Right well we are at the end of week 3 of the training and all seems to be progressing well and at a steady pace. I am currently doing 3 sessions a week on the treadmill, 2 strength sessions a week, a mountainbike ride every Sat and a long walk on Sundays so as you can see verry little time for anything else. And as for the smoking mmm not so good week 1 I lasted just the 2 days, week 2 didnt even try, week 3 smoked on Monday thgen realised that I finally really wasn't enjoying it again so Tuesday I stopped yippee at last.....well till Saturday night little bit drunk and slipped up and had 2 but just the 2 and I havn't carried on today (sun) so all is looking good at the moment. Last Sunday I went for a walk with David just 3 miles to a pub for a spot of lunch and 3 miles back to say Dave was perspiring would be understating it. But this week it was the turn of his sister to join me and we happily walked around Queen Elizabeth park covering a nice 8ks in what can only be descibed as grotty conditions, The rain was coming down followed by the snow and on our return to the centre tea/coffee was much need for a little warmth. So thankyou to both of you for comming along and hope you want to tag along again and anyone else that fancies a walk on a sunday just drop me a line although they will be getting longer with my goal being 3-4 hours at least. Anyway thats it for now and for anyone concerned about the blood pressure it has dropped dramaticaly to 128/85 good news