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Could I pull you for a chat about how many calories you burned during that workout?

Yeah it doesn’t really matter.

What you should be logging is the weights you lifted, how it felt, the reps you achieved and how many sets.

Not that you’ve burned a couple hundred calories or more if it’s a Hyrox class.

Train to get fitter and stronger not burn calories.

The boys powered up Conic hill today.

Second Wednesday of the summer holidays and we’ve had another action packed day.

Unfortunately, Max has blisters from the hill, feel off his bike into stingy nettles and to top off his day tripped on a curb with his scooter.

Other than that it’s been a class day.

Max is into fitbaw now.

He turned 7 over the weekend so we’ve been watching, playing, watching and eating ⚽️

Swipe along to see his old uncle Peter Kolatowicz pull his hammy 😂

Thats 182 days.

6 months.

Or 26 weeks left of the year.

I’ve already got a rough plan.

The next couple of weeks?

Continue with mini cut before we head away on holiday.

Can’t wait to get some sunshine for more than one afternoon.

Then it’s August?

That’s when things get serious.

I’ll be starting my photoshoot prep. I don’t have it booked yet, but it is the plan.

Around 14 weeks of training, dieting and sticking to the plan. This time aff the wine at the weekends, though.

It’ll take me right through to my birthday in November.

And if all goes to plan...

It’ll probably be the last time I ever do the fake tan thing.

Then, with just over 7 weeks left of the year.

Calories come back up.

Training stays the same.

The goal becomes maintaining, recovering and building feeling good heading into the New Year.

I’m also feeling pretty positive about getting a place in the London Marathon next year

So January will be back into marathon training.

Hopefully, around 10kg lighter than I was when I stood on the start line in Edinburgh nearly 6 weeks ago.

It’s funny how quickly half a year goes by.

And when you break it down into phases, 26 weeks suddenly feels like even less time

So what about you?

We’ve got 26 weeks left this year.

Have you thought about how you want to finish it?

Sipping away on my flat white.

All I can hear is kids screaming.

Parents running around in their socks trying to catch wee bolts of lightning before they disappear into the rainbow coloured scaffolding.

I think I can hear music

but it’s one of those big echoey tin buildings where everything just blends together.

The only way I can describe it is...

Noisy.

It’s the first Dad’s Day of the summer holidays.

That’s what we’re calling Wednesdays.

It’s summer, and it looked pretty minging outside.

Cinema or soft play?

You already know the answer.

As I sat there watching the boys disappear into the maze.

I couldn’t help having a nosey around.

Grandparents helping out through the holidays.

Mum pals grabbing a coffee and a catch up while the kids burn off enough energy in the hope they’ll sleep tonight.

Couples are trying to have a conversation, only to be interrupted every 30 seconds by a tiny human shouting.

If you’ve ever been to softplay, you’ll know exactly what I mean.

But watching my two running about has always been my favourite part.

It honestly feels like yesterday I was in about it with them, climbing up, helping them over every obstacle, trying to keep an eye on them.

Now they don’t need me to climb around after them.

They disappear, come back every now and then to tell me about something, grab a drink, then they’re away again.

It’s brilliant. It’s the stage I couldn’t wait for.

People tell you when your kids are young that time flies.

You smile, nod, and think you get it.

You don’t.

Not until one day you’re sitting with a flat white in your hand, waiting for an invite to get back in about it.

I’m going to make the most of these Wednesdays over summer.

Next week we’ll swap the soft play for Conic Hill.

Let’s see how that goes.

Anyway...

Coffee’s finished.

Apparently we’re going swimming now...