fadagaski | New Year, New Me

Have lost 12lbs in 5 weeks, so am obviously quite chuffed. Not very many slip-ups on the way either, which is very encouraging. Haven't had a bite of chocolate or a packet of crisps in weeks. I find I don't even miss crap food.

Running today was ... strenuous. It was Week 4 Day 1, which involves 5 minutes of running at the very start. I've been wearing heavy work shoes all weekend, on my feet at the pub for 7+ hours on Saturday and Sunday. I could definitely feel the strain of it in my muscles this morning. I'm confident I can run a full 4 minutes on the flat by the end of week. Then I'll just repeat the week again and hey presto, I'll be doing 5 minutes up the hill no problem!

Some people shouldn't have animals. There's a family in Brandon who own a field and about 15 horses where I run. The horses are half-wild, never brushed, living off grass. Not abused, or even really neglected. But today I had to herd one back into the field, then block a hole with wire and bits of string. I mean, Jesus, if that pony had spooked and run into traffic ... It doesn't bear thinking about.

Watching The King's Speech again. Such a fantastic movie. It deserves every award for which it's eligible.