Friday, June 24, 2011

Wish I was on Hamilton Island

Warming up here lately, a couple of 30+ degree days. I went for a run on Wedensday and found it really hard to cool down afterwards and had an uncomfortable sleep. The seasonal headaches have appeared to have stopped, which makes living a lot easier. I do have a bruised coccyx though, which makes it uncomfortable to sit down for long periods, which is exactly what I do every day. I don't know how I did it, and I hope it goes away. It might even be a consequence of my hips being so tight. I'm going to do X-Stretch tomorrow and really concentrate on doing every stretch the best as I can. I've got Chest, Back and Shoulders tonight.
Swans got pumped by Carlton, and we are going to get pumped by Collingwood this week, like every time we play them at ANZ stadium. Probably my least favourite fixture of the whole year. Ah well. We are doing okay.
For some reason I have become pretty motivated to study Japanese, though I'm finding it hard to come up with some kind of structure to my study. All I'm doing is working on my vocab and reading at the moment. It's just so hard to get those words to stay in my head.
Anyway, god luck to Fitzy and Naomi who are getting married this weekend at Hamilton Island. Have fun you guys!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Summer '11

So Round 6 Redux died a protracted death. I did about half of the workouts, but it was hard to get out and run in the rain, and I didn't bother with the stretching or yoga, which I probably should be doing more than the resistance workouts. So I started Round 6 Reloaded, which will see me through the Summer. I did a 5 km run on Sunday, and an Arms workout last night. Got a rest day today, then Chest, Shoulders & Back on Wednesday, another run on Thursday, abs workout Friday, and Yoga or stretching on Saturday. And repeat for 12 weeks. Should keep me in pretty good shape.
Other goals I want to achieve, nothing new - Cut down coffee and chocolate to 1 can 1 kitkat a day. Nothing to eat after 7 in the evening, except popcorn with a bit of butter or salt. More reading. More trips to the golf driving range. Less clutter in my life.
I'm reading Pet Sematary by Stephen King. I haven't read any Stephen King books except the first half of Dreamcatcher, which I liked and got the movie out. I like this one too, but I'll gladly put the book down and watch the movie, and then that'll be it. I might try one of his earlier novels next time, see what they're like. I find his work unsatisfying for some reason. Maybe his ideas are better than his writing, I dunno.
Swannies going great. The win against the Lions was a pleasure to watch, not the usual gut-wrenching experience that watching the Swans is. We've got Richmond next. Sweet.