Honestly there’s no real way around it – this was a failure of a week for me.

Winter has finally arrived with a vengeance and between the drop in temperature, the fading sunshine, rain and general stress at work I’ve found my resolve wavering and this week, short of a single gym session, I failed to do much meaningful training. To compound the issue, my social calendar is starting to pick up again and I’ve found myself drinking a fair bit lately which really can’t be great for the regime.

Today was meant to be a redemption of sort as I had planned for a 13km run on my way to see a friend – route plotted, bag packed, showers arranged but then I woke up to the mother of all thunderstorms and had to cancel. Sitting down and reviewing this week honestly; I really have no one else to blame but myself (quelle surprise). Sure, today was a washout but I should have planned better and factored in the weather and I had ample opportunity to make up my other runs at the gym but chose to hibernate from the cold.

Its difficult for me to admit the moment of weakness without trying to create excuses for myself but ultimately I need to refocus and do better. I’m actually on holiday for three days at the end of the week so the aim will be to fit at least two runs and two other training sessions in before Friday.

Roll on week 15…