New year, new excuses?

[Sweder]

I'm a believer in the addage that no matter what distance you run, the first 20 minutes/ half an hour are rotten (as mentioned in the Looniness of the Long Distance Runner). This would seem to relate to your plod this morning - you had only just 'gotten into' your running when you stopped. That, and the countless hours you've spent in smokey bars over the last couple of weeks . . .