First 5km since you-know-what this morning. Not fast, but limited by lungs and heat more than my legs, which makes a change.
So now, according to this optimistic prophecy of 103 days ago, I “just” need to knock 74 (point one) seconds off per kilometre in about 12 weeks. I think that’s doable.
And then we can start looking at some football again.
No Premier League this weekend, so I had to watch some real footy last night.
Sadly, there’s no VAR in the Championship. (Although.)
Which means you can get away with this sort of thing. Amazingly.
And yes, to add insult to injury, Josh Koroma scored just six minutes later.
The ref had an absolute shocker in this game, which means that he won’t have to answer any questions about how poor he was, won’t be docked any pay*, and will be back on the list to referee another game in a few days time.
Consequences, ne? That’ll learn him.
* Championship referees earn a basic yearly retainer of between £38,500 and £42,000 based on their experience officiating, and then £600 per game
Great win for United last night, but it was tempered by my having to stay up until midnight to watch it, which has left me completely broken today, and also by the concern over midfielder John Fleck, who seemed to have a seizure on the field during the second half.
Thankfully, medical attention was quickly administered, and apparently, he’s conscious in hospital and asking about the result of the game (he’ll never believe it). But it wasn’t a nice thing to see – and we did see a bit, even though they pulled the feed as quickly as they could.
Fleck had Covid in June while on duty with the Scotland team, but has played 18 games for United this season without incident. Fingers crossed for him for a quick and complete recovery.
The Rittenhouse verdict.
An ill-tempered rugby contest, and the inevitable whining about the referee or World Rugby or something.
Eskom sabotage allegations.
More chaotic coalition crappiness.
Anti-vaxxers crying about being arrested at Muizenberg while protesting a mandate that doesn’t even exist*.
There are many good reasons to avoid social media and just sit at home and watch the footy this afternoon.
* ok, this one is quite funny
Full disclosure: I didn’t watch the match – way too late for me right now.
Just catching up now and… well… wow. This one needs sharing for posterity.
You’re Ghana love it.
Thoughts and prayers with the player involved. Unlikely to ever play again, looking at this.
Less sympathy for the referee’s bank account.
Ghana’s 1-0 win (the goal coming from this decision) means that the final table looks like this:
…meaning that South Africa don’t qualify, but Ghana do.
Convenient.
And you can talk all you like about missed chances and winning games you only drew and and and, but there were plenty of other close calls across the world yesterday (not least this amazing game – or this one), whose outcomes weren’t then ruined by a really, really, dodgy decision.
Africa stays laughable. And losing.