Day 13

Distance Run: None
Total Distance Run for January: 21.72 miles
Other Exercise: Wii Fit Plus - 22 minutes

  Sometimes it's just nice to chill out in peace. If I've nothing planned for a Friday night I'm usually tetchy, wishing I had arranged a sociable option rather than leave it to the last minute. Not this week. No running, no socialising, no football/sport on tv to watch, nothing to stress over....aaaaaah. It's not been a difficult week, mildly above average I'd say, but a few hours of restful sloth are most welcome.
  I've arranged to run around Enfield with Helen H tomorrow afternoon, and have an 8-9 mile route tentatively plotted. This will be my first Enfield based run with any company, and should be more enjoyable than usual as a result. I do like a solo run with the radio on, but variety is most welcome. It also allows me to listen to the football scores throughout, and shout out the goals as and when they happen (Helen H is actually interested in such things...), which looks considerably less odd when I'm not running solo. It's already looking like I'll be playing football on Mon, Wed and Thu next week, and I'm waiting to hear about tenpin bowling on Tue, so if I get my running total up to 30+ tomorrow it may be stuck there for a while.
  Back to the present though, and a solid Wii Fit session kept up my daily exercise routine. I think my core strength is coming back, and 100 jacknifes (without doing myself any damage) to end the month remains attainable. A plank test will be tried then as well. I'm pondering two other fitness goals as well; I'd like to boost my sprint fitness (which has diminished through lack of practice in recent months, thanks to ill health), so I can last longer in a five-a-side game where I'm not goalkeeping. I'd also like to recommence work on my long-term target of 100 consecutive press-ups - which I've never done (I got up to the high 70's a few years back). I was near 50 last May, before wrenching something in my right shoulder whilst failing to catch a cricket ball - which made press-ups unbearable. It feels ok now, and some additional upper-body strength would be useful too. I like to have things to aim for, and some more physical self-improvement will hopefully translate into increased sporting prowess. Hopefully.

Injuries: Quite achey, but otherwise fine
Mood: Chilled

  My only remaining decision for tonight is whether to continue watching The Big Bang Theory Season 4 DVD, or resume Frasier Season 1 of the DVD boxset I bought myself for Christmas. Either way I'll be happy.