Set-to-tember

[Charliecat5]

It's all cyclical. I just read GM's advice (again) to CC5 (again) on intervals. He's right (again!), but it's so hard to push myself that hard.
What with cycling almost daily and work on the Lewes FC Women progs/ CWD UK Conference burning the candle late and long, I too am in a fairly permanent stat of knackereness. Work, too, is gearing up for an autumnal explosion. I ache. I groan. My back is sore, my feet are shot, my legs are old and bent.

But. But, there is this Vet's football. I love it. It kills me, it's all stop-start and sweaty and difficult, but it's great.
We got tonked last Friday, 3-0 down at half-time, 4-0 down in no time after the re-start, got it back to 4-3 before the death.
I had a schooner of Abyss Coffee Milk Stout on the way home.
Brilliant.

Just as an addendum to any advise I might have given. I think you raise a really good point. If you're burning both ends of the candle just to stand still then 'efforts' are out of the question.

Your work patterns, current driving situation and community work are more than I could bite off. My life is so much more .... sedate, predictable and self-centred. The way you tear-into life with all guns blazing is pretty admirable Sweder. Without the added pressure of running fitness which takes up alot of time and energy.

As for MLCMM and night shifts......probably the most difficult work-life balance situation to deal with.

The ebbs and flows of running.  In our little Lewes posse of runners, we are all in different stages of the cycle.  OATR is running everything: 26 miles of Twittens, cross country races, track, and the odd little outing with me - he is miles ahead of the rest of us now.  Radar is training for her first marathon (Beachyhead) on her way to the Moyleman in March, and is running very well.  By my reckoning she has run over 30 miles this week so far, with a Saturday 16 miler planned.   Me... I am actually building up a nice solid base, having knocked off 24 miles this week... and the goat is out there, gently easing his way back in (I believe).   My point... if there is a point to be made... is that we're all in different places... I am not sure what the point is now.   

Oh yes... it ebbs and flows.