Got a Geno 2.0 DNA test done. Pretty interesting… Will add more to this as there is a lot to filter… R-P312-4b (R-M222). This subclade within R-L21 is defined by the presence of the marker M222. It is particularly associated with male lines which are Irish or Scottish, but especially northern Irish. In this case,

  Got some seeds coming along nicely in my old fish tank. Hear are some baby daikons. (Japanese radish) Picked up some baby veggies at the local home center to get the winter crop underway. Purple cabbage, stick broccoli, lettuce and a mini tomato. Our old red pepper and eggplants are still in their pots…

2 days left for my summer vacation, so decided to do something with the garden. Especially since the weather had cooled down. Inspired by a recent FB friend’s picture of a keyhole garden I knew that was what had to happen. Also after planting melon, watermelon, pumpkin, eggplant, red peppers and mini tomatoes this year

  Will add more soon as the files are too big…lots of other shots to come.

Tough year…. Lost some posts with the immigration of the blog to the main page. The file was too large so had to use an older back-up. Nothing important missing I don’t think. Lost all the links in the side bar as well. Will try and find them in google cache… Here are some pics

It’s been 3 and a half weeks now since the surgery. (Jan 7th). Here is a brief summary. Jan. 4th admitted to hospital. Being a Friday meant having a bit of a weekend holiday there. I could have gone home if I wanted to but they were quite happy for me to get used to

23歳のとき前十字靭帯を断裂しました。 普通に歩けますが、思いっきり走ったりはできません。 前十字靭帯断裂は、一昔前は選手生命を危ぶまれる　といわれた大きなケガでした。 ２０１３、１月７日に前十字靭帯再手術します。ハムストリングの腱から新しい前十字靭帯をつくります。 ３週間松葉杖。 ３月間 エクステンションストップニースタビライザー (サポーター/膝用/ひざ用) ６月間　リハビリテーション １２月間　スポーツ禁止 でも先生が自転車だけガンガン走ってください。 自転車OK！！！！ January 7th. Tore my left calf muscle in October and ended up at the hospital to have it looked at. Liked the doc so much I asked him if he did ACL reconstructions and had him also look at my old right knee.

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A bit of work today and then off to golf training with my coach. Amazing how bad your swing gets after two weeks and I could feel all those tightened cycling muscles restricting my swing more than ever. 3 rides this week really tightened up my back and legs. Did some bench presses too last

One year away till my 50th birthday and I’d like to start the next half century in better shape than I am right now. That gives me 12 months. Since 2009 I haven’t raced. Since Dec 2010 I’ve been working weekends and y only day off has been Friday. Friday has been taken up with