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12.29 – 01.04
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Sun Jan 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
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Life

Ηη continued to turn triumph into disaster at every available opportunity. We really shouldn’t have bothered with the second ice skating trip (although everyone enjoyed a trip on the W3 bus to Ally Pally at least).

We went trampolining on New Year’s Eve and Ηη managed to do his ankle in within minutes of arriving. Because he will never shy away from any available drama we felt compelled to take him to A&E where we waited for five hours for an x-ray. I then felt very guilty when the doc said she’d got a second opinion and that he’d maybe fractured a metatarsal and they’d have to put him in a cast – maybe I should have shown a bit more compassion.

I got him home in time to see Si and Lou who’d come round to ply us with food and booze for Hogmanay. It was a nice evening but I don’t think I brought much more than stress and trauma-induced speed-drinking to the party.

Two days later the fracture clinic called to say that it wasn’t broken and we could take the cast off which was both a relief and vindication for having felt like Ηη was overdoing it. On the plus side, we don’t have to have him cooped up for six weeks. On the minus side we have to continue to take him to parkrun and swimming.

The whole ordeal has seemed to turn him into an entirely different person – he’s gone from being a massive pain in the bum to complete sweetness and light. If and when he starts acting up again I’ll know to inflict another minor foot injury.

Endured Tam’s 4th birthday party at soft play on Sunday and started to dread the return to work.

Reading

Running

I felt pretty awful on New Year’s Day but surprised myself with a tempo pyramid around Emirates stadium. Happy with my new shoes. Felt a bit light-headed for a second on my Sunday long run – I think I was maybe overdoing it/under-fuelled. I’ve ordered some gels to try in training so hopefully that’ll be less likely to happen in future.