Week 36 of 2026

A nice short working week thanks to a bank holiday. For the past few weeks I've struggled at basketball and had problems shooting the ball. The solution apparently is to go for a run on the same day that I play basketball. Two sessions this week and no problems with my jump shot. If anything it was causing more problems for the people who were guarding me. I was at the American Express stadium on Saturday to watch Brighton draw 1-1 with Leeds in the Premier League. Brighton looked very passive in the first half and increasingly one-dimensional when pushing for an equaliser. A lack of pace in wide areas prevented them from creating more, though Malick Yalcouyé's willingness to run caused a few problems for the Leeds defence. Brighton definitely didn't deserve to win the game and based on the first half were lucky to come away with a point. Running 26.2 km this week! After the first week of September, I've now ran over half of what I managed in the whole of August (36.8 km). Funnily…