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I tried to keep busy, I cycled to Sale which isn’t really far – Jo from the house who works for the Job Centre was at a Jobs Fair there… I went along to say hi to Jo primarily, I did have a quick look around but jobs wise it was pretty rubbish. Jo had mentioned to one of her work’s colleagues about my ‘thighs of steel’ who asked specifically, so I duly obliged and she was suitably impressed. Apparently now the talk of the water dispenser…

Whilst I was in Sale I had a quick wander as I used to be there most lunchtime when I worked at Lex, I doesn’t look too much different but suffers as always from having easy access on the trams to the City Centre.

I brought some spot pads whilst I was there – I can’t use them properly yet but have been meaning to pick some up for a while, I’ve after all got mitts, boxing wraps and a punch bag. Maybe it made me feel better to buy something in such a fashion. Funny, I also brought a lotto ticket – the first time in quite a while, I suspect the rationale is linked.

I didn’t hang about too long in Sale and shot home, and the on to the gym. There wasn’t much I could do there but the cycling there I considered some additional exercise. I had previously in the week used one of those machines like a cross-trainer but without the arms, some sort of skiing thing due to the low impact nature of it. When using it though, my feet get numb and I get pins and needles after about half an hour, and earlier in the week I’d pushed on for a full hour on it and my Achilles on my injured leg was a touch sore after. The soreness hadn’t really gone and when I got to the gym I went to an empty hall, stuck AC/DC on the sound system and skipped for about forty minutes, I was hoping to do an hour, but my Achilles really started to be painful so I had to stop, now it was hurting during the cycle home to the extent that I had to stop on the way to buy some painkillers.

Handily I had a session with my Physio – Marek Holowenko – Nice chap, i haven't the heart to tell him I'm an athiest though – apart from hammering my shoulder area, he had a quick look at my heel and there was some damage there, I’ve got to stretch off and rub tiger balm into it… and rest :-(

Social touch rugby still continues on Thursdays but I’d find it too frustrating to watch, I had popped to the nearest pub afterwards on a regular basis with the others even whe injured but it’s too far to walk, but I met two from touch Toby, and Jason afterwards around the corner in Chorlton ‘The Bar’ for a swift pint. The Bar is owned by Marble – a micro organic brewery but they also have guest ales and has a reasonable crowd, so if I do have a regular then that’s it. Anyhow The Cat (Jason) was lending me a drill and also had my book which he’d ordered on my behalf – ‘Freedom Next Time: John Pilger’, I’m currently reading ‘The New Rulers Of The World’ by him too, I suggest you check it out.

# posted by Owzyo (Cordero) : 7/05/2007 11:59:00 PM