Marathons and Origami

Another packed week this week and great success all round! As mentioned, the weekly task was to learn some origami. I think the exact word I used was 'exquisite'. You can judge for yourself as to whether my work can be regarded as exquisite but, as I have highlighted before, my baseline artistic skill is hovering around primary school level at best. Once again I draw your attention to my drawing of a horse, which I might post on the blog one of these days, and so the following should be viewed with this in mind.

Obviously they are self explanatory so I don't need to label them, such is their quality.

As I mentioned, it has been packed and I have been working last minute on the wards but that wasn't enough to keep me away from the local karaoke evening which I thought was worth a mention. However, the highlight and indeed a major personal achievement that I am genuinely proud of (not to imply that my paper creations are anything other than life changing) was the half marathon.

The event had been jeopardised by the snow and on a personal note by the failings of my right knee but thankfully it behaved itself until around a mile and a half to go. By then there was no way I was stopping so I let the adrenaline carry me over in 1 hour and 57, which is better than what I was aiming for. Literally everyone I know that also ran (2 people) were significantly faster than this but it was satisfying either way. Aside from the race itself, one of the most challenging aspects was fitting the race number on the front of my shirt with safety pins. Seriously, it is well hard. I mean it took me ages.

So here are a couple of pictures just to prove that I did indeed run and am not fabricating any of this.

Anyway, as I contemplate what it means to have legs that have simply not worked since the race, I look forward to next week, which will bring an exploration of basic car mechanics. I'm hoping will increase my manliness tenfold.

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