I competed in a triathlon yesterday. It was hard but infinitely rewarding. There again I’d been training for ages so my body was primed and ready.
The first ‘leg’ of the triathlon was football; Spurs playing Crystal Palace, which I didn’t see all of but enough to qualify. And enough that Spurs won, however shoddily, and claimed 3 points and a new superstar striker.
Then came the rugby part of my endurance, watching Argentina play the All Blacks. A wonderful game, close early on then dominated at the end by the Kiwis who seem to get stronger, fitter and faster as the game progresses and everyone else gets tired. Including me, so I took a bit of a nap during that, with some crossing over to see snatches of Man United at Southampton when the rugby got a bit mired down.
Then finally, when I really wasn’t sure I could go on, when it took all my reserves of energy, skill and concentration, I checked out some of the NFL, with New England playing the Buffalo Bills.
My sense of achievement was immense. I know pride is a deadly sin but sometimes…
Ok, I played tennis in the morning and mowed the lawn in the afternoon, but really just as a ‘warm-up’ for the event.
I’d like to thank my trainer, staff, wife, my stylist, spin-doctors, physios and Samsung. Without whom my wonderful achievement couldn’t have been reached.
Saw the movie ‘Legend’ on Saturday night. Its a biography of the Krays. With one actor, Tom Hardy, playing both twins, the madly psychotic, insanely pathologically murdering Ronnie and his brother Reg. Who only seemed ‘normal’ by comparison to his brother. Compared to anyone else living at the time or since, he was a screaming psychopath too. He was the ‘good twin’.
Its a shit film. Really bad. Amateurish. Cheap. Nasty. Piss-poor.
The Kray twins were notorious gangsters from the East End of London in the 60s. They were violent, murderous, evil and nasty. But very very successful and became celebrities, being seen with film stars, politicians and even royalty. It is a truly amazing story. Most of which the film completely failed to address in any meaningful way. Rather, it focussed on the violence and on Ron’s insanity and homosexuality. And even that in a very superficial and unsatisfactory way. Other than that, it was a great film. Yeah. Right.
I’d rather sit at home and watch re-runs of sporting events. In fact I think I will.
Happy Monday
A xxxx