I didn't skate for several hours this weekend. So how can I be so tired?

It was a physically intensive weekend.

YW: AMRAP 20 minutes: 10 pullups, 20 28kg kettlebell swings, 30 pushups, run 400m.  4 full rounds and pullups and kettlebell swings.  Then core work wit my medicine ball crunch throws which were possible because I was at my older Deakin rather than the closer one in Civic.  Then a fairly unsatisfying sauna as it was just warming up and I couldn't stay long enough to get the full and proper effect.

A friend of mine invited me to her roller derby debut on Saturday evening.  It was really quite good.  It was kind of theatrical in the kind of names they came up with.  Competitors included "Freudian Slit", "Intensive Claire", "Emmazon", "Flyin' Foxy", "FeMaelstrom", and my friend, "Essin' Em".  Very clever I thought.

There were a lot of fishnets being worn, and a lot of violence (not stylised, but plenty of falls and bruises.)  There were plenty of theatrics involved but there was also actual athleticism.  It was quite easy to get swept up in the drama of the game.  The objective of the game was easy enough to understand, but I still don't understand the penalties.  (Then again, I've been playing rugby since 2002 and I still can't tell who collapsed a given scrum.)

 

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I had a drink with the teams afterwards, but decided against staying out all night.  Some of them were out until about 4am, which would have been a bad idea for me.

TW: Walk to the gym.  10,9...1 of reverse bicep curls into shoulder press and pushups. 10,9...1 of pullups with 10 situps between every set. Row 100 calories.  50 chest contractions (I couldn't do incline press today or seated shoulder press.) 2 core centuries.  Walk home.

This evening I am really quite tired.  More than I should be.  My legs are especially tired, though not sore at all, which I can only attribute to residual fatigue from my 12 hour race.  I don't know how long it will be until I am fighting fit again.  I can go to the gym and do the work, but in general my legs are just knackered.

I tried to get passport photos taken, only to find out that the photo place couldn't take photos for Canadian passports. ?????????  They suggested contacting the High Commission to get a recommendation for a suitable photographer.  You have got to be joking.