You could have been a champ..

So the usual fun and games today with a run along the Pennine Way to the summit of Shunner fell and back..

Paul realised that the training just wasn't tough enough and decided to make it a bit harder, carrying some rocks along the way in true Rocky 4 manner..

This is the true way to make yourself stronger and who needs high tech, that was for Ivan Drago.. 'I must break you' (said in best Russian accent), Rocky was too busy lifting logs in the snow to bother with electronic gadgets.. no SRM or GPS.. just basics, and he was being followed by the KGB!

Perhaps we have all lost touch with our inner selves, lost the ability to feel and gauge our intensity and become too reliant upon our monitors which tell us how hard we are working.. we are all too busy listening to bleeping bling and being compressed to within an inch of our lives to take the time to think about how we actually feel..

Some things I have to take exception to when viewing this particular scene are the white socks which scream 'school girl' and the bum bag being at the front, rather than the back which screams 'japanese tourist'.. Paul, that cap makes your ears stick out..

One final thing, a great game to play on the fells.. if it's misty get 100m ahead and out of sight, dive into a ditch and let your running partner pass you. Jump out of the ditch and catch them, if it's windy they can't hear,they're focused on the track ahead), get right behind them and scream as loud as you can.. it is so funny.. don't do this with anyone who has a heart problem.. The Endurance Store does not accept liability for any death caused as a consequence of this action.

For now, keep the badger at bay..