Opt In

I opt in to a wet bike ride, I daren’t miss another one but I do end up soaked. It wasn’t raining as I was getting ready but it started lobbing it down the moment I got out the door. Was fun though.

Mo Farah has entered the World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff. Looks like we have competition but he’s probably just after the t-shirt.

L says this is her. 

Only you can't see if the lass is sat on a gym ball or not, trying to stay awake, as L is. I suggest that perhaps she should just give into it. Sleep at work, then she’ll be wide away for book reading and other stuff at home.

She does complain that she’s simply not cracking on with her books. What she needs is a good long winded dog show to start catching up. Oh look. I have two of those coming up in quick succession.

(Friday 22^nd January)

Jennifer Lawrence For The Night

It’s lobbing it down this morning and I opt to leave my trusty steed at home. e.g. I wimp out of cycling. That’s not going to look good on the training schedule and an horrifically hour long wait for a bus home from Derby actually makes me wish I had cycled in the rain. In fact I'd rather be at home chucking balls than stuck here.

L tries to console me by offering me Jennifer Lawrence for the night. We have Winter's Bone to watch. She says the book is nice and depressing, so it should be right up my street.

Then she forwards me a lengthy email exchange between her and Daughter. It finishes with the words ‘I’ve printed off a sodding training plan’. Blimey, L’s offered to enter her in the Manchester 10k as a 'treat'. She’s also told her it’ll take her an hour. Wow. Nothing like setting the bar high. Way to go girls.

Winter's Bone is depressing, very atmospheric and requires your undivided attention, so we shouldn’t really have been munching our way through a meal as we watched it. Winter’s Bone is also accompanied by a large dose of Dog’s Rubber Bone, as is most things we try and watch on TV. Definitely one for the cinema I think.

 

(Friday 7^th November)