I'm happy to admit that I'm struggling for motivation at the moment. I often find this time of year a bit of a struggle. I guess it's to do with the darker evenings, the colder, greyer days and the fact that there's nothing to look forward too. In the Spring, and even during the depths of Winter, there's the longer, warmer days to look forward too, at the moment though it's all going the wrong way! I guess that it's not being helped this year by the fact that my foots still sore so I'm trying my hardest not to run on it and actually give it a chance to get better. It's easier to say than do though. I've been averaging nearly 50 miles a week for the last 2 years, so to suddenly be doing zero is driving me nuts. Yes, I'm still out on the bike and I've been filling in the missing run sessions with extra bodyweight and stretching sessions, but it's not the same as feeling the ground under your feet. This weekend was, amongst other things, the Basingstoke Half Marathon and whilst I'd entered, sense has prevailed and I've not run. It's a shame, because having missed last year due to Covid, I'd been looking forward to it, but I know that deep down, the only way my foots ever going to get better is by keeping off it, so that's what I'll have to do. They'll always be next year! In an effort to keep myself motivated and stop myself feeling sorry for myself I have been busy pottering around though and whilst there's not much to show for my efforts it's all steps in the right direction I suppose. I pulled a lot of the summer bedding plants out of the garden the other day and made a start on planting out the spring flowers. I'm loath to go nuts and pull it all out at the moment though as there's still a lot of flowers in bloom due to the unseasonably warm weather. Normally by this time of year it would all be over, but like the rest of us, the petunias and geraniums are still hanging valiantly in there and until yesterdays rain the Dahlias were still looking pretty good. I've spent a good few hours tying to sort out some of my treasure in the garage too. Having spent more than a few hours looking for a bike light charger during the week, the clutter finally got the better of me and I went on a bit of a rampage. To be honest I don't know why it's taken me so long, as with a bit of jiggling stuff around and an couple of hours spent knocking up a bit of storage from some saved wood, I've doubled the working and storage space. If only I'd have done that a few months back, it would have made the van engine change a lot easier, instead of having to clamber over bits every time I needed something, it could have all been to hand. Despite all the pottering I did manage to drag my backside out on my bike early on Saturday morning and almost managed to avoid the rain. Note, the almost there, because I was pretty damp by the time I got home.
Damp or not, when the morning starts like this you can't not go out can you?
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Paul PerrattOld enough to know better, young enough to still feel invincible, stupid enough to keep on trying the same thing again and again. Cyclist, Gardener, Runner, Hiker, Cook, Woodworker, Engineer, Jack of all trades and master of none, Anti social old git and all round miserable bugger. Archives
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