I hate it when life gets in the way....

My plan to do the Central Coast half-marathon is toast. Ain't gonna happen. Grrr!

I had, as I've posted here before, intended to do the half on December 2 - about the only available half-marathon before my birthday in February next year.

The idea was that we (my wife, son & I) would extend our driving holiday to Sydney and the Hunter Valley by an extra day ... so instead of heading home from Pokolbin on Saturday we would swing over to The Entrance, stay there on the Saturday night, and I'd do the half-marathon on the Sunday, driving home that afternoon and evening.

Then I'd have a few days to recover, before returning to work.

Instead, I now find I am due at the office early the following morning, bright and early .. and we almost certainly wouldn't get home before around 10pm on the previous night.

Which just ain't gonna work.

So now I have to reschedule the half ... meaning that I'll not achieve that goal before my 50th birthday.

Sigh.

Instead, I'll aim to do the half probably mid-year (Brisbane? Gold Coast?) and the full in Hawaii in December.

I guess that gives me the aim of completing a Half-marathon and a full Marathon in my 50th year ...