26 Feb - 4 Mar: Looking forward to skiing with Stoker

Thu - Great start to the day: checked in online, lovely weather, pool heaters were on so swim was delightful and very relaxing.  Weather makes a difference, must be the genetic ancestral memories of african savannas, with bright blue sky, clear air, light breeze and warm sun uplifting the spirits.  Blues evening at Duilmun club tonight (on table with some manama singers) then off to airport.
Wed -  Evening spin class was full, so went to the 8:30 one.  I was the only bloke with the girls.  It was Ole's last class as he has got a promotion to the Ritz in Abu Dhabi, but he didn't let up.  Showered and changed at Ritz and into work by 9:55 feeling great.  Lovely clear fresh weather with warm sun, shame it doesn't stay like this all summer.
Tue - Back to bright warm weather.  Swam the whole of Mozart's Requiem again, just over an hour, before work. Choir in evening, more Requiem!
Mon - Leaving the training a bit late for skiing, but signed up for the circuits class in the morning before work.  Nice to exercise different bits.  Overcast and grey with some spotted rain.  Spin/abs in the evening with Whalid, it was tough..
Sun - Public holiday for Prophet's (PBUH) Birthday.  Weather coolish in morning, left at 7am cycled to Ritz for Sea's Pilates class (1 hour) which was like slow abs exercises but it made me sweat, then cycled back with the wind behind me.  39km in total cycling.
Had to stay in all afternoon while workmen fixed the bath that a visitor broke the bottom.  They glass fibred it then sprayed with white acrylic and it looks better than new!  Villa smells like a glue sniffer's paradise though.
Sat - Swam the whole of Mozart's Requiem!  Decided I was bored with failing to count laps, so dug out my rarely used waterproof iPod case and headphones and listen to Requiem which is over an hours worth of swimming, must be over 2km.  Could have carried on, I can't be swimming hard enough. Read 'One Day' by David Nicholls, characters weren't believable to me.  Strong NE breeze, haze and weak sun.  Decided to go for a walk to Al Jasra "Harbour and Beach" 7.4km in 1hr 24mins.

Fri - Up early, packed for a long ride and left at 6am.  Riffa fort, Awali (where I saw Seana going to Budiya for a ride), Zallaq, end of the beach road till the signs got too threatening about PRIVATE, up to Banyan Tree, Al Areen, F1, new road past Sakhir air base when it got very headwindy and blown sand/dust (this road without wind would be good for a 10 mile time trial).  Was making slow pogress at 10-15kph.  So decided that was enough, turned around and with wind behind me flew home via Hamad Town, often hitting 40kph.  110km.  Washed down bike, fry up for breakfast, feeling good and relaxed.
Decided just to lie down for "a little rest" and crashed out for 4 hours, waking after sundown.
Staff party tonight at Sheraton.  Turned out as expected, remind me never to have an Iranian singer at a party, it was only marginally better than the music at the Bahrain/NZ foorball match.  Back home at 10:45 "and so to bed".