Monday, January 14, 2019

December Review

This is the December review, a 2018 review should be coming soon.

A bit of a mixed result for running as various general soreness and minor injuries interrupted my last chance to achieve some goals for the year. Started off the month with the 10.5km race at Sri Chinmoy Cherry Lake. Had to take a few days off training to try and recover before the short holiday break.

During the holiday break did not get to do as much running as I had first planned, but did get to do Cobram parkrun, a lap of Mount Panorama, and Gungahlin parkrun, all included in the NSW Part II 2018 report. Had to take a conservative approach to the remainder of the year too, but added a first run at Braeside Park and another new parkrun at Newport Lakes.

Frog Hollow parkrun.

No biking.

The share market ended the year down something like 10% which was about consistent with my ongoing performance. A bit closer to break even with dividends I suppose.

It's still a busy time for sports. Went to another NBL game in Sydney. Plenty of BBL, NFL, and Premier League to watch, almost too much going on.

The to do list is short of new items right now:

  • Christmas holiday - just a short trip but spent a bit of time organising

Returning to work in 2019 with an extended contract until February. Hopefully afterwards I can get a good idea for yearly holiday and running plans.

That's it for this month and year!

  • Books
    • None
  • Movies
    • None - I'm sure I've missed some through the year
  • Music
    • The Grates
      • Felt like a sauna inside The Corner Hotel on a 38 degree day
      • 9 out of 10
  • TV
    •  Struggle Street season 2
      • An interesting look into the life of those less fortunate
      • 8 out of 10
    • Tagged season 1-3
      • Not bad for a small budget show, but dragged on after season 1
      • Didn't understand the motives of the people afterwards
      • 6 out of 10
  • Video Games
    • NES
      • Faxanadu
        • Revisited after watching someone play on a stream
        • Wasn't too difficult, didn't require must save state either
    • Xbox 360
      • FF XIII - Lightning Returns
        • Only played for an hour but doesn't look very good so far
      • Grid 2
        • Change to easy difficulty just to get through the game, still really hard!
    • Xbox One
      • Forza Horizon 4
        • Bought the game, not sure which order to play these Forza games in

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