But exercise gives you endorphins?

The news has been awash these past couple of weeks with the Pistorius murder case and trial. Rightly so – what a horrendous sequence of events. Whether he had intent to kill his girlfriend or whether he did indeed believe it was an intruder and was acting in self defence, it’s an awful loss of life and another indication of the scary world we live in where gun crime is rife.

Furthermore a lot of very odd things seem to be coming out about this young sportsman, who previously has been an amazing example of what can be achieved regardless of the setbacks life throws at you.

Is his story genuine? Should he have been granted bail? Is he just going to have a clever lawyer help him get away with murder? Questions, questions.

Not wanting to belittle the seriousness of this case with my inane witterings, but I must admit on reading more about this story, my mind did start wandering to that excellent and notable legal film, Legally Blonde. In the film, the case that Reese Witherspoon’s character Elle works on is about a fitness instructor, whom she knew from her university sorority, who is on trial for allegedly shooting her husband.

The one quote that kept niggling at me is when Elle is telling the team of lawyers that she believes the defendant can’t possibly be guilty, her reasoning being “Exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy people just don’t shoot their husbands… they just don’t.”

Hmm, I ponder this… Perhaps Pistorius was low on endorphins that evening? Potentially a missed training session? I know after my training sessions in the gym, I feel more like dancing to the Jackson 5 than committing manslaughter.

Putting my inappropriate English, black humour aside, another awful, awful moment in sport for 2013. With the blummin’ Aussie swimming team getting into the mix with their banned sleeping pill antics, I’m still waiting for some better news!

And as mentioned before, whether with intent or not, what a vile thing that a man can kill his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day? Doesn’t half make this single lass think that she really might have been better off not receiving any cards or flowers this year – boyfriends can sometimes be rather more trouble than they’re worth it seems!