Séamas O'Reilly: I've reached the age of random pains — and no sympathy

"I may have thought I was unfit and out-of-shape in 2019 but I now realise this is relative. At that time, I was undoubtedly pudgier than I’d ever been, but I was also clearly willing to have a topless photo of myself published in a national newspaper."

Seamas O'Reilly. Picture: Orfhlaith Whelan

Recently I’ve been on a health kick. 

The phrase is quite apposite because doing the things necessary to become healthier feels like being kicked in the face and I hate it.