Received an invite to the 'President's Weekend' of the mighty University of York Athletic Football Club (UYAFC) today, where all the old boys from down the years return to York to take on the current team in a, ahem, "friendly" game of footy (the photo is of last year's event).
I've played in the last three of these games, and I can honestly say that fitness is the key factor in determining who wins.Given that this is the only match that most of the old boys will play this year, the current York side have got to be favourites.
Indeed, I played a game this Saturday and seemed to be weighed down by the excessive turkey and mince pies I ate over the Christmas holidays, which means I'll have to dig out my running trainers from the bottom of my wardrobe.
At least I have a colleague to inspire me, who clocked up a 9 mile run this weekend in training for the London Marathon. But with the potential glory of victory or the humiliation of defeat in sight, perhaps that is all the inspiration I need.
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