It says one thing: training on flat roads is not going to be enough.
Good reminder.
As an alternative to watching crap tv, I can currently spend a lot of time on You Tube.
I'm also spending a lot of time looking for my birth certificate - with the intention I'm going to need it to get a new passport as well as maybe Work and Income purposes. I still haven't found it, although I have found 3 pairs of boxing wraps and a range of other assorted random "stuff".
Today I sucked it up and went to Work and Income in the Hutt. It turns out you can't go in the office and talk to people, because the first step is you need to ring a 0800 number. The 0800 number starts off with voice recognition sequences before you get the real person. I now have a booking for next Monday to attend the screening seminar to check my eligibility, whether I really want to work, and whether I have an updated CV - I have to take my CV with me....oh well....
Today I received 2 rejection emails - that's how you get advised. I'm actually really surprised about one of the positions as it was a total match fit with my background. Apart from that its an approached necessity financially (as the need to consult the bank will be), I've decided going through the Work and Income process acts as some reverse psychology and griss to the mill. As it happens I was on the dole in 1994 for a few short months so I am already in the system. It is though weird being at the different operational end of things.
The other motivating factor (personal reasons aside) was I woke up to the fact that if I don't register
it doesn't provide a true reflection of the national numbers of people who are not working or unemployed.
Had a good work out in the Hutt today - 2 and a half hours at LM. I did an hour on the bike. Its actually quite helpful to do that now and again as it provides a way to measure the heart rate and actual RPM. Did and hour on the cross trainer and then a few leg weights. Then I walked over to Huia, and did a couple of hours in the pool - mix of swimming and aqua jogging. Then I began to feel a little dizzy so hopped in the spa. Given I'm "injured" from yesterday, I think that was a good effort all up. So over 4 hours today.
I saw a young looking fit woman have to leave the Hutt LM today in an ambulance. I think she had a really bad asthma attack or something like that. That was a first. Seeing someone leave the gym in an ambulance.
This is currently one of my favourite tunes: (think globally, act locally, stay out of bed: something like that!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUVqUz8m2PQ&feature=related
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