The birds, the birds!!!

Is this some kind of Hitchcockian nightmare?  First magpies (three brutal assaults on Saturday), and now black swans, Canada geese and those funny looking duck things? 

Seriously?  What on earth have I done to offend my avifaunal co-habitants of the planet?  The waterfowl seem to have taken offence at my wheezy-shuffling along the lake front (to be fair, the sight of me running is fairly offensive) and have started chasing me.  Swans are really scary!  I am starting to wonder if perhaps I was a fox in a past life.  I do have a few vixen-like tendencies in my present life...

But aside from my ornithological issues, the Ironmaiden Campaign is going especially well at the moment.  I am healthy and uninjured and seem to be getting a bit fitter and a bit faster. 

I did an open water swim last Friday, which was scary and cold, but all the bits worked and I swam a good time for me in comparison to my pool times.  Next one is tomorrow night, the lake is getting a little bit warmer so hopefully it will be a bit less painful!

Oh, and that duathlon last week?  I may have been fourth-to-last but I won my grade!   There were only three of us in the grade, and the other two were walking and chatting, but I'll take it!

Until next week, keep working on your designs for some kind of converted dishwasher for cleaning bikes!

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Ironmaiden