Oktoberfest

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Another inverse law day,only the wrong way round

After two rest days I was feeling pumped, primed and ready to tackle anything. But of course, it was a bastard. One of the hardest hour's work I've done in ages. Fortunately Foo Fighter's Resolve* came on the mp3 thingy at just the right time and I actually finished quite strongly. This after desperately wanting to cut it short on several occasions.

The thing with treadmills is that it is of course very easy just to hop off the thing when the going gets tough and (in my case) take two or three steps across to the beer fridge and do something sensible. But of course, the very ease with which you can quit is what tends to make me want to keep going - it's just a bit too easy, and it leaves you wondering whether you were really knackered or just tempted by that beer fridge.

Of course it is really a very, very good beer fridge. But beer tastes just that much better when you've worked for it, so there again a good reason to plug away.

And I did.

And I feel fabulous for it, and that beer is going to taste bloody good. At least, once the feeling of nausea passes

So a nervous start to week 3 of training, but we're off. We'll see what the week brings. Pretty safe bet though that there'll be some beer in there somewhere, maybe even some German brews

Prost!



*IMHO one of the all time great songs for endurance athletes.