The weekend before we went away was orienteering state champs, we each competed on both Saturday and Sunday.
While away, we walked the Cape to Cape Track: 133km on foot. According to our itinerary. Somehow, I lost the GPS trace for our first two days of walking. A lot of walking, definitely.
Then we spent Thursday driving, Friday and Saturday recovering.
Sunday: Deb & I run in a 14km fun run from the new Perth Stadium. Wow ! is that a mistake ?
In fact, it is fun. Hard work but fun.
The run takes us round the Swan River via some of the new "attractions": Matagarup Bridge, Riverside Drive to Barrack Square. Across the Macdonalds footbridge (that's not its name but it certainly looks a lot like the Mac's "golden arches"). A good opportunity to see the bridges and a very pleasant run.
Then over the Narrows and along the South Perth foreshore back to the Stadium. Again, a very pleasant place to run.
And I do manage to run, all the way. Slowly. Finish in just under two hours, Deb is just three minutes behind me.
We are both exhausted ! And (once we have recovered) satisfied :-)
We go home and rest... until Deb has to make Sunday dinner. Great to see the family again, after our holiday away. I continue to rest until after dinner, when I wash up. Just the big stuff that will not fit in the dishwasher.
An excellent but tiring weekend :-)
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I should add: I am far more tired than I should have been. Or than I would have been, a couple of years ago. But my only actual "disability" is a sore heel and ankle. After resting, it hurts to move it but a few minutes walking and it is fine. Though I do need to be careful stepping down.
Once I start running it is no trouble: my running style puts less stress on my ankles than my walking. Today (Tuesday) the ankle still hurts but not when I walk... the ache has moved away from the bits that move when I walk.
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Monday: for some reason I seem to be flat out all day. Still catching up after being away. And doing the few things that are my regular tasks around the house.
Tuesday: minding the grandson. A full day's work, a whole lot of fun. And that, is today. Deb is just back from yoga, time to wrap this up.
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Physically I'm fine, almost over being exhausted. Mentally, okay -- as far as I can tell :-) Emotionally, I have my moments -- which I push aside. I may try for a better status report... in another post. Not that there is much to say, I just like to document as much as possible.
For now... that's all.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
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"It's a funny kind of month, October. For the really keen footy fan it's when you discover that your wife left you, months ago." … Denis Norden had it as "cricket"
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