I’m still struggling to shake off this cold, although it feels like I might finally be nearing the end of it.
On Tuesday, my first day back in the office since a week off, it turned out I hadn’t quite reset my body clock. I woke up at about 5.30, decided that was far too early (which it was), then the next thing I knew it was 7.45. I made myself even later than I otherwise would have been by still making sandwiches and a coffee for lunch, then realised halfway in that I’d left them at home.
Wednesday was another monthly track night, which was an excuse to take it easy at the normal Tuesday night road session. And then having run on Tuesday was an excuse to take it easy on the track (in reality my cold was an excuse for both). After the track Neil, Dave and I headed for the traditional post-run ’Spoons visit (Dave having missed the actual running, but turned up in time for the important bit). They were doing Abbot Reserve (6.5% abv) for £2.25 a pint (cheaper than bottles in Waitrose), so it would have been rude not to hang around for a few.
On Thursday we had a work pub lunch at the Fox to celebrate Oli and Leon having graduated. I’d forgotten about it in the morning, so still made sandwiches (and naturally remembered to take them in this time), so ended up eating my lunch for tea for the second time this week.
The hills of parkrun put paid any idea that I might be returning to full health, with a very slow time still being a struggle when I was theoretically taking it easy. Then Woodbridge cross country on Sunday, where I abandoned any attempt at speed and plodded round five minutes slower than last year. No swimming this time, at least.
I recently watched all the episodes of Police Squad for the first time in decades, followed by the three Naked Gun films. The series was as excellent as ever, but the first film was mildly disappointing (I remembered a lot of the scenes but very little of the plot), and the two sequels were dreadful. I didn’t remember anything from them at all, although I would have sworn that I’d seen them at some point. Anyway, I rectified matters by buying the Columbo box set, which will keep me occupied for a while. It’s shocking how old-fashioned the world of the early episodes is, given that it’s (just) within my lifetime. It’s almost like I’m old or something.