Still no running...

Well I had every intention of going for a run on Thursday evening, but my trip to the physio and the worsening state of my left quad/adductor area put paid to that...

No idea what is going on with it, but by the time I got to my physio appointment yesterday afternoon I was limping again. It feels like the nerve is being pinched in the soft tissue area just above my knee and the pain goes up into my quad when I put weight on it...

Rachel gave it massage, ultra-sound and heat and ordered a few more days rest as well as stretching and heatpacks and if it hasn't come right by Monday she wants me to have an x-ray to see if that shows anything up. I am feeling very antsy about not running, but she said to go ahead and do some walking and if feeling OK some easy running on the weekend. Might also have to get the bike out if it is fine...

On a more positive note, the photos from Kerikeri are finally up - there are two actions shots, where I'm looking rather pained, but then I wasn't exactly out for a walk in the park after all!!

Go to www.supersportimages.com click on Kerikeri Half and enter Bib 943.

Big social weekend coming up, including my work function on Saturday night. I intend to go out and thoroughly enjoy myself, I've been way too well behaved lately!!

Of course the big buzz around here is U2 being in town. They play at Mt Smart Stadium in Auckland tonight and tomorrow night. I'm not going, I declined a corporate ticket as part of a group of four, for several reasons best known to myself... but I'm sure it will be a great show.

Apart from that, local news is dominated by the $500m sports stadium the government want to build on Aucklands waterfront near the CBD, in time for the Rugby World Cup in 2011. Theres a huge fight over whether this venue should be allowed, if we have time to start building it from scratch, if we should be re-vamping one or two previous (much smaller) venues instead, etc, etc. There's no doubt Auckland needs this type of drawcard... at the same time our population can't really justify the size (75,000+) right now... but then in another 5yrs time it probably could... and on and on it goes! If I have to hear much more about it (which I will) I think I'll scream...

One thing in our news that is cool... the giant icebergs that have been floating just off the southern coast of the South Island for the past week. Reckon they broke away from Antartica about 7 yrs ago and have been floating about slowly melting ever since. Very cool, except now that tourists are wanting to land on them by helicopter, get married on them, etc... Typical.