Bummer, I have an injury!
It was a big weekend on the bike with three two-hour sessions totalling 175km. It was great, but my lower back and hip were bloody sore once I cooled down after the second ride and I knew somethign was up. I had hurt my hip at school camp, tackling a 9 year old a month earlier (I know, what the hell was I doing tackling a 9 year old?) and managed to do much the same thing last Wednesday at U9s rugby practice (I'm a slow learner).
On Monday, I got out of bed feeling like a dottery 90 year old and took an age to get moving, then getting off the toilet my back went a very painful spasm (as it had every few days for the last month). That wasn't the worst of it though, my shoe laces were the final straw and I could not strighten up again. It was agony and I knew that it wasn't good.
Long story short, I ended up at an osteopath (Abby at BodyWise Osteopathy) who did wonders, but I have struggled with sitting, standing and swimming all week. Strangely running is okay and has even been encouraged by Abby, but I have really had to take it easy in the pool and on the bike and had to flag the bike altogether today as I am extremely sore after Abby worked on me yesterday.
I'm still hoping to be okay for the Lake Hayes Triathlon next Friday, but will not push it and if I am not 100%, I'll give it a miss. It's a bit frustrating as I had felt that I have been really getting back into the groove.
My weight loss is also a bit up and down. I lose anywhere up to 2kgs Monday to Thursday each week and then lose my self control on the weekend and put 800g to 1kg back on by Monday. The upshot is that, as of yesterday, I have lost 5kgs in four and half weeks. That's pretty good really, but if I had been able to maintain the control over the weekend, I could have lost 8-10kgs. I am 101kgs now and hoping for under 100kg for next Friday, which will be the lightest I've been for a race in several months and at this rate I will be 90kg before I know it.
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