Six days have come and gone, and I’ve been so busy this is the first time I’ve had to sit and update the blog! After my disappointment with my run last Friday, I decided that I needed to stop running, again. So Saturday morning I jumped on the bike and went for a 30km stretch and was feeling a little invigorated again. I spent the hour of pedaling contemplating my options. Not even worth considering is giving up, as frustrating as it is that I have gone so far backwards in the last month. Knowing I wouldn’t give up meant I had to come up with a plan of attack. As I cycled along the freeway my leg didn’t give me any bother at all. So I decided that with “not running” for (hopefully) another 2 weeks… that I would cycle away the kilometers that I should be running instead. I reasoned with myself that if I cycled every day for 30km that at the end of another fortnight I hoped my leg would be healed, as I think the problem is coming from impact stress… so bike = no impact!
With the weekend booked out to a skip bin, the plans for a Sunday and Monday (long weekend) cycle went out the door. I did work incredibly hard though (on my own) filling an enormous dumpster with bricks, slabs, old wardrobes, carpet, broken tiles, weeds, rocks and pavers. This consumed the three days of the weekend for about 5-6 hours per day and was a really good core muscle workout, a slow and constant grind. By the time I was finished the front of the house looked so much tidier. All in all it was a nice balanced weekend actually, though hard work, I did get to play as well.
Friday night saw the kids and I off to a Powderfinger concert at the Supreme Court Gardens in Perth. I have to say, hands down, the best live performance I’ve seen in a while. I spied my future husband Darren Middleton on the guitar… but I don’t think he noticed me. I’m not sure if he’s already married, but one can dream?! Saturday night I was out with MGal and her BGuy to a dinner/music night at the local Hungarian Club. I think I was the only person in the room that didn’t speak any Hungarian, but it was a fun night out and was better that being at home.
After working so hard over the weekend, and nearly filling the skip bin, I decided to treat myself to the movies on Monday afternoon while the kids were busy with work and baseball training. There was nothing on that I particularly wanted to see but I did want a choc bomb icecream, so I sat through Charlie St Cloud… ok, but not great. I may have liked it more if I were my 17yo daughter.
Tuesday morning arrived, and still my plans for cycling to work were interrupted. FD#1 got her usual walk, but with workmen arriving that morning to start on a limestone retaining wall by the pool there was no chance to leave for work early on the bike. Wednesday morning was much the same with another man coming to give me a quote on installing a shower into the laundry. So my walk with FD#1 was my only exertion for the day. This morning I was free and clear and I jumped on the bike at 7.10am (a little late) and arrived at work just on 8.30am. Making anything meaningful out of a ride into work was as challenging as the run into work, as I work 4km from home. So I headed out along the freeway in a very roundabout route to work. I don’t have the bike computer back on the bike yet (because that would take time to mount it!!) but I am guessing the trip was close to 30kms. A quick shower and behind the desk… and now my legs are stiffening up as I didn’t have time for a proper stretch. I will definitely make time for one after I cycle home tonight after work… or will I go the long way or the short cut!
The two exciting things that have happened this week are that I received my Death Racer in Training shirts… and I think I shall wear them until the stitching falls apart! At least now I will get people asking me questions, hopefully and I will have a reminder of my purpose every time I put on the shirt to run or cycle, laugh or cry! Also, the Lung Foundation have sent me some promotional material, receipt books and donation tins, so I feel a bit more connected to my cause. Thank you to everyone that has helped out with the chocolates and made donations already; there is still such a long way to go!
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