Deadcember?

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

I trust everyone has had/is having a brilliant Christmas. Down here we've had mixed weather for the festive period, with Christmas Day itself wet and dreary here in Sydney, though it was of course put into perspective with the news of the wild weather in Europe... I hope and trust that all Euro RCers survived intact?

But now onto the serious stuff. After a couple of weeks of rest and recuperation my legs feel pretty much back to normal, so tomorrow morning I begin (restart) my Canberra marathon training campaign in earnest, with a short test run to see how the legs are. With sixteen weeks to race day it's important to get started as soon as poss, and I'll be starting in a post-Christmas full paunch ... I'm at my heaviest and probably flabbiest in over three years, so I'm really starting from scratch, although in some ways this makes it all the more exciting. The prospect of getting back into some serious fitness is quite exhilarating, and I'm genuinely looking forward to it.

Today however (Boxing Day) I'm feeling "lethargic" after yesterday's festivities, and there's another family bash to attend in a little over an hour's time. Whilst I'll have a drink or two, I'm mindful of the run tomorrow morning and will start toning things down from here on.

Looking around me though, with the Christmas left overs still plentiful in terms of both quantity and calories, it will need to be a gradual transition from over-indulgence to healthy living again. It could be interesting.

Meantime, there's also the not-so-small matter of the Boxing Day Ashes test match that requires watching. Life's not so bad here!

All the best to everyone, and I'll report back tomorrow on the first run of the campaign.