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I'm giving myself a massive pat on the back as I have completed Week 5 Day 3 of the Couch to 5km program. I started Week 5 on Monday but felt very bleah so didn't run... (not a good start) but made up for it by getting up early on Tuesday morning and doing my 5 minute/3 minute intervals. That was a really good run. Then on Wednesday evening I did my 8 minute/5 minute intervals which was a killer. Those 8 minutes could not finish fast enough. I can definitely say I was very very apprehensive about the 20 minute break through run... but this morning (Friday morning) I did it! I walked Batman (dog) when I first got up and then when I got back I started on the treadmill. Did my 5 minute warm up at 6.5kph then decided to back off the running to 9.0kph (usually run at 9.2kph and walk at 6.5kph). And I did it. With my trusty Sandisk clip MP3 player and the darkness of the morning I jogged for the 20 minutes straight! AND I felt like I could keep going for another 10 minutes...

Very happy that I have managed to complete week 4 Week 5 is the real test of my boredom level there is a 20 min run in there! - Posted using BlogPress

I was doing a Domain.com.au search using the iPhone app using my last search criteria which happened to be padstow house or land under $500k and this is what I saw: I was saying to Will that i don't think I could live in a street named Uranus and then I saw what else was on my screen! - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

One of the only fun applications I have is the Magic 8 ball (FortuneBall) application. The accuracy is somewhat questionable so here I will list some questions and the answer as predicted by the FortuneBall app. Names have been somewhat hidden to protect the not so innocent: Will the EEP meet and "get" her dream guy in 2010? Signs point to yes Will "Be your own hero" Treehugger meet and "get" her dream guy in 2010? My sources say no Will G&J fall pregnant in 2010? Yes Will Will and Von finish painting, oiling and floorboards by March 2010? Better not tell you now Will we finish the house and be able to relax at Howes Valley by April 2010? It is certain Will Yvonne get to her goal weight by April 2010? Outlook good

On Monday 2nd November 2009, I got my usual feed of newly listed dogs from Petrescue . A dog called Batman - a cross Miniature Schnauzer and caviler was listed... and he was very cute! So I called up and arranged to meet him that evening. Needless to say we brought him home (a little unprepared) that night! He's now a family member and has met some of the extended family after a car trip to Padstow Heights and to Wattle Grove. Photo of him here:

I participated in the 2009 NOSH Footrace. But only as a walker. It was 15kms of muddy trails and rocks to scramble over. There were sections which were technically more difficult than any of the Oxfam trail but I think that was due to the extra water on the trail. There was a section where Julie had to sacrifice her (at the time) dry left food and I had managed to sink into a very deep mud hole. Julie and I managed to finish in just under 3 hours. Even if the last 1km was a lot longer than any 1km I had walked before! Nikki somehow managed to run the 15kms in a very respectable time. Photo is of my very muddy trailwalker shoes!

On Friday 29 May 2009, 11 of us trailwalkers: Team Eat Drink Walk Sleep (Yvonne, Will, Avelyn, Nathan) Two Peas Pursue a Spud (Pauline, Paul, Sue, Spuddy) Flying Mozzie Hidden Leech (Moz, Brett, Evelyn) braved the rainy weather and met up at the car park in Apple Tree Bay . After a brief discussion in the rain it was decided that we would go ahead and walk from CP2 (Berowra) to CP3 (Apple Tree Bay) with a 'safety' car in Mt Kuring-gai (just after the dreadful long driveway). Headtorches on we headed off through the streets of Berowra towards the trail. With a few stops to stretch, count off and just to work out where the trail was, the group managed to be injury free and finish the walk in 4 hours and 14 minutes. Not too bad for limited vision on the trail and a wrong turn by half of the group. We worked out the walkie talkies don't work too good in this terrain! Headtorches: give a surprising amount of light. But probably not enough if it was an individual person but t...