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Monday May 2, 2016 #
8 AM
Swimming 37:00 [2] 1.0 km (37:00 / km)
First swim for a bit. Felt reasonably energetic this morning but it didn't really flow through into my time in the water, except for finishing it off pretty well - for once I wasn't feeling as if I wanted to get a swim over and done with.
Most amusing part of the morning's police reports was the account of the person who nicked a ute from a roadworks site at the corner of Spencer and Bourke Streets. Clearly remaining inconspicuous was not a high priority for this particular thief because the ute in question had a big flashing arrow on top of it.
Most amusing part of the morning's police reports was the account of the person who nicked a ute from a roadworks site at the corner of Spencer and Bourke Streets. Clearly remaining inconspicuous was not a high priority for this particular thief because the ute in question had a big flashing arrow on top of it.
7 PM
Run 33:00 [3] 6.0 km (5:30 / km)
After doing the first of the revived MFR Monday night runs a couple of weeks ago, today was my first go at hosting the revived one, with a small crowd which included a couple of members of the next generation in the form of Mason (preparing for an upcoming school cross-country) and Torren. Pretty short although the others went even shorter. Hamstring again fatiguing a bit in the later stages without pain; clearly still not quite right so will follow a more cautious trajectory this week than I had previously thought possible.
Busy media day today, partly because it was a public holiday in Queensland and a lot was happening in Queensland (averaged over the state, yesterday was the hottest May day on record by 1.3 degrees). The ABC asked me if there would be more cyclones in Queensland next summer. I responded that that wouldn't be hard. (There have been only three cyclones in the Australian region this season - a record low assuming nothing happens at the last minute - and only one of them has got anywhere near the coast, Stan in WA in late January).
Spotted some strange logic in an Andrew Bolt article today. He's very upset that the French and not the Japanese are building the submarines (I think one can reasonably assume that he is acting as a mouthpiece for a certain former Prime Minister in this respect), on the grounds that the Japanese are supposedly more reliable allies than the French. He appears to base this position on the fact that the French wouldn't supply spares for Mirage fighters which might otherwise have been used in the Vietnam War 50 years ago. If he's going to go back 50 years, then I seem to recall that if you go back another couple of decades Japan may have acted in ways not entirely consistent with Australian national defence priorities.
Busy media day today, partly because it was a public holiday in Queensland and a lot was happening in Queensland (averaged over the state, yesterday was the hottest May day on record by 1.3 degrees). The ABC asked me if there would be more cyclones in Queensland next summer. I responded that that wouldn't be hard. (There have been only three cyclones in the Australian region this season - a record low assuming nothing happens at the last minute - and only one of them has got anywhere near the coast, Stan in WA in late January).
Spotted some strange logic in an Andrew Bolt article today. He's very upset that the French and not the Japanese are building the submarines (I think one can reasonably assume that he is acting as a mouthpiece for a certain former Prime Minister in this respect), on the grounds that the Japanese are supposedly more reliable allies than the French. He appears to base this position on the fact that the French wouldn't supply spares for Mirage fighters which might otherwise have been used in the Vietnam War 50 years ago. If he's going to go back 50 years, then I seem to recall that if you go back another couple of decades Japan may have acted in ways not entirely consistent with Australian national defence priorities.