December Review

Last monthly review, that's it for another year already.

Straight in to running, had the Singapore half marathon to begin the month. I covered this in detail in the Singapore report linked below, so won't go over it again. Had a few parkruns after returning, including an extra for Christmas day. All were around about 18 minutes, so good enough after returning from ten days without a normal running routine. Only one new event in Shepparton since I didn't want to do hours of driving, particularly with a sore left hamstring that's been hanging around for months.

Starting to think about running in 2025 so I did a search for any good races in Asia, Europe or USA during August or September but didn't find a lot of major events.

Nothing out of the ordinary for shares, I've probably put 80% of savings in the bank this year for a possible house deposit, and only 20% in shares. The Australia market was up about 10% for the year, but I doubt mine increased by that much. I'll cover that and other things in a yearly review. Otherwise I think I have another bill season coming up - car registration, council rates, Gold Coast holiday, other running races, and quarterly tax bill.

After missing two or three weeks of NFL highlights while on holiday I'm still just catching up now. The premier league only had one extra mid week round so that was easier to follow. I think the official name of the athletics event this month was On Track Nights Melbourne, which included the men's and women's 10 kilometre race. It was on the same night as The Killers so I couldn't watch live, but the stream coverage was good.

The to do list will also need some bigger 2025 goals.

• Holiday report
• Got some good half marathon photos using the selfie search - surprisingly accurate
• The Singapore and Vietnam 2024 report is done
• Running
• Got a rough plan mapped out except for a mid year international holiday
• January - Rosebud Australia Day 10km
• Paid
• February - Carman's Fun Run 10km
• Paid
• April - Run For The Kids 14km
• Paid
• Preferred start
• April - Ballarat 10km or 21km
• Distance to be determined
• June - Brisbane 10km
• Other option is Launceston
•  July - Gold Coast half marathon
• Registered from Singapore
• Paid
• Flight paid
• Hotel paid
• August - Sunshine Coast half marathon
• To be determined if too close to mid year holiday
• September - Adelaide City Bay or Melbourne Run Prix
• Depends on mid year holiday dates
• October - Melbourne half marathon
• Paid
• November - Auckland half marathon or Queenstown half marathon
• Depends on mid year holiday
• December - Singapore half marathon
• Depends on mid year holiday
• To be determined if I want to improve on last year

Didn't spend much time at work with the holidays and office shut down over Christmas and New Year. Due to being on holiday I didn't have time to do the Advent Of Code this year.

That's it for this month.

• Books
• None
• Movies
• None
• Music
• The Killers
• Always a good show
• A few different songs like Sam's Town would be good
• 8 out of 10
• TV
• None
• Video Games
• Xbox One
• Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
• Still going but haven't played much