Steroids for Xmas?

Its been a busy week work-wise. Like all good retailers we launched our Xmas campaign about 8 weeks before the actual event takes place, so now our stores are all bright red, fake snowflakes on the windows, the credits song from Die Hard I (fantastic movie) playing in stores. “Oh the weather outside is………” Training wise its been a little lean this week. I did the 12km river run on Tuesday.

I cycled into work in bright sunshine, lovely day outside. The temperatures this week have been very pleasant indeed. The river run starts at Putney Bridge, you tear along the river front, round Craven Cottage Stadium, back onto the river, past the office of Betfair, then over Hammersmith bridge, back along the other side. I had real problems with the glare of the sunshine on that side. I might need to bring out the “Big” sunglasses to prevent me running into cyclists and other runners. You then run past all the rowing clubs, over Putney bridge and back to the office. It’s a pretty good route, except the last section where you have grumpy looking people in big dark coats waiting for delayed buses. They don’t take to well to a guy in a bright running top with “Eye of the Tiger” blaring through his Ipod prancing past them. The worst thing from my point of view is having to run a lot quicker when people are around so you look good.

Sarah has been doing some training this week but also had a pretty busy working week. She is running this afternoon so I am going to have to sneak in some training behind her back to try keep in touch. We recently ran a 10 mile race and she finished about 8 minutes ahead of me. My male ego is still recovering. I have looked into horse steroids and other performance enhancing products. I even emailed ben.johnson@idrankfromthewrongbottle.com but got no reply.

Off to a comedy club this evening to get abused by some hack who has nicked material from classic comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld. Prior to that, meeting my brother for a drink at Tiger Tiger. He asked me to mention him in this blog. He lives and works in Colchester, has been single for quite a while now and is desperate to meet someone. If you know of any single females who list freckles, curly hair, large ears and fake teeth please let me know and I’ll pass on his details.

Have a good weekend!