This blog has taken a bit of a back seat of late. I've just checked my posting stats and I've only posted about 8 times this year. I can only put my lack of effort down to starting a new job and having to use my brain at bit more than normal.
So here's a little update. I'm still training hard for the London Marathon in April. My long run is 18 miles now. I'll probably do a 22 miler next weekend and then taper it down. The long runs have been great for getting away from everything for 3 hours and being totally alone. I don't listen to music when I run so I get loads of time to 'just think' My 3 big questions recently when I've been running have been.
1. Why can't 'Gardening Leave' actually be a real job? All the pay but none of the hassle of working.
2. Why can't I use a fountain pen in my Moleskine Notebooks. Fantastic notebooks, but why is the paper so thin I cannot use a 'proper' pen?
3. How can I make a modest living working for no one but myself. I was at a work conference recently where all the Group Heads at the company were men and there was so much 'my willy is bigger than your willy' going on that I was seriously thinking of just walking out, jacking it all in and going home. The problem with a company when all the managers are young men and they surround themselves with younger versions of them who aspire to be like them, is the amount of testosterone flying around. This can be a little tiring for a fairly normal fella like me...
I've been listening to Sander Kleinenberg a lot recently. Superb DJ and some amazing mixes. If you like intelligent banging party music, you need to get this album...
