My week goes to show that you never know what's around the corner and how your day is going to pan out!!! This morning as per usual I head off to swim squad . Not more than about a kilometre and a half down the road some horrible thumping noise is coming from under the van. Mmmm that does not sound good at all. Head home swap cars and head off to training . Although a little late i still manage to get 2.5k in. Back home and Will has a look at the van.. Not something he can see so I have to wait till I can ring the mechanics and phone all my customers to tell them I won't be there. Unfortunately I can't get the mechanic to look at it till tomorrow. So my plans for the day change. I head out before lunch for my run (18k). I wasn't too happy with how I felt and had to stop a couple of times. By mid afternoon my little itch in my throat had turned into a burning sensation...Damn looks like I might have got some of Will's man flu!!! I was determined to nip it in the bud quickly so headed down to the chemist for some antiseptic gargle. The next morning my throat was even worse, and with a full on head cold so I had to message my friend Fiona at 4am to tell her I wasn't riding. I hate leaving people in the lurch like that but there was no way I would have been able to ride. So as soon as the chemist opened I headed down for some cold and flu tablets. Took a couple of them and then started ringing my customers again as by this time the mechanic had been and had a look at the van. It's the Dif!!!!! Big job..So more phone calls as I had to organise to get the van towed. It was about now that I started getting some really horrible stomach cramps. Getting bad to the point where I couldn't talk on the phone. It then dawned on me. I checked the cold and flu tablets and realised they had codeine in them. How stupid of me not to check. I have a severe reaction to the darn drug. My son had just walked in the door and took one look at me and freaked out a bit. So here we are, Jordan trying to get me in the car, the RAC tow truck just arriving to get the van and I'm just throwing the address at him on where it has to go.
I wanted Jordan to take me to the chemist thinking they might be able to give me something but she took one look at me and took me into the doctors next door. For the next hour and a half they tried to stop the spasms and vomiting which were just getting worse . I had a couple of different injections and oxygen but nothing helped. In the end an ambulance was called and I was taken to Joondalup Hospital. The paramedics ( who by the way I make coffee for ,treated me like a VIP) gave me some very strong painkillers thru an IV and things finally started to settle down..... PHEW. So no ride this morning and no run training this evening.... the things a girl will do to get out of training hey :)
Luckily these attacks don't leave me with too much residual pain apart from the feeling like I've been mugged and kicked in the stomach a few times and feeling rather washed out.
So now its Wednesday and apart from still having the head cold ( no codeine for me) , I am feeling pretty good. I chose not to over do it and didn't swim this morning but jumped on the windtrainer to do the 50k I missed yesterday.
No windtrainer session tonight , instead it was off to meet the squad and get our next 4 weeks of our program..... "Be afraid... be very afraid!!!!" Everyone seems to be travelling pretty well with no injuries.
Thursday's "Mystery " Session was a toughy but a goodie. Apart from coughing up a lung (my left I think) somewhere between the Dome coffee shop and the end of Iluka loop, I managed it all. We started off in two groups (guys and gals), and it was all out rolling over for about 30kms ( the ride with warm up and cool down totalled 45kms). I didn't last long , finding it really hard to breath with this cold ( see I wasn't lying about the lung). Our group then broke into two. After a few laps with Lisa I then hooked back on again with Jenny and June. It was so , so hard but I felt like I had really put all my effort into the session so was pleased with that. In the afternoon it was another 30kms on the bike, small gear aiming to keep to 100-120rpms.
Friday swim of 2.6kms
Saturday was our multi brick session. Todays session went for almost 3hrs. Short , sharp , and intense. 15mins on the bike, 10mins running multiplied by 7!!!! We set ourselves up on Challenger Parade with a stunning backdrop of the gorgeous Floreat Beach. The weather again was extremely kind to us. You could tell at the end of the session that everyone was spent and had worked really hard. It took us a little while to get our butts up off the grass but with the talk and smell of coffee and breakfast in the air it didn't take us long to head off for our after workout treat.
My husbands relatives are here from Italy for only 2 weeks so we have been trying to show them around Perth. My sister in law has been a fabulous tourist guide and we have tried to get along to as many things as we can. Tonight we went down to Fremantle to Little Creatures Brewery for dinner. What a busy place, loud and noisy, I loved it!!! The food was nice but oh the evening was soooo cold. Will have to come back in Summer and sit outside overlooking the water.
So today is Sunday and it is to be my only rest day for at least the next 5 weeks . With some busy weeks on the horizon I was happy to have a sleep in ( 7.30 pathetic I know). However there is always so much to do so today was a good day to get my shopping and washing done then off for dinner with the relies.
So as far as hours and kilometres are concerned this week is pretty low due to not feeling well, however , the hours I have done I feel have been quality hours so feel confident in the fact that no junk miles were logged this weeks.
Cheers everyone and hope that there are only GOOD things around the corner for you!!
Total 10hrs 52 mins
Swim 5.1k ....2 hrs
Bike178kms... 5hrs 57mins
Run 32k...2hrs 55 mins
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