Relief x2

Relief No 1: We don’t have termites. We found some suspicious looking insect activity in one of the wooden posts of our pergola on the weekend where we had cut back a bushy plant, and thought we might have termite infestation. After seeing many “horror stories” of collapsing houses from termites we were obviously worried. So today we paid handsomely for a full check over of the house, and the good news is not a termite in sight. The pergola post was some normal wood rot with some small ants thrown in. Phew x 1.

Relief No 2. My new supervisor checked in at work today (for those who are catching up, I recently got a promotion and have been waiting since June for my replacement to start). She is really lovely, and seems like she is really competent too. So, with a little bit of handover I think I will be able to shift back to just doing one job now. Phew x2.

A really windy ride tonight. I seriously nearly got blown off a couple of times tonight, but I shouldn’t complain at least I got out on the bike and it wasn’t raining. So, just over 23km at just under 24 km/hr – a bit slower than normal, but riding into those headwinds is pretty tough, and you have to slow down with those cross-winds too !

Failed Day 2 of Week 5 of the One Hundred Push-Ups Challenge tonight. It required 17 / 17 / 16 / 16 / 14 / 14 / 12 / max (at least 35), with 45 second breaks between sets. I managed the first 7 sets okay, but could only push out 21 in the last “max” set. I may have been pushing it doing it two nights in a row I guess. Anyway, looks like “Day 2″ will also get repeated a few times.

Louise sent me some information about the Street Orienteering she does. Look here. It looks seriously interesting (and fun) to me. I think I might give it a try when the nights start to get a bit lighter later in the year. What do you reckon – anyone else interested?

Monthly Summary

The month of July was a pretty slack one exercise wise. Work committments, including some travel and bad weather limited opportunities somewhat, and some knee niggles early in the month kept me off the running track. That said though, a fair few k’s on the bike and I did manage to keep the weight in check despite the lack of running. Still no value being obtained from the gym membership, and I didn’t get to the pool once for the month either. The push-ups challenge four days a week, and a couple of workouts at home were the only strength training for the month.

Running: 38 km @ 5:09 min/km (YTD 560 km @ 5:11 min/km)
Cycling: 338 km @ 26.1 km/hr (YTD 1890 km @ 26.4 km/hr)