Training Log Archive: Mess Engineer

Stayed at twin brothers overnight and was too tired to drive back to Raymond Terrace so missed the inaugural first parkrun. I still cannot run anyway and the crazy high 693 people would have made the swampy grass track even more unmanageable than the last time I ran there in one of the trials! Would have been interesting to be amongst the "excitement" or "vibe" of a first event.

Chainsawing and carrying up logs to continue cleanup.
Logs were put on the street and someone came past and took it for firewood before we had even finished carrying them up.
Also chainsawing up scrap wood for progressive disposal in the bin.

C • swampy 1

90 minute Hawaiian Massage at Mayfield which I got a voucher for on my birthday back in December.
Very luxurious and like nothing I had ever had before.

Something completely different.
Driving a tractor with a slasher on the back helping someone maintain the from 15 acres of their 25 acre property.
They started me off in the slowest possible gear which was mind numbing but I quickly changed this to higher gear.
Even so the cutting deck was only 52 inches wide so it took a long time to barely make a dent.

Even though currently preparing for a potential "exit from Wallalong" this gave me an appreciation that mowing there is not bad by comparison.

Payment was having a BBQ dinner cooked for me.

Bailed out early before lunges.
Left ankle on fire. This is really annoying when physio, GP and specialist are all telling me it should be healing OK.

Awake and repositioning tv aerial wall socket back where it originally was when house was built so I can patch large hole in wall where previous owner ran video cables .... prior to wall repainting. Got tv reception to work again after a few attempts but still have to fix holes yet.

Doing all the jobs I have "intended" to do over the last 5 years!

Left ankle and groin / hip getting really really annoying and dragging me down

Helping out marking sheets at Newcastle Street-O event.
I had a physio session on both ankles at 3:30 pm and she believes I can attempt to run again.
But starting with the hills of Newcastle in a competitive environment didn't sound like a good idea so I will try some tentative jogs around home first.

Got a copy of the map and clue sheet so may attempt to either walk it or jog it over the weekend.

1 1/2 hours with sugar soap in bucket, rag and ladder.
Went through entire house removing marks from walls, ceilings, cornice and door frames.
Preparing this house is going to be a mammoth effort.

Time approximate.

Putting a retaining wall back together which proved very annoying as the bricks had been removed in the centre of the wall and expansion over the years since they had been removed meant that they no longer fitted back in place. Had to resort to angle grinder to shave bits off.

Cutting up treated pine decking from redundant kids cubby / dog house for disposal in this weeks bin.

Removing metal stakes from around yard to take back as scrap.