Snippets

Couching
Yesterday I learnt a new word – it is ‘couching’. What does it mean? Well it describes the time you spend on the couch watching telly (Olympics etc), knitting, reading doing a sudoku etc. I totally embraced this concept yesterday afternoon. I napped, read, sudoko’ed and watched telly without a speck of guilt about not doing stuff, catching up on admin, doing a marathon walk – I watched the Olympic walkers instead (Note to self: you will never ever walk that fast). Wonderful how giving couching a name allows you to enjoy it so much.

 Athletics
And on the subject of the Olympics, no sooner had the womens 800m finished than tweets, text messages and other comments hit the airwaves. I did think Caster’s run was a really odd, as did many other people. But when I read Ross Tucker’s blog this morning his rational analysis made good sense. You can read it here: http://www.sportsscientists.com/ Bottom line is the Caster case has always been handled very badly and continues so.

 FEAT
Lisa’s 2012 FEAT show will be held on 4th October in Jhb. There is as always an amazing line up of adventurers talking about their ..well, adventurers. But most exciting is that Lisa has asked me to speak as well. Lucky me to get to share the stage with these amazing people! Tickets available at: http://www.entrytickets.co.za/eventview/feat2012