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Me and a group of mates have joined a 5-a-side football league this week. I’ve joined for some good fitness training and also because its a great laugh. We play on a Thursday night at Goals in Bradford. They have awesome pitches with the latest astro turf , which is great to play on.

We have started off in League D (the bottom league) and were due our first game last night. However our oposition never turned up (we put it down to them running scared of their mighty opposition!!), so this left us with no game, 3 points and a default 10-0 win in our first game. Quite a start to the season.

We did end up with a friendly against another team in our league and ran out 13-5 winners. I had forgotten just how much distance you end up covering in a 5-a-side game, it really is great fitness work. But I was struggling towards the end, so its time to get my running shoes on. I have been a bit lazy in getting out running but as of Monday I will be out on the roads and feeling the burn!!!

No cricket last week as it was my birthday and I was a touch worse for wear last Sunday. Back on it again this week with my new club which should be good!

Now the season has finished it’s time for a rest for a month or so then I will be going back to fitness training as I have not been the best with fitness over the past couple of years. I struggled a lot at the begining of the season for fitness and also avoiding injury. I want to work on my upper body strength in my shoulders and arms aswell as my core stability, as I have a lot of back problems.  Unfortunately it will be time to go runing again soon, which I’m not a massive fan of but I need to get my stamina and aerobic fitness back up to scratch.

So over the next few months I will be keeping you up to date with how its all going and what I have been getting up to!