Now to explain why I am dressed like I ran into the city, after Grandad marched by, he was headed up to meet the rest of his division (unfortunately there was only 2 there that day) for a drink and lunch at a nearby hotel. I was headed over to play a great game of Oztag in the sun. Lucky for me, we won and first beers at the pub were on the other team!
However, in typical Aussie fashion, it is also one day of the year where people get very very drunk. There is a game that was played in war time called two-up. It is as simple as one person throwing 2 coins in the air and you bet on whether they will land on heads or tails. For such a simple game there are some very specific rules.
- It is an illegal game any other day of the year, so on ANZAC day, every pub in Australia has a ring set up with 2 coins.
- The coins must go above the head of the spinner (the person who is throwing the coins) and they must land within the marked out ring.
- The betting is done amongst those in the crowd - you literally hold notes up on your head if you want to bed that amount on heads and find someone with the money if you want to bet on tails.
- Heads holds the money until the toss is complete.
- If heads wins, you acknowledge the loser, with a smile, head nod, raise of the glass, etc. Obviously if tails wins, you hand over the cash!
Now, even with all that frivolity I still had a reasonably on track day.
Calories in - 1537
Calories out - 600
Where I fell over was my sleep and my water. I think I had about 3 cups of water all day even after playing in the sun for an hour and a very sweaty session of two-up. As a result, I almost feel hungover this morning, with a headache, sore eyes and lips and a general feeling of fatigue. Of course the fatigue could also have been due to my sleepy head only getting 7 hours sleep each night. I have decided I am going to have an easy rest day today, after yesterday and Wednesday being a 1285 calorie burn, I need to rest up for my Super Saturday Session tomorrow.
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