A bit behind schedule and a lot of running notes to get through this month.
Starting with miscellaneous and city protesting has started getting out of hand. On one weekend there was four protest groups on Saturday and two more on Sunday. Despite the mostly good intentions the line has blurred between right to protest and shutting down the main city streets each weekend.
Starting with running with dot points again:
- Three parkrun volunteers for the month - still a bit behind my target of 50 out of 500
- Lots of new parkruns in Victoria have opened over the past year that I haven't visited yet
- Berwick Waters parkrun 18 minutes after battling a sore upper left leg for a week
- Marriott Waters parkrun close to 17:30 was the first really good run in months
- My left leg still wasn't good after a whole week of jogging
- Then I also developed a tight back from some nerve irritation
- Run Prix 10km race
- My first race in nearly three months
- Under 36:30 was good while still battling a sore back and leg
- Dorset parkrun 19:30 easy effort
- My lower left leg kept collapsing during the five kilometre warmup jogging
- It seems likely to be related to the nerve problems with my lower back, very scary
- Finally got a chance to do my first (and maybe last) Sunday half marathon training session
- Averaged 4:00/km but my hamstring was sore again when I tried to speed up later
- Been getting lots of emails about running events for next year already
- New Geelong marathon festival in September
- New Hervey Bay marathon festival in June - but very expensive domestic flights
- Shopping
- Another pair of Puma Magnify Nitro 2 for just $70
- Cheap running sunglasses for $50 - but had heaps of reflection from the inside lens
- Nike running sunglasses for $150 - smaller fit than my Smith pair but otherwise not bad
- Nike Alphafly 3 discounted - another option for half marathons if Asics are uncomfortable
The summary of running is I've been battling a variety of injuries with only one week until Melbourne half marathon now, so I don't have a lot of confidence in being able to run at maximum effort.
In money events the shares have had a surprising run of small gains without a major collapse, even with a US government shutdown. It's a remarkable recovery from where things were at after February. It feels like I'm just slowly inching towards having enough money to consider a house purchase.
Some more large bills popped up, with another $3000 due to the tax office next month:
- Car GPS replacement $250
- Home insurance $400
- Sports apparel $750 as above
- AFL grand final
- Won a ticket in the ballot for a second year in a row
- It was a better match until the last quarter when Geelong fell behind
- NFL
- Weekly highlights have started again but I'm about two weeks behind
- NPL Victoria women's final
- Attended the grand final match at Bundoora
- This time my inherited team due to proximity - Box Hill - managed to win
- Holidays
- Still got a month to organise a quick trip to New Zealand
- Have to work out plans for 2026 around my running schedule
- House
- May need to arrange for an expensive new air-conditioner to be installed before summer
- Running 2026 plans
- Have to start mapping out a plan already, but much similar to previous years
- Gold Coast registration opens in early December
- Books
- None
- Movies
- None
- Music
- None
- Tool and Wolf Alice attending summer festivals but no side shows
- TV
- 007 Road To A Million season 1
- Too easy to progress, just had to navigate to a destination then choose from three answers
- At least the last episode became a bit more difficult
- A second season just launched, which is hopefully better
- 5 out of 10
- Video Games
- Xbox One
- Call Of Duty - Black Ops Cold War
- Took forever to install but worked with no problems
- Only played the first level so far
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