Woo-hoo! I'm half way there... (livin' on a prayer)...

22.2km down, baby... Feeling like I could do a little Bon Jovi dance, if I wasn't so sweaty already from my 6km walk...

Today is a delightfully rainy day in Hobart. I say "delightfully" because it's the first proper rain we've seen in about 6 months. Hopefully the harbinger of a reasonably wet winter, as the gardens, farmers and reservoirs need it desperately.

Lake Gordon, currently a long way from its picturesque best... (image from The Mercury)

Anyway, the upshot of that was that, rather than plonk in front of the TV and watch "And Then There Were None", which I taped last weekend, I decided to go back to the gym to do my walk. As a sign of just how long it has been, the whole reception area has disappeared behind mdf sheeting (they're doing a big renovation) and the entire cardio section of the gym has changed orientation. They've also installed personal screens on all the treadmills, so it's a bit like being on a long-haul flight, only slightly better air quality. The new view is over the swimming pool downstairs, which was actually quite nice, as I forgot to bring my ipod and headphones, so watching the passing parade doing their laps was quite mesmeric...

Something like this... obviously, I wouldn't take photos inside the gym.

Machine said my 6.0km burned about 400 calories, which is nice. While I prefer to be walking out in the fresh air, it's quite good to get the quantitative report occasionally.