I ran through the park at work today. It was nice, I don't usually run through the park because its a shorter journey but yesterday and today I’m getting really itchy legs and I think it might be the exhaust fumes. So I thought perhaps running through the park would make a difference. I read up about this and apparently it could be because when the blood vessels expand/contract during the first initial stages of exercises – this sensation sends ‘itchy’ signals to the brain. That’s not a good things because then no matter where I run, the Park or the sidewalk next to cars will not change this. The other possible reason is because the skin is dry – So' i’m going to rub some moisturiser just before I start exercise to see if it helps. Funnily enough however, is that this tends only to be a problem when I’m running home in the afternoon. Normally in the morning I’ve already done some non-running exercise so by the time I run, this problem is gone – which might mean thats its just the initial part of exercise that this happens – like i explained earlier with the itchy signals. I don’t really know for sure buts its darn annoying.

I enjoyed running through the park though, clear air and all.

I was thinking about walking into the office today because today is my ‘rest’ day however I usually just run anyway much like any other non-run-to-work day, but as soon as I considered it, I realised, man that it would take ages to get anywhere! Running is great because it gets you there quicker than walking. Sounds super obvious but I think I’d be more aware that I’m taking a long time to get ‘there’ than if I was running and running isn’t all that strenuous anymore. My body has become quite used to it, my ligaments and weight I think are all adapted to the running. So its almost easier for me just to run anyway than just walk. How strange.

I was in training yesterday and I was part of a group of 6 who needed to design something and it was chaos. Everyone wanted to get their views across and it was just a “view-fest” – everyone talking over each other desperate to get their ideas and thoughts out there. Thing was, they did get them out there and they just evaporated once they were out there. Reminds me how even at the very highest level of organisation, sometimes its better to just go away, think through something yourself and then discuss it with others once you’ve figured out stuff in your mind. Well, maybe that's just me but I think every other person in that room would have benefited from doing this themselves too. It makes me feel that trying to simulate ‘one’ brain from many is chaos. I think engineers work better like this anyway. Sometimes I wonder if its worth investing a convention to voice once opinions in much scenarios but everytime I think about it, I think it’ll never catch on. One day I’ll write down a method of how to organise chaos like this because its doable and there is a lot of ways to do it – just doesn’t seem to come naturally to anyone in a large group like yesterday.

And their you have it, Chaos, Itchy, Park.