Running update

Sunday I arrived back in NL at 0550 after a good flight, where not a word of English was spoken. I was there talking to the Stewardesses in Nederlands with my "Niet kaas", "Ja kipfilet" and "Mag ik water " - oooh it was good.

On a funny note there was a Scottish guy in his 60s on the plane, who had obviously thought himself so cunning that if you showed him to a hound he would be chased. He had booked a business class seat for himself and an economy for his wife. The plane was mainly empty, so he asked if his wife could be upgraded, for free. Unsurprisingly, the bursar saw straight through his ploy, and said that they would upgrade her for 800 (EUR, SGD I amnot sure), instead of the usual 1600 upgrade fee. He was a very unhappy bunny and refused to pay, and said that the airline should be ashamed keeping him seperated from his wife on a half empty plane. Did he miss the point? He kept himself seperated from his wife by his booking choice. What a tight arse.

Anyway at 8am sunday I did a 15km run from van barelestraat to Amstel Station, then to mauritskade, to centraal station, to kalverstraat, to prinsengracht, to leidseplein, to vondel park to my house. 1hour 15 minutes total - which is not too shabby. Plus it was snowing and hailing the whole way! I actually thought it was a shorter distance, but having checked with maps it was 15....

I am also back on the Abs Power Diet, after reading a mens health article. As I am not drinking alcohol again, and am running 6k every morning (today was 29' 12"), plus doing crunches etc, I am getting back into shape pretty damn quickly. My weight is back to 68kg and my body fat is at 15%. My target is to be running 21 km (half marathons) once a fortnight by june, and to get my abs sorted by may (3 months). I also want up my daily run to 10k by June, giving me a total of 330km per month, as opposed to my 180km per month currently.

Kanga should be joining me sometime soon - if the travel calms down. Current plans (for Kangas benefit) are:

Week ending 20 Feb: Switzerland
Week ending 27 Feb: Athens, Bucharest, Vienna
Week ending 06 Mar: Prague, Warsaw
Week ending 13 Mar: ??
Week ending 20 Mar: Vienna

After that I am back into uncertainty again........