Good Things Friday

Studley Parkrun

Saturday, I did another Parkrun. The Studley Parkrun is not the quickest Parkrun (it has a bottleneck near the start, then you cross this bridge which swings and sways with all the runners; all paths are uneven gravel, with tree roots and a switchback section but on a perfect, still, sunny, morning the setting is stunning. Although I really do hate that bridge it tends to set off my motion sickness! Afterwards, we walked across the bridge, which is when I took this photo, to meet the rest of the running club for our pre-season breakfast.

A Store-Bought Relish That’s Good

My dad usually makes tomato relish for the whole family, but this year, he’s been unable to because of his operation. Our cupboard has been bare since before Christmas, so I decided to try the tomato relish from our local grocer, which has its own range of gourmet goodies. It is really good. It’s a bit expensive, so if I can find the time to make my own, I will, but this is a good replacement—we just can’t hoe into it as we would otherwise.

Puzzling

We finished two puzzles this week. The top one was 1000 pieces, and the bottom was 1500 pieces. This is why my eldest likes at least 2000-piece puzzles that are difficult. We got both of these from our local op shop, but it is hard to find bigger puzzles. The Egyptian puzzle hadn’t even been opened. I’ve been tasked with finding something by tonight.

New Runners

I track the kilometres on my shoes using the Garmin app, and my “everything” runners weren’t quite up to the usual 600+km that I retire them at, but they were feeling very flat. This is probably because I wore them to do a lot of walking when we travelled overseas last November. On Wednesday, I got a pair of HOKA Mach 6. I took them out yesterday, and they’re feeling a lot more responsive; there’s just one point around the base of the tongue that was rubbing on my right foot, so I just need to sort that out.

Bonus Good Things

• I made Pip’s Chicken and Potato Puttanesca, and it was good. The best part was that it was enough for two dinners and a lunch for Hubby and me, so I had less cooking this week.
• I know I mentioned this last week, but I just love our March weather, especially the mid-twenties, sunny still days.
• I had a terrific long run last Sunday. 24km and about 15s/km faster than usual.
• Dad’s foot is now out of plaster and in a moon boot after his operation.
• I signed up for the APSOC cross-country season this week. The first race is April 6th.
• It’s our 27th wedding anniversary today. We’re going out for lunch, and then the girls will come over for our regular takeout on Friday. All the details, next Friday.

How has your week been? I hope lots of good things have been coming your way.