Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Another step forward, reaching the hour for the first time since the injury. Didn't always feel especially convincing but a steady accumulation of distance, and no real calf or back issues (I was a bit worried when a bit of calf soreness appeared last night after getting off the train from the football, of all places). A brilliantly clear morning - the clarity of the Australian summer sky is much more striking when you encounter it after returning from somewhere like China - but relatively cool, a reminder that this is probably going to be the last cool-weather run I get until heading to Canada (where there might be a bit too much of a good thing in that respect).

Most of my Christmas shopping involved books this year. One of the occupational hazards of this is coming across a large number of things that you want to buy yourself. (I resisted temptation other than to take notes for a post-Christmas return visit). Managed to avoid setting foot in any shopping mall (or, even more perilously, wheel in any of their car parks), which I was quite pleased about.