Tue - Up early (5:00 yawn, no time for swimming) to go on day business trip to Dubai, then choir on way back from airport. G&S coming over from Riyadh.
Mon - 60 lengths this morning. It all seems too easy. I am obviously not trying hard enough. Broke a filling, so off to the dentist this afternoon, then if feeling OK I have booked for spin/abs tonight. Did feel OK, hard intense class with Walid.
Sun - Still feeling good in the morning, but legs a little 'heavy'. 50 lengths, mixture of breaststroke, crawl and arms only. The Stoker and Stalker had a girls night out at the O2 arena.
Sat - Amazingly I was not aching at all this morning. Woken up by some workman chipping away at something by the side of the house at 6:30, but dozed till 9:30. Hot sunny day. 50 gentle stretching lengths in afternoon, and spin/abs in evening which I took easily though still sweated. Watched Hurt Locker on DVD, tense film but episodic and not much of a storyline.
Fri - ' Tour du Bahrain'. My first 100 miles. As I was feeling antsi, decided to burn off frustrations by cycling round Bahrain. Left at 6:20, Budiaya, Amwaj, Sitra, down to Dhurat where I met up with Les who kept me company for a while . Tree of Life, over to walk up track to Banyan Tree, down to Al Areen, along to Camel roundabout, then home. 177km in 7:37hours and I allegedly burned over 7,000 cal. Felt fine up to about 125km, then slowed down across desert to get to160km - the century miles!, and feeling tired back fairly slowly. Every two hours stopped for stretch, water and dates. Wind was kind and light from the west, Shower, stretch and bacon and eggs when got back.Extra Mozart rehearsal 5-7, then I went to see The Book of Eli at Saar Cinema. Not original - a mixture of Mad Max, David Carradine Kung Fu and Clint Eastwood Man with No Name, and the revelation at the end was not believable - but heh, the whole film isn't supposed to be believable!
A full, long and satisfying day.