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July Review

The July review, on to the second half of the year and second half of winter.

Another running summary in list form:

• The first week rained every day so I never got a good chance to try my new Puma race shoes before Gold Coast
• Avoided a third week of adductor pain relapse before Gold Coast
• Gold Coast half marathon finished just over 79 minutes
• A small miss of my goal time, slowed a bit in the second half
• The full details are in the Gold Coast report
• My legs were tired for a week after the half marathon, perhaps because of the different race shoes
• Lewis Reserve parkrun got straight back under 18 minutes though, after a very easy week
• Two weeks in Japan included two parkruns over 35 degrees, with identical times of 19:28
• Only averaged about 10 kilometres per day due to the weather and walking all day, but still at the usual speed
• My next goal is to recover fitness and feel like I'm running well again

In the money section my shares went up a little during my holiday, which never usually happens. There may be another downturn on the way with the next USA tariffs coming soon.

For other expenses I bought a new backpack and shorts before my holiday, then all of the daily spending while travelling for just over two weeks. Overall I spent about $1250 which included:

• Food
• Gifts
• Running clothes purchases
• Magnets
• Train travel excluding shinkansen
• Video games merchandise purchases

The things that weren't included in that total were:

• Flights
• Hotels
• Tickets
• Train travel with shinkansen

Another quiet month for sports, watching back the Gold Coast half marathon after participating was the highlight.

Now for the to do list:

• Report
• Gold Coast report
• Japan report - will take some time but made detailed notes already
• Running
• Auckland I think is definitely out due to lack of other activities
• Singapore is only a slight chance due to post holiday enthusiasm
• It would probably involve an additional trip to Hanoi or Siem Reap
• Have to decide very soon
• Summer Holiday
• Otherwise just the few days in Brisbane so far

Somehow still going with work without doing too much. The new mandate is going to be two days at head office and one at the client, I'd prefer the other way around. Hopefully I can find a good routine at head office with regards to things like computer peripherals, hot desking, locker storage (if there is any), running routine.

Now that my holiday is over I can try to resume where I was up to for this annoying Java exam.

That's it for this month.

• Books
• None
• Movies
• None - missed out watching 28 Years Later due to last minute trip planning
• Music
• None - and no summer tours coming up so far
• TV
• Squid Game season 3
• A bit up and down, and predictable, but overall good enough
• Again hated the secondary characters and their behaviour
• 6 out of 10
• Video Games
• PC
• Papers Please - bought cheap on Steam
• Xbox One
• Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
• Finally beat the main story without realising, as there was no ending and just an achievement
• Now to hurry through some remaining achievements that aren't broken