As I count down the day’s hours, minutes & seconds until my final Fridge challenge, the magnitude of the ordeal ahead of me seems to envelope my every thought. It is if not controlled such a negative and destructive fear, in a way it’s as if I am about to face the devil himself. As it wakes me in the early hours of a morning to remind me how futile my training has been and that my injuries will return, feet will fracture and my left hip give way. Then he throws at me all the daily frustrations of life just to unsettle me and break my focus. What a world I live in, pushing myself through such tough training to attempt what the world must think are pointless and avoidable ordeals and for what? Why would any sane person do what I do? It’s probably best to admit here and now my sanity is questionable, I must be and actually truly am MAD!! I put my hands up “I am stark raving MAD!!” I lost my temper a little while back and I am unable to curb my anger! I admit, I have never been the sort of person you would describe as reasonable. But nowadays I definitely fall into the obsessively unreasonable category. I some years ago arrived at the conclusion that I was born for a purpose. My life, my goals and ambition changed in a heart beat. I lost all motivation business wise, I stopped worrying about what I had materialistically. Stopped driving towards financial security for my family and became obsessed with who I was rather than what I had. So maybe I did lose my mind. It dawned on me that I had to make a stand; I went in search of what scared me most and took it on headfirst. I needed a sense of purpose to make sense of my life once and for all. A sense of urgency came over me and a bizarre set of magical circumstances catapulted me into to the world of Tony the Fridge. The 5am circuit training and weights sessions. The miles and miles and miles of lonely running the days off work and financial burden I have caused my family, the worry the personal pain and injuries are the price I have had to pay to fulfill my goal. Will I be able to run 4 London Marathons in one Day? I truly have no idea. It is a challenge that has several possible outcomes and could actually cost me my life. But what is a life half lived? Like lots of you I have failed more times than I have won and spent a lot of time fearful of what life could possibly do to me next. I am taking cancer head on as a tribute to everybody like me who has lost people they loved. I want to represent that little ant with high hopes, I want to demonstrate that we can take on the challenges of unimaginable magnitude and get through them. I want to prove that any person who is prepared to ignore their greatest fears doubters and critics and march forward with a relentless ability to live in the now can get through just about anything. But most of all I want to be an example of determination. Being Tony the Fridge has taught me how kind people really are and what wonderful communities we have all over the UK. Thank you everybody for all the fantastic support over the years and please join me on 13th April or this final ordeal you will be able to track me live online on the day please say a prayer for me whatever your religion and hopefully with your generosity we can raise a lot of money in aid of Cancer Research UK To donate please Text FRID93 TO 70070 FOLLOWED BY £5 OR WHATEVER YOU CAN AFFORD PLEASE RETWEET AND SHARE MY BLOG THANK YOU Lets Beat Cancer Live in the Moment! Be Relentless!
Posted on: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 17:43:04 +0000
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