Hello hello hello, I'm Luke, nice to meet you, have a seat, would you like a biscuit?No? Good, biscuits are bad.
As are crisps, chocolate, alcohol and coffee and everything else I've been consuming of late.
Due to a knackered knee, my New Year's resolution of 'eat healthy, run more, don't get injured' has disappeared out of the window pretty rapidly, like Wile E Coyote dropping off yet another cliff with a not-exactly-surprised expression on its face.
For some reason as soon as I lay off the exercise all self control and restraint goes out the window (along with Wile E) and I'm shovelling pizza and cappuccinos down my neck at a frightening rate. I think it's my body's way of telling me there's excess energy to burn and it doesn't know what to do with it. It's certainly an excuse.
But now you know all about my dietary habits and weak-mindedness and not a lot else, terribly rude of me.
Back to the beginning. I'm Luke, 27, parliamentary researcher, South Londoner and a general sucker for punishment, particularly if it involves running vast distances for little reward. I've been working in Tooting for the past four years, and have seen up close the difference the St George's Hospital Charity has made to the care and treatment of countless patients (and their families) who've had cause to use the hospital in that time. Simply put, they're ace (there is no higher compliment to bestow).
London 2012 will be my second marathon - I ran the Paris marathon last year and frankly made a bit of a hash of it all - this doesn't diminish any of the fear, or make the training any easier (as I foolishly thought it would when entering...).
Case in point - we're barely two weeks into the New Year and I've already done a bit of damage to my knee through a slightly over-exuberant start to my 'proper' training schedule. Hence the rambling introduction which focuses on food: a lot and running: not a lot.
Still, the knee's working now (I think), I've got some brand new running shoes (thank you Asics sale) and have tattooed 'slow down muppet' on arms.
I just hope I haven't put on too much weight in the last week...
(apologies, I'm not usually this hyperactive, see comments re: coffee consumption).
Brilliant first post Luke. I'm sure I read somewhere that coffee was a good drink to have before training so maybe you've got the right idea!
ReplyDeleteI hope your knee continues to recover and that training goes well for you and the rest of the team despite the extremely chilly temperatures.