Monday, February 13, 2006
Slide night
A big week since my last update (including an enormous 5km of running), with plenty of multi-media support.
On the running front, the biggest news of the week was that I actually ran today. Only 5km, but knocked it over in a comfortable 22 minutes, and felt pretty comfortable. Which I would want to, as I've only had 2 weeks off, and haven't actually injured any part of my legs. What was encouraging was the complete lack of notice my wrist took of the whole thing - no pain, no swelling, no inclination that it is being held together with a piece of metal. Apart from the wrist brace's propensity for absorbing sweat and re-emitting it in a smellier form later, there should be no issues with jumping back into a proper training program, albeit highly different from the one I was on prior to breaking the wrist. No upper-body weights till May, no field events till July. Will talk about my new program tomorrow.
With regards to the wrist itself, the stiches came out on Friday, and the surgeon indicated that everything is going to plan. However, mobility in the wrist itself is very limited (as low as 10% in some planes), so I have started some (painful) exercises to fix this. I have a nice workers comp. brace that I am wearing most of the time, and a lovely scar to show off at the next CoolRunning drinks.
As I have been unable to shave for the past 2 weeks, I had the luxury of getting a barbershop shave today - cut throat razor, hot towels, shaving brush - the whole shebang. A lot less painful than a bikini wax I would imagine, and more people can admire the end result. Consequently, I no longer look like the cover of an early Bruce Springsteen album.
Enough about my bionic arm. A few other changes are taking place at the moment:
Once the running picks up, the blog will return to its more mundane format soon.
On the running front, the biggest news of the week was that I actually ran today. Only 5km, but knocked it over in a comfortable 22 minutes, and felt pretty comfortable. Which I would want to, as I've only had 2 weeks off, and haven't actually injured any part of my legs. What was encouraging was the complete lack of notice my wrist took of the whole thing - no pain, no swelling, no inclination that it is being held together with a piece of metal. Apart from the wrist brace's propensity for absorbing sweat and re-emitting it in a smellier form later, there should be no issues with jumping back into a proper training program, albeit highly different from the one I was on prior to breaking the wrist. No upper-body weights till May, no field events till July. Will talk about my new program tomorrow.
With regards to the wrist itself, the stiches came out on Friday, and the surgeon indicated that everything is going to plan. However, mobility in the wrist itself is very limited (as low as 10% in some planes), so I have started some (painful) exercises to fix this. I have a nice workers comp. brace that I am wearing most of the time, and a lovely scar to show off at the next CoolRunning drinks.
As I have been unable to shave for the past 2 weeks, I had the luxury of getting a barbershop shave today - cut throat razor, hot towels, shaving brush - the whole shebang. A lot less painful than a bikini wax I would imagine, and more people can admire the end result. Consequently, I no longer look like the cover of an early Bruce Springsteen album.
Enough about my bionic arm. A few other changes are taking place at the moment:
- our house officially went on the market on Saturday, so hopefully we will join the ranks of the homeless shortly. If you've ever wondered what Sparkie's house looks like, here is your chance to find out
- my faithful Alfa Romeo 164 died last week, and had its file marked "do not resusitate", so it will be sold off for parts. As I rarely drove it anywhere, apart from Mona Vale, it's an ongoing expense I won't really miss, but it was a great car to drive.
- deciding that I had too many extra minutes in my day, I re-enrolled in two of my last three uni subjects today, which should mean I finish this year. "Stellar Astrophysics" and "Astrobiology" - I'll be beating the chicks off with a stick!
- just landed a big new project from my main client, which will allow me to work from home (wherever that may be) for at least the next 6 months. My new assistant is working out well, although sometimes there are some pressing matters to deal with.
- and for no reason, some more photos of my beautiful son:
Once the running picks up, the blog will return to its more mundane format soon.
