October Review

A bit late again due to holiday.

Nothing for miscellaneous so straight into running.

• KM Reedy Reserve parkrun 19:30 with lots of leg issues carried over from last month
• Second and final half marathon training session was not ideal
• Dandenong Creek trail closed for a fun run
• Sore hamstring
• Strong winds
• 4:10/km average with a few hills
• Dorset Recreation Reserve parkrun 22:30 jogging before the half marathon
• Melbourne half marathon
• Had to drive in to the city due to trains not operating
• Jog through the city to the start for warmup
• Goal was revised to about 80 minutes
• Started working hard at 8km and leg was a bit sore at 12km, but managed to recover
• Due to a bit of extra watch distance only had 60 seconds to make it around the MCG lap
• Came in with about 10 seconds to spare
• Both quads were sore for a whole week
• Marriott Waters parkrun 18:00 legs almost back to normal after six days
• Berwick Waters parkrun 18:15 a bit slower before another half marathon training session
• One more half marathon training session at about 4:15/km to discover any problems
• Still restricted to jogging the rest of the weeks
• Purchased a cheap pair of Asics Novablast 5 for $115 for daily running

I had a surprisingly good month from my shares with almost every company going well, except for a big drop starting to accelerate at the end of month. Still lots of major expenses keep coming up so I'm not saving much money.

• Tax quarterly payment $1750
• Tax return $1250 - next month
• Car insurance $1100 - next month

Not a lot happening in sports, and I'm already running a few weeks behind in NFL highlights.

The to do list has been a bit quiet as I was preparing for my short New Zealand holiday.

• Holidays
• New Zealand remaining bookings and payments

I've been quite busy with work things for once. I finally scheduled the Java 17 exam and just barely passed. In addition to work I've had to spend lots of time on my end of year review, which is finally over now, and attended a conference.

That's it for this month.

• Books
• None
• Movies
• Black Phone 2
• Had a few good horror moments but otherwise too slow
• Strange direction for the second movie, was just like A Nightmare On Elm Street
• 6 out of 10
• Music
• None
• TV
• None - many in progress
• Video Games
• Nintendo Switch
• Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 purchased
• I own both on Wii already but haven't played the second
• Xbox One
• Call Of Duty - Black Ops Cold War
• Got one more level done after finishing exam and holiday tasks