Sat AM before the big event

The Exeter Half is 3 laps around a canal.  I was thinking this setup would be of help to me as I'd have a good indication of what the course was (including things like wind conditions) each time around.  Plus I was thinking that after each 1/3 I'd have a good idea of if I was on target (this is less important as I'll have my Garmin anyway).  However, I've read that some people suffer with boredom on these courses and maybe not do as well as they'd hoped.

I guess it's about trying to keep focused on your pace (if looking for a PB, which I am).

In other news, I slipped off the bottom stair in my house last night, and tweaked my shoulder.  I wasn't drunk, honest!  I did some stretching and massage, and it seems 100% fine this morning but I was concerned for a few minutes.  It goes to show that I (being a finely tuned performance machine....), am pretty finally balanced.

Off topic, but I'm hovering over the "Submit" button to buy a couple of tickets for the Premier League Darts which is in Exeter on 28th Feb.  I used to love watching darts as a kid, and caught the opening games on TV this week.... It does get a bit raucaus at these events, and the fact it's sponsored by a crisp company and a money lending company doesn't bode well, but I'm thinking about it!

Another guilty secret of mine is that I love poker.  Not playing, but watching it on TV!  I record all the poker shows on TV.  For me I love the personalities, the fact that over time it is basically a maths game...and obviously winning $10m at the World Series of Poker would be pretty good!  I love the lingo as well....
"He's flopped the nuts" = he's got the best possible hand on the flop.
"Pocket rockets", or "American Airlines" = pocket Aces,
"Cowboys" = pocket Kings,
"The Ladies" = pocket queens,
"The snowmen" = pocket eights,
"Anna Kournikova" = Ace King (I.E., it looks nice, but doesn't play very well), etc etc.

In the same way that a lot of people follow football very closely, my game is poker.  I am going to say it's a sport because it does get televised on the sports channels   My wife thinks I'm absolutely nuts, and looks at me like I'm going mad but still.

Speaking of my wife thinking I'm going mad, after reading Shade's Noddy's guide to marathon preparation I bought some teacakes, microwaved them and had them without any spread yesterday.  I think she nearly dialed 999 for me, but I just blamed Shades!