Keep fit?

For the first time in years, I played 5-a-side football with some of the guys from work. Though it only lasted an hour, we were all exhausted at the end, with a satisfying score of 7 goals each.

Afterwards, in a fit of extreme madness, I decided that since my muscles were all warmed up, and I could do with regaining my fitness, I would go cross-country running over White Coppice afterwards.

Using the valley to control my breathing, I then made my way up though the woods (walking on the slippiest, steepest parts), I reached the metalled track from the road at the top and ran across the moorland at the top. The wind up there was bitter, particularly since I was in shorts. It was even colder as I began my descent to the right of the gorge, running slowly because the ground was wet (it's wet up there in summer, let alone mid-November).

I was grateful for the shelter further down and picked up the pace back to car park and spent ten minutes to pull on some warm clothes and do some warm-downs.

Even so, for the remainder of the day, I continued to feel sore and stiff, and if I sat still in one position too long, the cramp in my legs would be particularly painful.

Still, I've been planning to return to training for some time, and I just hope I can keep it up. I'll have to brush up my football skills too, since everyone else seemed to be much better than me.