Typical weather!

I rode in today, and planned to do the TriathlonACT short aquathlon tonight (300 swim/3k run) nice and easy just to see how I go.

It's now been raining steadily for an hour or two, and according to the Bureau of Meteorology radar, it's going to hanging around for a while!

I might have to get a lift home and not race tonight. Oh well.

Weird but not a loser!!

According to this test, 60% of people are more normal than me!! Is this because I exercise lots, don't like fast food, get 8 hours sleep and prefer to play sport rather than get stoned??






The good news is that I'm not a loser, and 96% of more people are more of a loser than me! I'd rather be a bit abnormal than a loser I think :-)

Run to work

Well. I ran into work again and predicted last time that it wouldn't take me as long next time. It was my first run in ages (even longer than the break last time probably), my bag was completely full and included my heavy Colorado boots, pants, showering stuff, and a few other bits and pieces whereas last time my bag was half full - I had light heels, no showering stuff and bought lunch that day.

Bloody hell it made a difference! Took me about 40 minutes this time. My bag felt significantly heavier and it wore me out really fast! Might weigh my bag just out of curiosity.....

Well this is fun!

Countries I've visited-



And yes, this does include countries I either drove through, or sat in an airport in :-)
create your own visited countries map

Blood test results

The doc just rang and said everything was normal except the liver test, which was slightly abnormal. She thinks this suggests that I'm getting over something, probably viral (cytomegalovirus or something??), or it's just starting. So need to get another blood test in 2 weeks to see what it's doing. I've been feeling like this for a few months, but it's gotten worse in the last few weeks which is why I got it checked so it's hard to tell whether it is at the start or end.....

Will try to getting back into training between moving house and just see how I feel!

Half marathon plans

Looks as though I'm going to have to put my half marathon plans back a bit.... Haven't had a chance to get in much training lately due to christmas and not feeling the best, and it's only 9 weeks until the Weston Creek half. At the moment I'm struggling to keep running for 10k, so think it's better to hold off on the half plans for a bit. We've also got a garage sale this Saturday, and are moving house next weekend and probably the weekend after, so won't get a chance for long sessions in the next few weeks! Oh well, plenty more halfs coming up, I'm sure.

Doctor checkup

Went to the doc yesterday, she thinks the heart pains I've been getting are nothing to worry about, and said that if I'm doing triathlons and having no problems doing them then my heart is most probably fine. The ECG showed up clear, but I'm still a wee bit dubious after running past someone getting CPR and not making it at the Noosa tri, which I think was heart related, and there was also someone at Forster who died in his sleep the night he finished the race. My father was under 30 and fit when he dropped dead from heart failure. I don't believe being fit means your heart is fine.

I also asked about my recent fatigue problem - constantly tired, and yawning all day, despite good sleep, regular exercise, and everything else in my life being nicely balanced. So got a blood test this morning, and will go to the doc next Friday to see if they find anything (such as iron deficiency).

I feel crap after the blood test though... I didn't have brekky as I was supposed to be fasting for the tests, and am not good with blood tests at the best of times. So I was tired, hungry, then got a couple of vials of blood sucked out of me, got to work and have felt very light headed and a little nauseous ever since. Hopefully they'll be able to tell me if there's something wrong!