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Latest update

Have resumed pilates again!

My back recov­ery is start­ing to real­ly come along. I am off the drugs, I only wear my back brace for stren­u­ous activ­i­ties, and thus it is time to start work­ing on strength­en­ing my core again.

Posted in Ballarat, Victoria

The posts in this cat­e­go­ry doc­u­ment the issues I have had with my spine, how I’ve treat­ed these and recov­ered, and rel­e­vant dis­cus­sions, debates, tri­als and tribu­la­tions return­ing to an active out­doors life after spinal surgery.

‘Staying in here’: What to do when a ‘rainy day’ turns into months

So I love the out­doors, this much is obvi­ous. Whether you’re read­ing my blog for the first time, or have been hang­ing around for a while, I think it’s safe to assume with a blog called Get­ting Out There that my hap­pi­ness in life involves being out­side. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, in late Novem­ber 2020 I injured my spine, her­ni­at­ing my L5/S1 disc.

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Latest activities

  • Lunch Ride
    On 17 October 2026 11:20 went 28.94 km during 02:01:50 hours climbing 98.00 meters burning 881 calories.
  • Morning Ride
    On 10 October 2026 10:30 went 20.57 km during 01:49:01 hours climbing 34.00 meters burning 537 calories.
  • Afternoon Ride
    On 4 October 2026 17:02 went 16.84 km during 00:53:27 hours climbing 54.00 meters burning 609 calories.
  • Afternoon Ride
    On 28 September 2026 16:55 went 5.69 km during 00:23:50 hours climbing 29.00 meters burning 209 calories.
  • Morning Ride
    On 28 September 2026 09:18 went 4.99 km during 00:15:01 hours climbing 19.00 meters burning 318 calories.