Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

A change of scene today (thanks to post-day logistics) - the Brunswick Baths, whose outdoor pool is now open again after a couple of years of renovation. It's nice to be out in the sun but my swimming was badly in need of renovation this morning (or maybe it's just waiting to be condemned and served with a demolition order). My mood wasn't helped by the front page story (albeit one which should be taken with a pinch of salt, as with all strategic Budget leaks at this time of year) about swingeing cuts to CSIRO, which you can bet anyone who has anything to do with climate will be on the end of more than their share of.

(There's still public money around for some things: I read today that Sunday's trailbike events at Maldon, which were roughly the equivalent in standing and numbers to an orienteering World Cup round, got a $50K state government grant. Worth remembering the next time we're contemplating something big).

The Tan at lunchtime on a nice day. Not feeling as tight in the early stages as was the case on most of my runs last week, and the Achilles soreness has more or less faded away so the massage must have done a fair bit of good. Won't pretend this was a sparkling run though.

Southbank had even more impressionable children and people seeking to entertain them than was the case this time last week. It may or may not have been coincidence that the Jehovahs Witnesses and the Scientologists had set up within a couple of hundred metres of each other, although when it comes to targeting impressionable children, for bizarreness it would be hard to go past the rebirth of the Cookie Monster as a neo-Nazi icon.