Training Log Archive: blairtrewin

Monday morning Pilates session. Still getting the hang of the new program and didn't feel quite as good as last week. The instructor survived her half Ironman in Geelong the weekend before last.

There are a lot of things I like about March, but being barely light at 7am is not one of them.

C • Barely light at 7am 4

With a stack of February and summer climate summaries to get out as early as possible today (certainly wasn't lacking in material for the extreme events section of the ACT summer one), I thought it best to save my swimming for the evening. Going OK for most of it but drifted out of it later on and seemed to be flailing around a bit (even by my standards) in the last couple of laps.

One of my afternoon engagements was to accompany our state manager to a meeting with the MP for Gippsland East to discuss concerns he (or his constituents) had with gaps in rainfall observations. I learned some time ago that a good way to win brownie points with any MP (especially regional ones) is to express an interest in their electorate, so my weekend activities came in useful (especially as it turns out he grew up in Metung). Also learned a few things, such as that the irrigated river flats I went past on the way from Bairnsdale to the Mitchell River NP produce 60% of Australia's lettuces.