Workaholic...?

Wow, these last 2 weeks have been pretty hectic. My average day has been 7am-7pm. Sometimes including a lunch break of anything between 5 and 45 minutes... I think I may need a holiday. When's the next public holiday again...???


At least it's been productive work - I've managed to get a lot done and finish off the project work I've been busy with. Just got out of a meeting in which a few more requirements were identified, but thankfully most of them are non-critical and don't have to be done before I go home today. Which means I may actually get home before dark for the first time in 2 weeks!! Yipee!!!!! I wonder what I'm gonna do with all that 'extra' time on my hands?? I know - sleep!!!!


Tomorrow morning is going to be another early morning. I've been organising a running group in the mornings, twice a week, starting from work and just generally sightseeing Newlands and Bishops Court areas. Mostly the 'members' are some runner-colleagues of mine, but I've convinced a few friends to join in as well. The more the merrier - if you live/work in/around Newlands and are an avid runner (i.e. not afraid of pitching up at 06:00 am to start a run!), maybe you want to join our little running group? As the group grows, it's actually nicer, 'cause we can now split into smaller groups for faster and slower runners (I fall under the 'slower' category, although I do manage to keep the 'faster' guys in my sights if I go for a flat-out sprint. But that does kind of tire me out just a little... ;P
On the bright side, I'm getting in plenty of speed work!!!! Oh, and hills. If you're afraid of hills then rather stick to your current training schedule - Newlands and Bishops Court is extremely scenic (read: hilly)!!! When I started out a few years ago, I hated hill work. It would leave me out of breath, jelly-legged and questioning my sanity. But a couple of weeks of trying desperately to keep up with the stronger hill-runners who I happen to work with, and I suddenly realised that the hills were becoming ever so slightly easier. Eventually I started agreeing with my one friend's favourite mantra: "The hills are your friends!". I now actually enjoy running hilly races and training runs. They really are much more scenic. And the effort of slogging up the hills makes you feel so much better when you reach the top. Oh, and don't forget the inevitable downhill cruise that follows every climb!!! "What goes up must come down" after all. Eventually....!