blue Monday

not blue from every aspect - just work is slow today, and nothing i do seems to speed up the hours ticking by.

rest day today, but will do some weights tonight, work out a daily routine for push-ups, sit-ups and chin-ups -really got to get back into this, as i'm sure it played it's part in overall fitness for the marathon. that race, cos it went so well, is now my benchmark for 'how to train'. don't know how sensible that is, but for now it's fine. also need to work out what i'm going to do for the rest of this week - and from week-to-week for the meanwhile. remembered, only after arranging to run with my workmate earlier, that i have an afternoon seminar tomorrow afternoon, so will have to skip a lunchtime run and pick up a pre-breakfast run instead. don't think the weather's too mean at the moment, so shouldn't be too hard to get out.. also want to try to get to Greenwich Park this coming weekend for a hill training session. would be great to try that out, and even have a go at some barefoot training while i'm there. perhaps some strides across those open areas across the top.

have not been paying enough attention to bedtime of late, and so need some sleep to catch up. across the weekend i had two midnight bedtimes, and because Joe and I wake early, i didn't get much over six hours either night. i now know the difference and can feel it, so i'll need to try harder this week. have no evening commitments and might even skip the pub after football on Wednesday. we've got a fair amount of things taped to catch up with, and it's nice to sit down to an hour or so of TV you actually want to see, then head off to bed nice and early. who could say i'm getting old with an attitude like that..