Victory Fitness

Took up the challenge of . I cheated a bit as I didn't do a weights session before the quickie cardio session. But really surprised myself by doing 2k in 9:53 mins. It put a smile on Thanos's face. Thanks for the push 😊

A quickie cardio session AFTER weight training (am I insane?😠😕😠). Did 2k in 14 mins. Didn't feel as bad as when I do 5k or 10k tho. Maybe I need to break them up into bite sized chunks😆

Well I finally watched Justice League. I give it 6/10. Nowhere near as bad as I had been led to believe (even with "moustache-gate) and quite enjoyable. Don't get me wrong it is NOT Avengers level (its direct competitor) but it has definitely got potential. Stand alone movies are cool and all but at the end of the day we all want to see our favourite spandex warriors team up and take on the Big Bad. Come on DC make "Tower of Babel" already.

What the Daily Mirror said

5 days to go and the right wing press continue with their fu***it reportage. The Times reports that the tories are upset at the bias of the BBC (seriously?) , and Channel 4. Apparently the Conservative party complained about Andrew Neil calling out Boris Johnson for dodging his interview (even though Corbyn, Sturgeon, Swinson and even loud mouth racist Farage have all faced him in the chair). Also Channel 4 faced tory ire for replacing the absentee Boris Johnson with an ice statue during its climate change debate (again all the other party leaders attended). As usual Boris Johnson runs from being held to account, choosing instead stage managed photo opportunities where he gets to give the most VAGUE of speeches, where there's no scrutiny of what he says. Kick the tories OUT on 12/12/19

Less than a week to go until the election. The media continues with its f**kery. This little gem was in today's Evening Standard (the paper edited by the former tory Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.....despite the fact he didn't have ANY previous journalistic experience whatsoever). Anyways, turns out that the National Institute of Economic and Social Research state that a Corbyn led govt WOULD boost the UK economy more than Boris led govt. However, the article cautions that the State would grow and the deficit would grow along with it.

I don't know about you but after 10 years of austerity which has seen poverty, homelessness, and the use of food banks absolutely skyrocket, along with the stagnation of wages, the rise of zero hour contracts, as well as our much beloved NHS being run into the ground......I'm ready for the State to start doing some of the basics like providing good homes, schools and hospitals, and not running everything down so that the free market idea of the "invisible hand" will sort everything by appealing to need to make a profit out of everything.

This cardio session was brought to you by our shamed sponsors "GET YOUR BACKSIDE OFF THE SOFA!" And by the letters "WTF?!?" Shedding body fat never felt so awful but gotta be done

As everyone will know the UK is in the middle of an election. Amidst that Transport for London stated they would not be renewing Uber's licence as it was allowing uninsured drivers to exploit a flaw in its booking system and putting passengers at risk.
Up pops this article in the Times painting a rosy picture of these ruthless companies (remember Uber is adamant everyone is self-employed and therefore they dont have to provide holidays, sickness or other reasonable benefits)having improved the lives of young and old utilisers of these companies alike. As usual the model "worker" of these companies detailed in the article was presented as a care free student looking to make extra cash in between studies, rather than hard pressed parents trying to raise families on low paid, insecure work. The gig economy is just that: a gig! It is not a job, certainly not an economy and I hope Jeremy Corbyn BINS these crap jobs once he gets in power **koffzerohourcontracts

This cardio session was brought to you by "My lungs are screaming" and by the letters WTF!
No park run today so was pounding the treadmill. Did 5k in 33 mins. Back to the savagery next week

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