2014

[El Gordo]

Good to hear your back into a routine of sorts though. And that's the key word of course -- routine. I took your ages-ago advice about getting back into things by first walking, and for the last few weeks have been managing about an hour every evening -- usually up the very steep local hills. No kids to worry about though, so easier to establish a routine. As for early morning, it's been a while but, to repeat the advice that you already know I'm sure, I find a huge help is to have everything laid out on a chair like I would do the night before a race. The very worst impediment, apart from the sound of icy rain sluicing against the darkened bedroom winter in winter, is having to wander round, still half asleep, looking for that pair of socks or HRM strap or whatever. Up and out before you can stop to think. Up and out and gone. It's the only way.