December December

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Really annoyed with myself - I managed to drop my HRM and crack the LCD, rendering it utterly useless. I'll take it to a sports store on Monday and see if it's repairable, but I fear the worst

On a more positive note I managed to cover 15km of training today, including 6km of hill climb I've also done well diet-wise, eating well below my usual calorie count without feeling in any way hungry. I've even managed to avoid the calorific hazards of end-of-year departmental BBQs and farewells. Plus, I've not had any alcohol for 3 days. The difficult Christmas period is of course going to ruin this good work somewhat, but I'm trying to build a bit of calorific and training credit ahead of time.

I have only vague ideas about race goals for next year, but for the moment getting my weight and body fat down to ideal levels (where they haven't been for many years now) is incentive enough. It also means I can vary the training to keep it interesting, so no problem there.

Well I haven't reached my calorific limit for the day yet, so I'll go and agonise over whether to have that nice cold beer in the fridge or plump for the tuna salad...







(Don't worry, the salad will win )