Made the gym nice and early this morning and after yesterdays reasonably easy session I upped the ante on the Stairmaster to level five for 45 minutes. This is becoming a torture fest.

I managed it ok and though I finished with some left in the tank I won't be upping the level for another week or so whilst I build up enough energy to hit the circuit training as well. Burnt just over 500 calories for two mars bars worth and chocolate bars are really beginning to lose their appeal! Working this hard just to burn off three cans of stella makes you realise it's much easier to lay off them in the first place.

I've not been cycling into the office since the bad weather started as I don't feel comfortable making the turns at several of the roundabouts, I've come close to severe road rash a couple of times and I think I'll get something a bit closer to a mountain bike for the winter season. It's not the combination of skinny wheels and wet roads, although that's bad enough in itself. It's the diesel that's spilt all over the roads that makes them treacherous for road bike users.

As you can see I've been playing around with the new rockettheme template and it's taken me ages to work out how to simplify the styling. But instead of keep pressing the buttons and looking so deeply at file permissions etc if I'd just taken five minutes to read the accompanying documentation I would have saved hours of time. Everything is right there in the help! Doh!

I'm happy with the new design so I'll stop arsing around with it. Just need to colour code a few of the graphics and it's all set.

Tonight we are off to watch Telford take on Shrewsbury in the shropshire trophy final. According to the website the game is definitley on after a pitch inspection earlier today. Go Bucks!

Storebuilder Blog - Cycling to work/Fitness