Olympic Legacy...

So the past few months I have been quite quiet, and to he honest, my training has felt like it's almost been on hold, there is quite an irony to this though its all due to: The Olympics!

Yes, the major sporting event due to "Inspire A Generation" has in fact knocked me off course but in the process have actually ended up learning quite a lot.

One fact, which has really spurned me on is that I'm not getting any younger, and I write this with about 9 days left till I turn 27. You see when I was 18, the point when I lost all of my weight before I was literally like a little dynamo, 6th form during the day, work till 2300 every night, and then at the weekends, in fact almost every weekend of that year, I use to have to go to Stockport.

Not once did I feel tired, or worn by it all.

Now, 9 years later, and with a job that places a massive demand on my time, and which can be intellectually and physically demanding at times, I find myself just not having that same level of energy and enthusiasm that I once did.

I think the time has come where I need to be more regimented in my approach to work. I have little doubt that this will provide benefits in other ways, but for now, I see it as vital to ensuring that I am getting my gym sessions in at least 3 times a week!

The other issue, work related was the Olympics, I volunteered (well half demanded!) that I be given the night shift to the duration. Now in the line of work that I do, our business can be subject to extreme disruption, and managing that safely is something that is paramount. I regard myself as being one of the best at doing that, so when it came to volunteering for these night shifts, I thought it would be exhilarating, demanding and a real challenge.

Well it wasn't.

All of the preparations we had put in for the Olympics worked fantastically, and so my role ended up being little other than directing people, or getting bored that nothing was happening. Good for the business, but I don't do "bored" very well so I ended up going stir crazy, not to mention the affect that night shifts for 6 weeks had on my sleep pattern.

Anyway all back sorted now :)