Decided to go to morning training this morning if I awoke. I did wake right on 4.am and then had to really motivate myself. Calling myself a fat bastard seemed to be effective. I did look for a few excuses. Listening. I couldn’t hear rain falling. Looking. A quick peak outside the curtains hoping for large dark clouds. It was dark alright, the sun wasn’t going to come up for another thirty minutes but I did see a star. No excuses at all.

Out the door by 4:30 and went straight along route 19 to the Tone river. Arrived at 5..am to the start line and did two warm up laps. A few laps of the carp park waiting for starters. Nobody. This was really too cold. My toes were frozen, my fingers frozen and all of my chect and stomach were starting to freeze over too. I decided nobody was coming and headed straight home. (23 koldometers. Too cold. Spent the next thirty minutes thawing out in the shower, then puppy brekky, followed by doggie brekky followed by a protein shake for myself.

At least I won’t feel tired at Tuesday night training tonight. I’m sure there will be a bigger turn out than this morning.