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Monday Nov 9, 2015 #
1 PM
Run 41:00 [3] 7.4 km (5:32 / km)
Not exactly a day that went to plan. The original plan was to swim in the morning and run at lunchtime. I wasn't feeling especially awake in the morning, but headed up to the pool anyway, only to discover that the ticket machine was en panne, which meant that unless you had a season ticket there was no way to get in (the cashier's office wasn't staffed until 8.30).
Another false start came at lunchtime, as I realised that I'd forgotten to bring my running shoes. Fortunately, I'm staying close enough to get changed at work, walk across and swap work shoes for runners. Once that was sorted, I headed out on a gloriously sunny and pleasantly mild day up the hills to the north, not generally sparkling but not too bad after the first climb. (I felt as if I still had something left at the end yesterday, and this was consistent with that). Plenty of other people out as you'd expect.
The route back came past plenty of UN agencies. (Can anyone back home advise as to whether the appointment of Kevin Rudd to head a (worthy) UN initiative on better sanitation has led to any scatological remarks from his erstwhile political opponents?).
My slightly out-there feeling this morning was probably the result of a late arrival home last night, and probably not the result of hearing of a "UFO strike" on the morning news. In this case, the UFO strike resulted in a reduction of the number of flying objects in European skies - the UFO in question being the union representing Lufthansa cabin crew, who are currently embroiled in industrial action over planned cost-cutting measures.
Another false start came at lunchtime, as I realised that I'd forgotten to bring my running shoes. Fortunately, I'm staying close enough to get changed at work, walk across and swap work shoes for runners. Once that was sorted, I headed out on a gloriously sunny and pleasantly mild day up the hills to the north, not generally sparkling but not too bad after the first climb. (I felt as if I still had something left at the end yesterday, and this was consistent with that). Plenty of other people out as you'd expect.
The route back came past plenty of UN agencies. (Can anyone back home advise as to whether the appointment of Kevin Rudd to head a (worthy) UN initiative on better sanitation has led to any scatological remarks from his erstwhile political opponents?).
My slightly out-there feeling this morning was probably the result of a late arrival home last night, and probably not the result of hearing of a "UFO strike" on the morning news. In this case, the UFO strike resulted in a reduction of the number of flying objects in European skies - the UFO in question being the union representing Lufthansa cabin crew, who are currently embroiled in industrial action over planned cost-cutting measures.
7 PM
Swimming 38:00 [2] 1.0 km (38:00 / km)
Eventually got to the pool in the evening. I knew it would be crowded and it was, although at least the pool has a slow lane now so you're not getting in the way of people going twice the speed you are. 8-10 people in a 33-metre lane is still a lot, though, and I didn't always enjoy this session. Briefly lost track of numbers in the midst of one particularly heavy bit of congestion and suspect that I may have done an extra lap (the time would seem to bear that out).