this “project” has been going for just over a year now and while there’s been some obvious benefits in terms of health and fitness, I got to wondering about the real motivation behind it all.… what’s it all about, really?

with an early night under my belt, I was expecting to be awake before 3, so I was surprised when I looked at the clock and saw that it was almost quarter to 4. gave me… 31 jan 2013 – children

  wow, just realised that I haven’t updated the journal for a week… that does not mean I’ve been slacking off (well, not the whole time anyway!) thursday – woke up late, so didn’t go… 30 jan 2013 – all your colours

ooh-err missus… don’t worry, I’m not really about to launch into “carry-on” movie mode! the “portion” mentioned above refers to my snacking habits. in particular, the quantity of nuts, seeds and dried fruit consumed in… the size of your portion does matter after all

  up at 2:45 again, which meant either a 10km row, or a 1 hour row. opted for the latter, and was very happy with the effort put in. at first I thought it was… 23 jan 2013 – the pot

  a bit of an unsettled night (an incident involving a poorly Marble deciding to sleep on Kian’s bed, and having a bit of a “poo problem” meant that Kian slept in our bed, and… 22 jan 2013 – riot

  great session this morning, with the 5km row coming in under 20 minutes for the first time in a while – my 3rd best time on that distance. seem to be getting back in… 21 jan 2013 – parthia