January Review

Time to kick off another year.

The lockdown / lockout notes might be due for retirement finally.

• Debate over free rapid test kits
• Unlimited money for expensive PCR tests but not for rapid tests apparently
• Every state predicting when their peak will occur
• We're almost at the peak
• We believe we've reached the peak
• More hospital capacity problems
• 750 people from a population of 6.5 million seems to be our limit
• Daily numbers starting to go down, however with significantly lower tests
• A few cases in WA but no major outbreak yet

A standard start to running for another year, a bit of a battle with general leg soreness but good enough for one training session and a parkrun each week. Added another five different events with PB to the collection - Hastings Foreshore (new year's day), Maribyrnong, Pakenham, Westerfolds, Mernda. The best times were either Pakenham 18:03 with a slightly short course or Westerfolds 18:21 with one big hill.

Got another two pairs of shoes for the collection - Nike ZoomX Invincible Run and Nike Pegasus 38 - many others are due for retirement soon so finally get to wear something new.

The shares were on a good run so the inevitable crash came in the middle of the month - losing about 15% in two weeks.

A good mixture of sports still going through summer:

• Australian Open tennis
• Went to the day session on centre court for Australia Day
• Probably haven't been for about 25 years
• The middle women's match Swiatek vs. Kanepi dragged on too long
• Wearing a mask all day in the heat wasn't the best
• Ash Barty winning the women's single was the highlight
• BBL
• The season started well but ended with another Sydney Sixers vs. Perth final
• NFL playoffs
• A classic divisional round with 3 game winning field goals and an overtime
• A very average conference round to follow
• I'll probably be hoping for a Cincinnati Bengals win in the superbowl

The to do list is still a bit empty, in part due to forgetfulness.

• Holiday
• Booking for Gold Coast in July for half marathon
• International still seems unlikely
• Running calendar
• Nothing coming up in January or February
• Geelong 10km in March
• Haven't decided on April, May, or June yet
• Two events I already paid for last year
• Gold Coast half marathon in early July
• Run Melbourne 10km in late July
• Yearly review / preview
• Forgot to make a start - not much to be excited about

Back to the usual at work, got enough to keep busy and still working from home.

That's it for this month.

• Books
• None
• Movies 
• None
• Music
• None
• TV
• Dexter New Blood
• I didn't like all the characters, but a better conclusion this time
• 6 out of 10
• The Walking Dead World Beyond - Season 2
• Such an uneventful show that was planned ahead to be two seasons
• Wasted the first season travelling across country to a HQ
• Wasted the second season trying to leave the HQ
• 2 out of 10
• Video Games
• Nintendo Switch
• Metroid Dread
• Tried to enjoy it but had a few frustrations
• Too much forced travel back and forth between sections
• Some annoying boss fights - all the same perfect counter attacking required
• 7 out of 10
• Xbox One
• Call Of Duty - Modern Warfare
• Just resumed since the latest upgrades finally made the game playable