Weathermen

There I was sitting in my living room this morning with my second cup of coffee in my hands looking outside muttering to myself about the look of the sky and saying something along the lines of it being the calm before the storm. However despite the black clouds the BBC weather woman advised me that if I headed east I'd be fine......Tomorrow morning I'm watching ITV weather- enough said. 3 hours later I got home soaked and tired from battling a headwind for the last hour or so.

I have to own up here and say that in a huffy mood I left the trusty steed outside for a good hour whilst I showered, ate and drank some more coffee. With pangs of guilt I finally went outside to dry it of and bring it inside. Hopefully I'll be forgiven before tomorrows ride.

Thankfully it was in slightly better spirits that I went running tonight in the rain for splashing through the puddles is a heck of a lot better than riding through them. The clouds even parted in the last twenty minutes so I was able to tired after my run sit on the front step admiring the calm after the storm. Some days it's just got to be done even if it's not the most enjoyable experience.

The only other interesting event as of late is that I sat a new personal pull up record in the gym of a whopping 5!!!- It was a big moment for me. Was it embarrassing that the rugby boy next to me was doing reps of ten with 15kilos attached to his waist? Yes. Was it even more embarrassing that one of the little tennis chicks managed to do 7pull ups? Definitely, Next time I'll get her though. I've already warned her.

David McNamee, International Triathlete