Hi Folks!

Tuesday (rest day) - I thought i'd start this blog about my running/cycling etc
to give me added motivation to keep at it and improve myself.
I've just recently come back to running again after a period away. Initially i
had returned from a break of some 30 odd years. This involved 30 odd years
of smoking and drinking and not much in the way of exercise other than some
weight training. Most of that was to keep me looking trim and taut and certainly
didn't have me in good aerobic shape. Then around the year 1999/2000 i started
on a little morning cycling (while still smoking). That continued for a few months
until i realized that without the smoking, i would find it easier, so the smoking
stopped. To cut a long story short, over the next two years i did some running,
cycling and training with boxing bags and got myself into quite good shape until
the start of 2002. Then came a nasty motorcycle accident and a recovery period
of about 8 weeks. I lost a lot of fitness and motivation and i guess really it has
taken me until about 3 months ago to make the decision to really go for it.
(i'm going to add some more to this tomorrow - so stay tuned)

part 2
About 3 months ago i gave up smoking again. Straight away i
found that very close by was an athletics club catering for the
over 35's so i joined up. 3 months later with a fair bit of training
under my belt, i'm in 300% better shape than i was in a little
while ago. I also now have some goals, the first of which is to
run a 400m in 60 or less by the end of December. I would
also like to get my 100m to around 12.5 by then as well.
The bulk of my training at the moment is long easy running
to get my aerobic fitness up to scratch. I'm doing other stuff
as well like a fair bit of cycling and some work on the boxing
bags which i have set up in my garage.