Wednesday?

Apr 1, 2020 | Covid-19 Diary, Dead Water, Legs!

I wasn’t sure when I woke up, and haven’t really been sure all day. Where has the week gone already?

Playlist

Over breakfast, I put together the beginnings of a new playlist for the exercise bike. It’s provisional at the moment, but 16 1/2 minutes took me to the end of Bruce this morning. That’s a 10% increase on yesterday at the higher resistance. It felt fine and I could have done a bit more, but I was happy to leave it there and stick to the programme.

The idea of the playlist is to start off with a couple of easy ones to get going then move into stuff with a bit more energy after that. It plays for just over 30 minutes, which is a statement of intent.

Coming up the hill on my walk home this evening I felt a twinge behind my left knee, so I’ll probably take tomorrow off the bike just to be on the safe side. It was twinges in my knees that led to me giving up running, so I’m inclined to be careful.

St John’s Road

For the first time in 2 weeks, I took a walk along to our nearest Tesco this evening. The streets weren’t entirely deserted, but they weren’t far off it. I was surprised by how many closed shops still had their lights on, incurring costs with no way to pay.

At the supermarket, there was a defined entrance and exit with barriers in place to guide you. Sanitiser at the door. Aisles were marked with arrows for a one-way system and there were lines two metres apart along each. For the most part everyone was respecting it in a good humoured way. The only thing on my (short) list that I couldn’t find was self-raising flour. On the other hand, they had a nice Bunnahabhain on offer and my pension just came through. There’s no age statement on the bottle, but it’s a very drinkable dram, substantially sherry-casked, which is how I prefer it.

This evening’s music might surprise people who only know me for my generally non-commercial tastes, but I’m as capable of recognising a good pop song as anyone, even when accompanied by a strange video. The opening song from my cycle playlist and, unbelievably, 23 years old: