PokerGone from playing very little to basically not playing at all. Not a deliberate decision to avoid the game, I just haven't felt like it. I'm doing and enjoying that much running (often in a group environment), supplemented by eating well, not drinking and getting more sleep, that I find I'm happy and healthy and never feeling like just plonking in front of the PC and loading up some tables.
Whereas when I am getting a lot of poker in I tend to stay up late, drink quite a bit more, go to work feeling tired and lethargic and generally overall don't feel as good.
The thing is I do enjoy playing the game. I'll need to find a balance when I fire up again so I'm not over doing and still enjoying the healthier lifestyle habits.
RunningSo the running is going great. The body is feeling pretty good for the most part and I'm starting to think registration for the Melbourne Marathon is a real possibility. Dropped down to 91.5kg now, the pace and the distance of the runs are really improving. Can't emphasise enough how having a supporting running group (even if you still run solo a lot) makes a difference to your motivation and enjoyment of the sport.
Have now run 174km for June as at the 21st which puts me on target for my biggest month ever by the time I do tomorrow's run and on the verge of my first ever 200+km month. Did a group half marathon on Sunday just gone which is the second time in the past 3-4 weeks I've covered that distance.
Total kms for the year now stands at 620km which is now only 89km behind the YTD pro rata target of 709km. It shouldn't be too long in to July when I get actual kilometres run ahead of target.
The second graph here really shows the step up in distances over the past few months and with a noticeable increase in pace also this month I'm really starting to feel good.