Yes, I’m finally human again as opposed to a walking
cesspool of disease, mucus and bacteria.
As
hoped, the two weeks we had lying
on beaches in Fiji and doing little exercise other than ‘walking to the
pool’, 'playing with the kids', ‘lifting cocktails to face’ and
'pressing button for more cocktails' actually did wonders in finally
knocking off
the remnants of the myriad of illnesses from the past few months. OK, it
also
replaced some of those illnesses with a small bout of food-related tummy
problems, but that’s par for the course for a Fiji holiday and we soon
dealt
with that.
Returned to work feeling pretty fresh and ready to get
things going again – Only to be confronted by a ‘return of the kidney stone’
while at work one day. But after an hour of under-breath cursing and staggering
around the office it soon passed and I think heralded the final end to illness.
From that point on it’s been a slow process of gradually
picking up the exercise again, without overdoing it… That’s looked a bit like:
- Week 1: Riding to work
- Week 2: Incorporate boxing and circuit (2 nights)
- Week 3: Incorporate jogs and interval sessions (2 lunchtimes)
And now we’re kind of at week 4 I guess…. Where we’ll slowly
incorporate some short morning session, mainly focused on strength and weights
work.
I’ve also had the opportunity to work with my significant
other in some sessions focused on her upcoming Stampede (or as I annoyingly
refer to it – “Tough Mudder Lite”). I’m looking forward to attending that as a
spectator and seeing other crazies go through it for a change. Hopefully that
will give me a little boost just at the right time to kick my training up a
notch.
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