Sick again and new house

Two weeks of my life gone, sick with flu. Teresa had a flu jab at school to prevent her getting the flu and she was wiped out for almost2 weeks and I think I caught it off her.

We have bought a new house in Napier a villa at 13 McDonald St much more expensive than Coote Rd but it was recently refurbished so needs very little work doing to it. And it has a clawed foot bath which Teresa has always wanted.

Hopefully back to some sort of training next week, there are only 5 weeks before our trip to the UK so I don't know how much training I'll get in.

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Training and stuff

Not such a good training week again. Monday I was waiting in all day to talk to estate agents, etc. Then I had Cameron off sick Wednesday and Thursday. On Sunday were I have been cycling around 28 miles and enjoying it on flat roads was ruined today by a peice of glass. Only 5miles in I hit a big piece of broken bottle and it punctured both tyres . I only had one inner tube with me so I had to get Teresa to rescue me. And it wrecked my rear tyre which was a newish specialized armadillo at $60 which are very good puncture resistant tyres.

So I got home and did a set of Tabatha sprints on the turbo which is what I normally do mid week. Then went to the farmers market - Esk Hill pork produce really thick bacon and other delicious treats from well looked after pigs.

House wise we offered 280 000 for the coote rd house and they settled for 285 000 they or originally wanted 300 000+. So it was good for us but we haven't had an offer on ours yet although we've had plenty of viewers. I had to dive out three times last week so somebody could look at it which in some ways is a pain because I have a lot of work on in fact I'm fully booked till August.

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House update

We've been very busy getting the house ready to sell. We`are doing it as quick as we can see it online here and we've put an offer on a property in Napier on Coote Rd see here and on Google maps
View Larger Map at the bottom of Napier Hill opposite Napier Prison which is now a tourist attraction and backpackers hostel. It is near the seafront and needs a lot of renovating which makes it affordable.

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Weekly training 7July-13July and another big decision

We have taken the plunge and signed up for a home ventilation system. What they do is take heat that builds up in the roof space during the day and circulates through the house. It is the first step to improve the heating in our old character(wooden house). We had been planning to wait until the end of next year when the mortgage was paid off but it just got to us that in winter the bedrooms and hallway are really cold and damp. Another decider is the conditions in the hose are not healthy. This is a common situation in New Zealand as houses were built for hot conditions and very little was done about cold conditions. Our house when we bought it had no insulation, an old wood burner fire and a very old hot water cylinder. We have changed all this . We want to improve the cold part of the house during the colder winter but there in point trying to heat it at present and that is were the home ventilation system comes in, it will dry (get rid of condensation) and warm it a little and it should then make it easier to heat. We haven't decided on heating yet, we need the most cost effective we are going to look at heat pumps, econo-heaters and see which gives most value. We don't want to heat the house to make it hot because that would cost too much, we just want to make it more comfortable. We decided to go for a DVS model a choice made on price amd 2 warranties(one guarantees performance)

I am also buying a couple of shirts with my business logo on and I trademarked my business name.

Weekly Training
Swim	3 sessions with fist gloves. Up to 100's and 75's making me concentrate on stroke. One glove ripped so I swam with clenched fists and ordered some more. I'm also going to try swimming holding tennis balls	3600
Bike	1x50min, 1x60min McCormack style intervals I've dropped down gears to concentrate on increasing my cadence to above 90 again remembering stuff when i used to race well. 1x25min strength on trainer	33.49miles
Run	1x2mile,2x3mile I remembered that I always used to feel slow and heavy in winter but when it came to race season I would be fine	8miles

Weekly core Training
Swim cords	2 sessions Building specific strength - 30 on each arm twice with the cord tighter
Back	2 sessions
Abs	2 sessions 7 different exercises based on crunches and leg lifts
Weights	2 sessions with dumbbells
Push ups	2 sessions - some moving side to side and Hindu push ups
Stretching	6 sessions