Round & round & round

Activity: aqua-jog

Yeah, lost track of time & distance. It's so easy to do when you're chatting away.

I hate Norwesters

Sunday

Activity: swim

Distance: 1000m

Just the thing on a hot afternoon: a swim in the outdoor pool at Jellie Park. Found out they had the lanes up at 4pm, which will hopefully continue for a few more weeks (until the weekends get really hot & the pool is full of play-swimmers). All the best intentions in the world don't overcome my inertia on weekend mornings.

Friday

Activity: cycle

Distance: 17km

Time: 53min

What a day to bike - SE head wind in the morning, screaming NW in the afternoon. I actually think my workmate who finished 30min after me may have got home at the same time as me.

Mental note: must get bike cranks checked. Lots of disturbing clicking on the ride home today.

Buggered

Monday

Activity: climbing

Just C & me this week, but it was a good one. The climbing room's getting warm up at the top! I finished the night off with a couple of hours of gardening with D & her mum, then did the inside of the house tonight after Guides. Hopefully we pass this inspection first go, then it's the home straight to the final inspection after moving out in January! I think this is the first time ever that I'm actually looking forward to moving. Take that Jannu Rentals, you've managed to motivate the slackest house mover in the world.

Struggle

Activity: run

Distance: 2.3km

Time: 25min

A friend's asked if I want to take her slot in an upcoming tri - one I'd half-heartedly considered entering about a month ago, then put to the back of my mind. If we can swap entry names, I guess I'll have to pull finger & do it! Problem, it's only a week away. Hmm, time to start biking to work again, I think!

Mojo within grasp

Activity: run

Time: 30min

Distance: 3.4km

Wow, longer than I thought. OK, now I don't feel so bad about the 30min time.

The steady metronome-like arm movements seem to have eased my shoulder a bit, though I'm getting a few twinges now as I type. I think keeping the running and aqua-jogging up for the next 3-4 days will be a good idea. And since running is my weaker tri discipline, this should be good for me. I'd really like to get into some hill running - before or after work maybe?

Come back mojo!

Activity: swim

Distance: 500m

Pain: about an 8

Wednesday

Activity: climbing

Pain: about a 5, more annoying than painful

Injuries - gotta love them. Nothing amazing, I slept on my shoulder funny on the weekend, and now I have the mother of all neck cricks. I've tried rest, I've tried exercise, I've tried massage. All solutions appear to be temporary.

The reason for the pain measures is that the shoulder pretty much stopped me from achieving what I wanted to this week. Nothing like getting halfway up a wall & realising that if you put your arm above your head, you have no grip strength. Or almost crying inside your goggles from the pain of pulling your arm through the water. I think I might need some professional help on this one. I just feel so stupid for injuring myself in my sleep :)

Fully mobile

Activity: aquajogging

Distance: 800m

As usual, we lost count of our laps as we gossiped our way around the pool, but 800m seems about right. The legs certainly were a bit jelly-like when we got out!

Mum, Dad and I spent a couple of hours looking around Turners for the cars I'd spotted on the website - and found a very tidy Rover that was in the same auction for Tuesday. Dad got sent off to chat to Malcolm at the pub, and long story short, I bought an identical car off him, with all the necessary repairs done, no need for an auction. Now, to work out how to use the stereo.