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So my first mistake was to brave taking the puppy (Werm) out when there was a break in the rain- we got soaked – sodden wet through.

We arrive at the back door resembling a pair of drowned rats to find I have managed to lock myself out!!

Soaking, shaking, freezing and a whining puppy at my feet looking at me wondering what she had done to warrant such blatant cruelty…

So donning my best bedraggled and sodden charm I convince some builders working on a local house to let me borrow a large step ladder….

Too embarressed to accept their offers of help, I haul it home- and set to clambering up to the second floor window that I know is unlocked. There was the moment of  no return when the ladder fell away as I danged in the hard place between the last rung and the window sill – but I survived and am now inside, with a hot cup of earl gray, a dog in blankets (still shivering) and feeling much happier.

My point- other than why do these thing only happen to me?!

Had I not been as fit as I am – I ould still be out there shivering…

I would have lacked the strength to carry a heavy ladder, the agility to climb it, the upper body and core strength needed to haul myself up, and the flexibility to maneuver myself through the window and gracefully down the other side without breaking either my neck nor the pot plant….

What tasks have you achieved recently that have been made possible by your fitness level- or indeed what ones would have been a whole lot easier had you been fitter?

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Yes- I will admit- this is not the first time- nor the forth- but all the other times have been in the summer and could actually be classed as 'fun' or even 'sport' as such- the scaling the wall etc, but NO- in the pouring cold rain- it was not fun, it was not sport, it was horrid!!

hockeystick said:I have found that being fit helps me relax- sounds really odd but for some reason I am a much more chilled out person since i started playing hockey in my late teens- not quite sure why through!!

This is because spot and exercise release those 'feel good' endorphins…….

It also rids you of excess energy which can otherwise turn negative and make you restless and irritable……….not that I am ever either of those!!