Pool running 30:00 [3] 0.5 km (1:00:00 / km)
Thought it was about time that I got a second opinion on my back and associated issues, so took advantage of the opportunity to see Cathy while I was in Canberra. She thinks that the real underlying issue is instability in my pelvis on the right side (which makes sense) and that everything else is a flow-on consequence of that. We'll see over the next couple of months whether the plan to do something about that works. (She was also of the view that my ribs were merely badly bruised and there wasn't torn cartilage, but it's still taking its time recovering).
I wasn't sure what things would be like in the pool (for that matter I wasn't sure how the belt would work as the place where it goes still has lots of very visible, if not especially painful, bruising). As it turned out it was basically OK, suggesting that it's mainly the impact on the ground that is generating pain in the ribs. That's probably not going to help me much this weekend, though.
And, of course, a pool in Canberra is an obvious place for someone from Melbourne to run into their cousin from Perth....