pre-season training

I can't quite believe it but pre-season rugby training begins tomorrow!  I think it might actually be the earliest pre-season that I have ever been involved in, although my second season in pro rugby also had an early start.

Although official training starts tomorrow I have been training hard recently, especially with my running, and am pleased to report that it might be starting to pay off.  In fact, I have lost about 5kgs (11lbs).  There is still a long way to go, and the final two weeks of term may prove a little harder, but it is a start.

There are two main reasons for this weight loss: First, running.  I have never really liked running, but being a big lad I long ago realised that it was the best way for me to lose weight.  I have even started to kind of enjoy it now, and that enjoyment will only increase as I get fitter.  Second, diet.  I have been realising over the past few weeks just how little we actually need to eat.  Previously I would eat mid-morning and afternoon, but I have been discovering that actually I don't need to, and, if I do, that some dried fruit will be sufficient.  I have also cut out carbs, which I hate doing, but which is again something which I realised long ago 'works for me'.

So, pre-season continues.  Whether I will be there or not is another thing as the next two weeks are very busy and also as training is going so well that I think I might actually be better sticking with what I am doing already.

But we'll have to see what the coach thinks about that...