Life isn't easy.
Out of the goodness of my heart I booked a lovely trip for my girfriend as a birthday present. We had a baby just a few weeks ago so I picked a fancy hotel up in Westport which is meant to be a great town for a weekend away.
We had tried to do this twice already but both were hit by the COVID curse. Hotels closed and restrictions on travel so it was an easy win to book a fancy hotel again this time.
Unfortunatly my girlfriend, like all girlfriends is crazy.
Instead of just going to a luxurious hotel and enjoying the food and drink she has it in her head to hike Croagh Patrick while we are there. She has wanted to do it for the past few years so there is no getting away from it really.
Now I like the outdoors myself but I have to say that I took advantage of her pregnancy to get a bit too lazy. It was winter and i had nobody to drag me out of the house so as they say around these parts.
I wintered well.
That means staying in from the cold and eating enough.
Winter's over!!!
That means it's time to get back outside and time to start doing some excercise again.
She is good at booking classes and is determined to get back to fitness but I am not one for commiting to anything like that so the motivation wasn't there.
Luckily my old football game started up again last week and gave me the perfect opportunity to get playing.
It wasn't pretty.
I had played a few games of golf this month but nothing to an hour of non-stop excercise with people who could actually run.
Ref Memegenerator.
Week one almost killed me. Myself and my old work buddy were there at the end and alarms were ringing on our smart watches.
If your heart rate tops out over 150 your legally dead arent you?
Apperantly not.
We did week one and then came back for even more punishment a week later.
In the meantime i had managed two games of golf and a few walks with the missus now that she is on a mission again.
I could feel the difference already.
One week of doing things and your body gains a huge amount of fitness. It's a long way from where i want or need to be but getting back to excercising feels good and is good.
The winter was nice but it's even better to get up and moving again.
It won't take long to hit a reasonable level of fitness and we'll both be well ready to take on Croagh Patrick in June. then we can relax and enjoy the rest of the weekend with the food and drinks that we are looking forward to.
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