Surfing

I bought a surfboard at Easter, my first investment in water sports equipment of my own and have been attempting to surf most weekends since I finished my exams in May. I'm doing ok, catching waves and getting to my feet...briefly. Ciara and I were in Strandhill earlier but since the waves were tiny and few and far between, we spent most of the afternoon lying on our boards, gossiping and waiting for the odd wave or two. Thoroughly enjoyable afternoon, but conversation was a bit disjointed, one of us would be mid-sentence, spot a wave, turn and be off.

I've till the end of the summer to get better at this sport, since I'm hoping to get back into canoeing in the autumn once the rivers are up again. Or maybe I'll just invest in a winter weight wetsuit and surf. Hmm might be a bit chilly though.

Continuing the exercise related posts, I did a five mile race last weekend, with very little training. I managed to complete it in under 50 minutes, so I was pretty happy. There were about 2,000 people running through the Phoenix Park, so it was a good buzz all round.