Saturday 25 January.
It was quality work on my morning run today. I ran along the front to the end of town and down to my favourite tiled path for sprinting. I was nicely warmed up from my jog and the couple of hills so was able to get a good speed up straight away. I did 10 reps with easy jogs back to the start after each one. I timed my runs roughly and I was doing 24 and 25 seconds. When I finished I jogged easily along the dirt track beside the rocky coast. I ran further than before and came to a t-junction where I turned left hoping it would take me to the main road and I would run back that way. Unfortunately at the top of a climb that was rough underfoot it turn to the right and seemed to go starlight for a long way, not going anywhere near the road. I turned back the way I had come, my legs had now recovered from my sprint reps so I was able pick up my speed. It was another good run and my longest, 73:08 minutes, it must have been close to 12 km. I did my normal stretching beside the pool then up for breakfast that Moira had ready.
Moira was going to the post office to pick up the package with the camera battery charger after breakfast so I decided to go to the gym for the Power Pump class. We arranged when I would be back so that Moira could come down to open the gate. We walked out together and at the front she turned right to head up the hill to the PO while I went the other way to my hill climb to the gym. The gym didn't open until 10am on a Saturday and there was a queue waiting to get in when I got there. I had 5 minutes to wait for it opening and then it was straight up to the room upstairs for the class.
It was mostly women training but one man did arrive so I didn't feel out of place. I kept the weights light but I still found it hard especially the knee bends and lunges. Also there are lots of repetitions which eventually tire out the muscles and they get sore. Even with the pain I am determined not to be the one to stop so I force myself to keep going. It was quite a good workout but I was feeling very tired afterwards. I strolled down the hill and found at the bottom that I had only 4 minutes to get back for Moira opening the gate. I strode out briskly and arrived just at the same time as she did.
Moira had got the package with the charger. It was a different shape from the one that came with the camera and the two batteries looked bigger. I checked one of the batteries in the camera and it fitted and worked, I took a photo successfully. I put one of the original batteries in the charger and plugged it in, the light came on and it charge the battery in a couple of hours. Everything is OK and I now have 4 batteries for the camera.
After lunch we sat outside on the veranda but after about an hour I found it was too hot, I came inside. I was also feeling stiff and tired after all my training this morning, I had a shower and then felt much better. I did the prize crossword in the 'Telegraph' and submitted it. I had the radio playing through the Notebook. It seems to work a lot better through it and doesn't cut out as often.
Moira made a nice chicken curry for dinner followed by strawberries and iced cream. The TV was poor tonight so we watched some Christmas specials that I had recorded on the Freeview box. There was 'Call the Midwife', 'Miranda' and 'Strictly Come Dancing'.
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