Tuesday, July 7th, 2016
I woke up at 5:30am to the system's notification.
[SYSTEM] Personal Training: Day 1. Current Fitness Level: 42/100 (Below Average). Recommendation: Begin cardiovascular base building. Target: 30-minute run, moderate pace.
I stared at the notification for a long moment. Day 1. Not Day 7, or Day 14. Day 1.
I'd unlocked the personal training feature a week ago, right after hiring Sarah. The system had been nagging me about it every morning since. But there was always something more urgent. A session to plan. A player to talk to. Video to analyze. Staff to hire. The team needed me. The job demanded everything.
And somewhere in all of that, I'd forgotten about myself.
At Moss Side, I'd been fit. Not athlete-fit, but functional. I could run with the lads, demonstrate drills, and keep up during training. But six weeks at Crystal Palace had changed that.
