Hubby has a leg injury. Pes something or other. It means he has a cankle - a calf combined with an ankle due to oedema and swelling. Major bummer because it means he has to pull out of his 100 mile run. Not to worry, there’s another 100 miler before the end of the year and it might be an option for him if he recovers well.

Sorry as I am that he’s injured, it means I can hog all the running time I want. No need to “discuss” who is running when. After last weekend when I didn’t run at all, I did a 10k on Monday and an 8.5k this morning. Tomorrow night is running club, and then on the weekend, I will probably hook up with Moreton Bay Road Runners, now it’s getting a bit warmer in the morning. Alternatively, Narangba Runners are heading along the Deception Bay foreshore which is nice, but they only go around 12k, and I think I should probably do 15 or so.

Hubby suggested that since he wasn’t running at Glasshouse, I should do the 30k, and I think that’s a good idea. His leg is recovering well enough so that he can more than likely do that distance with me, so I’ve suggested he enter too. The kidlets will still have their sleepover, but we’ll change the dogs’ kennel booking to the weekend after, so we can go to Toowoomba and I’ll do the Ridge to Ridge half marathon. I must admit, sometimes I feel like I don’t do enough because I don’t come back from a run totally spent, but I like it that way. Maybe a 30k trail run followed by a half marathon will tire me out a tad.

We were walking the dogs last weekend up near the IGA, and a couple asked us if we’d seen their lost labrador. After chatting with them a bit, it turns out it was their dog we found hit by the side of the road the other Thursday after club. I guess it’s good that they knew what had happened to her and she wasn’t suffering, but still very sad.

I took Miss 8 to her highland dancing competition last Sunday, instead of going to the Noosa half marathon. It was a nice morning and in spite of his total boredom, Master 6 was very well behaved. Miss 8 came home with one fifth, two fourths, and a second, for overall third in her category. So, four medals and a trophy, she was rapt. I videotaped her dancing and when I figure out what to do with it, I’ll stick it on here for all to see.

I have discovered cleanskin wine - inexpensive bottles from wineries with a generic label on them. I’ve partaken of a nice Shiraz this evening, and there’s a chardonnay chilling in the fridge. I read somewhere that it’s better to drink less frequently and higher quality, but there’s naught wrong with a cleanskin.

It’s been an awfully busy week, socially. Kidlets have had lots of activities, and I’m looking forward to the weekend to have a rest. I’m not working, so it’ll just be pottering around the house and tidying up. We may take the four dogs to Somerset Trail; the whippets are quite fit and it’d be good to start them on trail walking.

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