Time to get off my Blog!

Ahhh blogging. If I'm honest I've tried to stay away from this side of things as long as possible. Creative writing has never been a strength of mine, and with so many good blogs out there - from the amusing to the heartfelt - it's been easy to put to one side. However, consistent threats from Team Hillary members have finally spurred me into action (I don't have overly fond memories of knocking in cricket bats as a youngster), it's no more than I deserve after berating them at the trim trail on a weekly basis.

Things are really picking up on the fitness and cricket front now, it's amazing to see the improvement people are making with regards to fitness. I have no doubt I'll be in the best shape of my life come next April - and I expect all other Hillary team members to be also! I have to give a quick shout to Miles, who this week ran 10k for the first time ever. Given that the man's adverse to even walking 1k, I was more than impressed.

The cricket side of things is a bit more of a challenge for me. I last played regularly about 15 years ago, so there's a bit of work to do. Not to mention that I used to open the batting, and averaged about a run an over at my peak. My trusty forward defensive is not much use on the 20/20 field. Bowling, umm - enough said.

Already in my mind is that an unfortunate few aren't going to make the final 11 on the mountain, which is going to be a big disappointment for anyone. I've go to put the effort in now to ensure I'm at least an option for Glen and Jules come the final selection (don't envy your job boys).

Big weekend coming up with a team meeting and the Grim Challenge in Aldershot. That may sound like an afternoon of Xmas shopping in the 'shot to many of you, rather than an 8 mile cross country run through all sorts of cr*p. More to follow next week.

H-H-H-Hillary. Ooh Rah!