I guess it must be abstinance from alcohol which has left me with a severe dose of "the blues" because in February I've found it REALLY hard to motivate myself to exercise and I've been eating the most horrible cr&p which is really unlike me.
However, the metres have plugged away and I had a go at (what I mistakenly thought to be) the C2C Feb challenge. Easy - "it's only 250 metres" AND I get to rest in between. How wrong was I? A slow and steady warm up with a few fast bursts and away I went. Now I've never been a "fast boy" and sub 7 minute 2k's are now a mere memory (I have actually been there before now!) so I stuck in at that pace to start with - well it was "only" 250 metres after all. After number two the rest period seemed to be all too short and left me gasping for air. Who set this challenge and when could I get my hands around their neck? I finished up with a total time of 8:40:1 (1:44:1/500m) and spent a while recovering sufficiently to slowly cool down and think about my motivation going forward.
In future I will not pre-judge a challenge before trying it for real that's for sure. I have landed in Free Spirits V which is in need of more crew - so anyone else out there who hasn't given it a go.........