I must have read this over 25 years ago, and have a different perspective now that I am a stodgy old prosperous pillar of the community. At the time I remember cheering the writer's attitude of hating his boring job and only doing it to survive and have enough money to get drunk and gamble on the horses. I was never that nihilistic or hedonistic obviously, but it appealed at the time when I was first in the world of work. Now he seems a lot more tragic and lost. Haven't had any exercise for 4 days as I've had a stinking cold, but have a 10k race on Saturday so need to pull myself together. I've been neglecting running and getting slower and slower, in part because I've had a lot of pain in my hips, but also laziness and not liking running in the cold and dark. Will see how I get on.
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