So, the other day, when I said I was going to exercise everyday?  Yeah, I lied.  I skipped yesterday.  I have excuses, reasons, long and short stories about why I didn’t do anything yesterday but they would all be total poppycock.  I just couldn’t be arsed.

Today, though, the Olympic porn was on repeat (I know I am not American but allow me this… COME ON PHELPS!!!), and the other sports being shown were interesting, sure, but not involving.  I was making dinner but once the salad had been chopped, the new potatoes (freshly dug out of the ground by Dad – as if it was me – that would be gardening) had been scrubbed and put in the steamer… and the pizzas shoved in the oven (I was going to make ones a la Kapgar but the look I got from Mum – she was reaching for the phone to call the men in white coats) I had nothing much to do.

I was determined (DETERMINED I SAY) to not pootle around the internet today and I was scout-sited out so I left my laptop upstairs.  I sat outside for half an hour with the cat while the fly spray we bought to kill the latest attack from the local farm did absolutely nothing and then… came completely unstuck.

Nothing to do.  Being without job sucks.  Hard.

So, I gave up, grabbed my iPod and got on the bike.

I am very happy to say that I lasted a full five songs (yes, I sing along at the same time) before wanting to die a sweat drenched death… and covered 7.7 miles (12.39kilometres) (I have no idea, BTW, if this is good… is it?)

But

I hurt my leg.  It’s an ouchie.

Stretch beforehand.

Stretch.

Did I?  Of course not.  That would be responsible and sensible and all that nonsense.

My big problem is though that the playlist I created called ‘Up’, which was designed to wake me up and make me all cheerful and crap in the mornings… or whenever I needed making cheerful… is entirely unsuitable for working out to.  It’s just not Up enough.  So I need your lovely lovely help.

Do you have a song which gets your heart pumping, or that you use to keep you going when you are trying to do the exercising thing?  Help please!  Thank you!