A quick update - a combination of mild illness (man flu) and minor injury (severe chafing!) has caused a cessation of running for a few days, but to be honest I'm enjoying not having to force running into the schedule in the midst of extremely silly season.
Like some others around these here parts, after the Christmas festivities are safely tucked away I intend to curtail my alcohol intake and get on with some seriously enjoyable running. Meantime, a calendar totally bereft of race goals means I am free to build up my base mileage again to a good level without having to get anal about schedules etc.
Somewhat more urgently, perhaps, is the need to get serious about my core strengthening, the importance of which was rammed home quite forcefully last month. This already has my attention and training programme is in place... just not yet as properly attended to as it should be.
All these things will happen. But in the meantime, I wish you all the very best for the festive season and I look foward to reading of everyone's exploits here soon.
Merry Christmas, all!
December 2011...
