Word of the week... S-u-p-e-r-s-l-o-w. As told by the mildly alarming instructor in this weeks "Body Pump". The (French we think) biologically perfect female specimen taking the class was strangely unattractive, and after due consideration it seems this anomaly comes down to her obvious ability to wreak physical havoc on anyone she chooses. Including me.

Today (Friday) will consist of RPM, which elsewhere seems to be termed "Spinning". I presume someone has trademarked the term. Anyway, it's cycling to you and me and I am told it is hard going - by 2pm I will know for sure.

As mentioned last week I popped down to Runner Need in Canary Wharf this week. As suspected not a great deal of their equipment was available in XXL, but I did come away with some running shorts (for wearing under trousers naturally), an Ipod holding arm band, some gloves since it's getting cold outside now, double lined socks and some nipple chaffing lubricant. I childishly stifled a giggle and couldn't resist.

Results so far..? Shirts appear looser, and certainly things are changing. Most tellingly the usual short runs (very short!) punctuated by rest periods are getting longer - in fact they've doubled. Before long I'm hoping for an unbroken run, but am keeping off the road running on a daily basis to try and avoid injuries. If I pick one up I'll be in real trouble for making next April..