Monday 28^th March– 1.5 hrs of yoga level 2 – Hand stands, head stands, lots of twists.  It is hard work, but I am getting there!

Tuesday – a work and kid day again, with gymnastics for the girls, so an opportunity to run with the boy on his bike.  My goodness, it felt like I was running through treacle today!  My legs were slow and heavy, and it didn’t improve until about the 8 km mark.  I started very slow (well, it felt very slow, but was not too bad), averaging 9.9 km/hr, but was pleased to see it improved by the end of the run, to average 10.3 km/ hr, 5.57 mins / km, 12.0 km in 1 hr 11.  I do not enjoy the afternoon runs, so I will keep battling away with them.  I figure it is good mental training, which I will need on my long runs as I go along.

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Wednesday - no specific exercise.  But my knee doesn't hurt as much anymore, and I am not taking any anti inflammatories or panadol anymore.  Just fish oil and glucosamine each day.  The site went live today, and I am spreading the word!!!  Very exciting.

I did see another web page I liked.  It talks about chronic pain and management of that in pain clinics, which I am interested in professionally, but I like a lot of what he talks about here, about expectations and the need to work out what you can do, not just what you can do comfortably.  Food for thought.

http://healthskills.wordpress.com/2011/03/30/what-do-people-expect-when-they-get-referred-to-a-pain-management-centre/

Thursday - there is a pattern here.  No specific exercise. 

Friday - my business cards arrived!!  They look pretty sharp, designed by Charlie (again) and printed by Kwik Kopy Norwood at short notice.  Great job, team!!  Better than ahving me scribble down the web address on the back of a normal work business card.  Promotion has also started for the Morrison VIP night in a couple of weeks.  Looking forward to some new pants that fit there!  My old Morrison pants, my most flattering, most comfortable pants that I have had for 3 years and have had altered twice (lengthen the leg and then replace the zip) are back in to be taken in considerably.  They are so good though, they are worth it!  Can't wait to pick them up on Monday.

The Lululemon store opening party - 'Sweatacular Spectacular' is also on tonight, so I'll be down at James Pl for that from 7!

And no exercise.

Saturday – a very early start for the red eye flight to Melbourne for a conference.  After the full day conference, I hotfooted it to my hotel to freshen up before Ingrid picked me up for dinner at 5.30.  We spent 6 hours wandering around a couple of different neighbourhoods looking for somewhere, ending up in Southbank after going past endless full restaurants.  It was an awesome chance to catch up, and good to walk around after sitting all day.

Sunday – the end of daylight saving meant an extra hour sleep, so my 6:30 wake up was really 5:30 am new time.  Time for a run.  I did a loop around Royal Park, just over the road from my hotel, and past the house I lived in when I was 3!!  After my loop of Royal Park, I went across towards Carlton.  I knew I went to kindergarten at St Judes church on Lygon St, so I figured I’d see if that was still there.  I found it, and they still have a playgroup there, but not a full time kindy.  I saw the little tiny outdoor area that was our playground – I used to get extra outside playtime there because I was so poorly coordinated.  On my way back to the hotel, I started to wonder what Primary school I went to for 3 weeks before we headed to the UK – and I think I found it!  Errol St Primary School looks a bit familiar (from 1979!!!!) – all I remember of the place was playing chasey with some  kids in that first week, and trying to hurdle a bench seat.  Not surprisingly, I didn’t clear it, fell heavily and took the skin off my thigh.  The school secretary tried to cover it up with a scary cross hatched  pattern of bandaids that hurt so much when Mum tried to clean me up properly later!  So, my kindergarten of 1977 – 1979, my house and local playground and my first school.  Only place I didn’t see was the old swimming pool where I did swimming lessons – I remember that as an old Victorian  baths type building.

The run was 14 km, 1 hr 20, 5.52 mins per km.  Feeling good.   Well, a bit tight now.   I  have another full day of sitting ahead of me, then a late flight home tonight.  A big weekend, without much movement at all.  And no 10 km time trial.