I'm not much of an athlete but I try to keep fit, both to aid in my ultimate frisbee performance and to offset the amount of beer I drink. Drinking a standard drink a day is healthy, but to drink more you have to pay it off with Beer Credits, which are earned by doing exercise.

I find it hard to find the time, energy and drive to get out for a fitness session, and probably average less than once a week. There are two different sessions I've been doing on my local oval:
- One is two lap warmup and stretch, followed by ten laps which each contain a half with sprints and a half of jogging, broken up by a minute or so of core exercises in the middle of the two halves.
- The other is a warmup and stretch followed by about 5 minutes of intervals - fifteen seconds sprinting, fifteen jogging (5 minutes sounds easy, but try it).

The first takes about 45 minutes and the second about 20. For both I have to get up early and can't be arsed to do after work.

Today I tried something different. When I got home this afternoon I went out for a street run. I did three short, identical laps with no breaks, aiming for a faster time for each - a total of 17.5 minutes. It's good because it's short and I can fit it in before dinner so will hopefully do it more often. If I can continue to do the harder sessions once a week or so I should at least retain the fitness I gained from the mixed nats campaign.

What I learned:
- I don't know my fitness and how hard I can push myself over short distances very well.
- The first lap is the most difficult to push hard.
- A good route.
- A time to beat.