Flip Flop!

I had a few days off from any fittness training this week after a party last weekend where I got a little bit drunk and fell over and bashed my head. The reason I fell over was I was a) slightly tippsy and b) wearing flip flops.

The knock on was I felt all depressed this week because of it add to this I'am away from home and that I havent been running for a few weeks I decided to feel sorry for myself for a few days.

However every cloud has a silver lining as because I blamed the flip flops I didnt wear them all week, and my legs felt really good because of it. This made me realise that since arriving on Ascension Island its been about 30+ degrees every day so flip flops have been the only thing ive been wearing and now I realise this is why my knees have been bad. A week of not wearing them and my legs felt great...when I put them back on I noticed very quickly that the knee  pain came back and because I hadnt been exercising it had to be the Havianas.

So happy days, armed with this knowledge i was able to knock out 34 mins todayon the tredmill and all though my knees feel a little bit sore they feel a hell of a lot better than they did. Going to rest tommorow and then see if I can do it again on Tuesday. 

:-) Phil

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I've been asked some Questions???

I have been asked to answer a series of questions for a weekend supplement for a national paper!

I thought I would post the questions here so as to get my mind thinking about how I should respond.

 * Did you know what you wanted to do when you were young?

* Did you need any qualifications to pursue your career choice? If so, where did you study/how did you make it happen?

* Can you describe your early career?

* How did you get into your current role?

* Can you describe the region where you work?

* Can you describe the work you do and the organisation you work for?

* What are the main benefits/rewards of working in Antarctic?

* What are the main challenges of working in such a location?

* Do you have any loneliness issues?

* Has it proved easy to interact with local people or colleagues?

* Have you ever been in any danger?

* What's the most unusual thing to have happened?

* What was the major culture clash moment that made you think, “woah”?

* Have you found yourself in any amusing situations?

* Do you ever wish you had chosen a more conventional working life?

* Do you think of home a lot?

* Has working in the Antarctic changed you? In what ways?

* What does the future hold for you (ie, will you remain in similar work, would you like to work in a similarly challenging environment elsewhere?)

* Do you have any advice for young people (or those looking to switch careers) who might want to follow a similar career path? (ie, would you recommend any particular qualifications/courses; and what mental/emotional qualities might you need?)

What angle should I go for :-)
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What do you do if you find a Scorpion!

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Scorpions don't bite but they do have a sting in their tail...eek. The one in this video strolled onto our building site yesterday and we all rushed to see what it looked like, without fear of what would happen if it stung us... well actually with a lot of fear that's what made it so exciting!

Anyway we have since had a toolbox talk on the dangers of Scorpions and here's what you should do if you do ever get stung.

1. Wash the Scorpion sting with Soap and water.
2.Apply a ice wrapped in a cloth.
3.Elevate the affected area above heart level.
4.Get medical help...immediately... if you start to get numbness, tingling of extremities or face, blurry vision, twitching, roving eye movements, vomiting then call an ambulance!!!

Tips to avoid being stung are check clothing before getting dressed and don't get to close when trying to film them with your camera phone!
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John Travolta's Plane

In the last week Ascension Island has become a bit of a hotspot for VIP visitors. On Saturday "Air Force 2" with Joe Biden the Vice president of the USA called in on route home from the opening game of the world cup and then on Monday we had an even cooler visitor. The one and only John Travolta landed his Quantas plane also on route home from South Africa. Unfortunately his wife Kelly didn't feel too good so they stayed on the plane but it was still cool to see his plane after hearing so much about it over the last few years. (Did you know hes got a runway next to his house).

Anyway heres a Video clip of John Travolta's plane recorded Monday (14/06/10) when he landed here on Ascension Island and a load of random current photos from his trip (i took the one of the plane).

1. News for John Travolta

1. Times LIVE

   John Travolta donates to Mandela children's charity‎ - 2 days ago Hollywood actor John Travolta has donated 70000 rand (£6300) to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund during a visit to South Africa. ... BBC News - 371 related articles » John Travolta sings cringeworthy Grease song to gee up Australia ...‎ -Mirror.co.uk - 4 related articles » John Travolta's wife, Kelly Preston, shows off four-months ...‎ -New York Daily News - 8 related articles »

2. Travolta.com - The Official Website

   
   

3. John Travolta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

   
   

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6 Steps To Maintaining Your Body Weight — Marathon Running

http://marathon.spoodler.com/6-steps-to-maintaining-your-body-weight/
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My Runcast Antarctica (Secret Re-Edit: Video)

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This is a safe edit (won't get me in trouble with anyone) version of the video I posted a few weeks ago but took down because it showed lots of stuff of a Top Secret nature. This version still shows some stuff that I probably shouldn't be including but has no way as much as the last one. I think this one should be ok to leave up but its a bit boring in comparison to the last one (sorry about that). 

Hope you still enjoy it.

PS I will post some audioblog some commentary later this week.

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"Backlog Audioblog: Recovering from Shingles whilst on Ascension island and planning a podcast!

  
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This audio isn't the podcast that I've been promising for as long as I can remember, instead its the "Backlog Audioblog"! Which I'am going to use as a cheat podcast to catch up on all the material that I would have put in a podcast if I had ever got round to doing a podcast! Haha yeah I now what your going to say I should really bite the bullet and say this is it..but where would the fun be in that!

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