Pool running 45:00 [3] 0.7 km (1:04:17 / km)
Back to the old haunts at Fitzroy for the first time since coming back from Tasmania. The sort of session which shows this session's usefulness - rather stiff at the start but much less so towards the end. Slightly to my surprise (in a session where it sometimes shows up in a susceptible state), no sign of cramp.
A few minutes from the end, one of the other regulars mentioned in passing that the Swiss franc had just gone up 30%. I worked out why this had happened fairly quickly but spent the rest of the time trying to digest its implications - after all, I'm heading to Geneva this time next week. Assuming the rate now stays fairly stable at its new level (which, once the initial spike was out of the way, is up about 15%), I should actually do OK out of it because the amount I get for expenses is paid in francs and I usually don't spend it all, but in a volatile situation there's plenty of potential for mismatch between the exchange rate when I get paid and the exchange rate when the bills are due.
This weekend's going to be one for weird sleep patterns, thanks to the IOF meetings (which run from midnight to 6am our time; I think midnight-2am on both days is probably going to be about as good as I can manage). Adding to the mix, reports (which I've already seen) are coming out overnight about 2014 global temperatures, which will probably create something of a splash (and may generate a bit more media action for me than I've seen recently).