It's Wednesday, the 2nd of January 2019.

I'm Martin yelling, he's Tom Williams,

and this is episode 469 of Marathon talk. I'm going to We hope you had a wonderful Christmas on this week's show. We're welcoming in 2019 with Tom speaking to 2018

comrades champion Anne Ashworth.

It's a different show as the only other thing we'll do

is reflect on our own 2018s.

Tom Williams wasn't it a year for you?

It was a year of epicness for Tom Williams.

Every year is a year, every year since 1974 has been a year of epicness for me.

Well, not sure your dad would say the same thing.

But it was, I mean, in terms of your own running,

2018, I mean in terms of your own running 2018 was a real breakthrough I guess year for running

differently wasn't it? Yeah like I enjoyed it I've always enjoyed a focus when I've had a focus and

embrace them not having a focus when I've not had a focus. And there's been various focus.

I'm sure people remember my 25 miles a week for a year was that think was that last

year or the year before I can't remember and my mile training and the Comrays

training in before that triathlon and da da da da da da da da and this year has been, you know, a really good year for me.

All stimulated by my competition with Nick really around our own personal fastest

part run times each calendar month for the 12 months.

And that got me really motivated and fired up.

You raise a really interesting point about reflecting on, on sort of one year moving into the next because you said you know I'm

good when I've got either focus or no focus and a lot of people lose it when they've got no focus I count myself in that.

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