Weekly Blog Update, haha

Hmmm, blog entries seem to be getting further and further apart these days. Oh well, not that much to report!

I was gonna buy a bike these days. I went into town on Sunday with a couple of lads to look at bikes. Found a proper bike shop and even found out that Dalian has a cycling club! I didn’t want to spend much on a bike cos I dunno how long I’ll be in Dalian and also dunno how many times I’ll be out on the bike! The cheapest mountain bike was around 1000 yuan and the cheapest racer was 1400. So, more than I wanted to spend. I also reckon that it could be a bit iffy heading out on the open road! The club would be heading out in groups but I reckon that could be a bit dodgy, since I don’t know the roads and don’t like cycling in groups! On Wednesday I was gonna buy a second hand mountain bike off a student but it was a big small! He was asking 200 yuan, which wasn’t to bad a price!

Besides the usual English corner outing, I decided to try out the local pool, which is a brand new 50 metre one, so not too bad! I realised how unfit I was! Well, my problem is the breathing. My legs aren’t too bad with the cycling but I find it really hard to breathe. I end up running out of breath and can’t get more air in. More swimming is required! What surprised me is that all the Chinese are just doing the breast stroke. They are slowly ambling along in the swimming lane, just in the same way they ride their bikes on the street! I was told that they do this stroke, since that in most pools it is really crowded and the breast stroke is more suitable for those conditions! I don’t even know how to do it, so I’m not sure if they are too impressed with me ploughing past them with my freestyle stroke, haha!

After the swimming, in English Corner, I remarked how my legs were feeling rather heavy after the swimming. She said I should do the breast stroke and then I wouldn’t be so tired! She obviously missed the whole point of exercise: you’re supposed to feel tired!!

Only side efffect of the swimming was that I seem to have caught a cold as a result :-(