewarding yourself along the way.
Whatever your target is, it really doesn't matter! What does matter is that it's important to you & something you enjoy.
Sam, my nephew, is running the Manchester Marathon, his first ever! I'm so proud of him. A good friend is running the London Marathon having qualified on good for age; Tracy you are a simply awesome runner. Another friend; Louise is a good steady golfer & an amazing artist, 2 things I simply do not have the talent for. Whatever your talent enjoy it & good luck to everyone ☺️👍
Speaking personally, I have 2 exciting objectives planned for 2025; cycling Munich to Rome in June & swimming the Dart 10 km in September. Given that I haven't been swimming that long really, & a 10 km swim is effectively the same as running a marathon, it will certainly be a challenge!
The winter weather in the UK has been typically British, windy 🌬️, cold 🥶, damp, wet, 🌧️& occasionally foggy 🌫️ so for me it's Zwift & getting outside when I can.
If you want to share it, be good to hear what your 2025 plans or challenge(s) are 😘👍 leave a comment, you can update us & tell us how it's going. Your email address won't be published 😊
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Wow, what an amazing year Wendy! You really do inspire so many people with your words, achievements and goals.
6,000 miles that is very impressive! I have loved your blog and reading about your adventures as well as a bit of culture. My two favourite reads were your Croatia trip (all that rain gosh) and your trip to Portugal.
The Munich to Rome sounds incredible so I will keep an eye out for your blog and check you out with the 10km
Swim! Very impressive.
My achievements;
I ran my first marathon in Manchester this year and although I was short of my target by a few mins I learnt so much about myself and what not to do. I could not have done it without Tracy. I am looking forward to doing Manchester marathon in 2025 hopefully with much better results with the prep I am putting in now. I also completed a few half marathons and got PB’s on each one so it was good to see an improvement on my time as the year progressed.
Work wise I launched a new Performance and Talent framework across our business, and had buy-in and support from our managing director and it has proved successful so far. Looking forward to making improvements as we roll into 2025.
Thank you Wendy!
Sean,
Thank you for your lovely comments, you are so kind😊 .
I love that you are redoing the Manchester Marathon again, a marathon is such a huge achievement and you have to be strong mentally as well as physically.
The Talent Framework sounds truly amazing, and getting support and buy-in from the top of an organisation is not always easy, so huge kudos 👏 What an amazing initiative!
Please come back and tell us how you get along with both the Framework and the Marathon.
What a cracking year Wendy. You should be so proud of yourself. Excited to follow your journey to the 10k swim. Great goal. And Munich to Rome sounds amazing. For me it’s been a year of keeping cycling and running steady whilst focusing on bucket list items- New Zealand and Greenland being 2 and the other biggy was getting my Yachtmaster Offshore qualification. I hope to reverse the tide for 2025. Spend more time at home and really up the anti with my cycling and do more running events. Be fun checking in this time next year!
Kaz,
Thank you for commenting 😊 New Zealand & Greenland opposite sides of the world quite literally😲 .
I must profess ignorance and say that I didn't know what an Yacht Master Offshore Qualification was until I googled it. It looks a tough ask, amongst other requirements are 16 weeks training, 70 days afloat, 2,500 tidal miles.......and that's just for starters 😲
Doing all that whilst trying to stay stead on cycling and running sounds like a lot to take on. Good luck and tell us how you get along.
Wow - you've done some fab rides this year! I've not done anything like as spectacular, but highlights include 2 rides I was encouraged to sign up for by friends, Ride London and Beyond the Dyke, a 210 km audax (my first audax!).
While I managed over 6,000 miles, I fell short of my highest annual total. I also had to cancel a cycling holiday and a RAFA ride. All because I lost 5 weeks when I was injured when I was knocked off my bike (which was written off).
My target for next year? Simply to enjoy my cycling, wherever I go!
Ben, Thank you for taking the time to comment, they are all very much appreciated. Really sorry to here about your accident. I sincerely hope you are fully recovered!
Ride London is an amazing experience. A 205 km Audax sounds like hard work, that's approx 127/128 miles if my maths is correct😲 . I take my hat off to you, that must have been hard work.
The best sort of cycling is the enjoyable sort preferably with friends 😊