Training Update: Week 1

So far, so...meh.  Got outside and went for a run to enjoy the stellar Saturday weather.  Beginning of the run was painful, but like a fine wine it ameliorated with time.

In the exercising spirit, I decided to cycle to St John's Wood to spend an evening with the girls (the boys being out for a stag do and inevitably looking at strippers).  It was a lovely ride.  Saw a poor groom jilted at the alter, sitting outside Chelsea Old Town Hall crying.  I spied about 40 excited children waiting to have a sleep over in the Science Museum.  How I wanted to join them!  The highlight of the ride was an Elvis impersonator in Hyde Park, with a fake holster and Sheriff's badge, being checked by actual cops.

And then my bike decided to have a flat tire.  For the second day in a row.  Specialized, your FlakJacket tires are not very puncture resistant!  So I ended up walking my bike from Hyde Park to SJW. 

The meal was intended to be healthy.  Steak salad, with lemon sorbet and fresh strawberries for dessert.  Delish, fresh and relatively healthy, non?  It all went downhill with the cheese.  Well, the cheese and the crisps.  Actually, the cheese and the crisps and the three bottles of wine.  Whoops!  Ah well, a grand time was had by all.  Though walking the bike down Edgware Rd at midnight is not an experience I wish to repeat.

Sunday was a write-off to brunch with the in laws and studying.  Today has been eaten up entirely by prep for my mock trial tomorrow.  Perhaps I should have dragged my lazy butt outside for a run this evening, but then again this red wine is so nice...

Here's hoping for better resolve as the week progresses.