Melbourne marathon..???

Still mulling over the idea of Melbourne Marathon in October. On the one hand….. on the other hand…..

Missed my AM bike session this morning. A bit banged up for some reason, almost a hang-over feeling – only deprived of the good bits. 40min in the gym instead, possibly better for my general tightness in any case.

Will get out rain, hail shine tonight for some bike hills – promise to self.

Currently listening to the Community Relations Manager here and the dude from the RMS argue about cycle usage and safety on the M7 shared path. One wants to put speed humps and chicanes every 500m, the other wants a 20k speed limit. Neither considering the effect that such “solutions” would have on driving people onto the main carriageway – where we definitely don’t want them. If there was a stock exchange for intellectual capital these two would be trading junk bonds.

Mind you some junk bond trading wouldn’t be such a bad thing at the moment - Everyone is wise after the event, but in what universe did anyone really believe that the common Euro was a good idea. The whole glorious function of a floating currency is to let a country’s exports become more competitive when they come under capital pressures, and to bring them back when the champagne overflowed. Like communism for the capitalists. Poor Greeks and Spanish are trying to survive on tourism for cash but having the cost of their destinations driven up by the German industrial miracle. Conversely the Krauts have flourished on the back of an extended period of undervaluation, but are now whinging like bastards at having to prop them up. It’s a dog’s breakfast – take the hit – sell Greece to Roman Abromanovich and stop screwing with my superannuation.