Running, Cycling, Vomiting, Running, Cycling, Vomiting

My fitness regime is now underway under the watchful eye of a good mate of mine who has just completed a Lands End to John O'Groats bike ride in aid of the BHF. He should know a thing or two unfortunately which means early starts to go for a run or a longer cycle. Seeing as I find running hugely tedious my preference is for the bike, or car; but I know running will have a greater impact on my base fitness. I hate getting fit. I spent 28 years of my life skinny and now I am fat I have to get up early 3-4 days a week to lose it. I know it will be worth it though.

As I am in between houses at the moment my young family and I are living with my parents which means mealtimes are relatively vast and I find myself eating far more than usual - and the usual snack rubbish too. I am also about to disappear on cricket tour for a week which will mean the following week being quite tough. I refuse to join a gym though - I find them pretty dull and I would far rather be like Rocky in Rocky 1V; where he throws cart horses around and runs up the Eigar in chest waders. That's definitely more me, I think.

Word seems to be getting around a little - still waiting fro the "go" on personal money raising and I need to start thinking about a fund-raising event at my end. Anyway, I will update soon.

Waters on Everest - You What?

Morning All. Thanks for looking at my Blog - I'm pretty new to this type of stuff so I hope it works. To fill you in a little - next April I will be trekking to Mount Everest in aid of Comic Relief and The Himalaya Trust with a view to raising as much "moolar"as I can. I will be joining a group of people from a range of backgrounds and it should be a great adventure that will last 18 days over the course of next Easter. The brilliant idea is that we will play a game of 20/20 cricket at Gorak Shep Plateau - 1km trek away from Everest Base Camp. This will be the highest game of cricket, let alone any sport, ever played so I will hopefully be a record breaker too. Where's Norris? I'm told the surface "talks" a little to those of us with a mastery of the ball and plays merry hell with batsmen that like to drive off the front dog - but we shall see. It takes a certain type of fatso to have to fly half way across the world and trek up the highest range of mountains in the world, just to get a wicket or two. Anyway, the organisation has been impeccable and everybody seems to playing a part in getting everything off the ground. The trek will be hard and fitness is in the forefront of most people's mind so I need to try and get back to my distinguished racing -snake physique that reminds so many of a young Dennis Lillee. I will be in touch in due course to whack you all round the back of the head to cough up a few quid but I am waiting for the "nod"about all that.

I will be trying to update my "Blog" as frequently as I can; the idea being people reading will get the inside line on the group's preparations, fundraising activity, thoughts, etc - I hope it will be of interest. Onwards and upwards.................................................