Ciao Belli
I'm off again. After a few days working in Perth, I'm now sitting in the Qantas club awaiting my flight from Perth to Hong Kong where I'll pick up a strange man called Mr lulu and then we're off to Roma, that's the Italian one rather than the one in Queensland I visited a few weeks ago. I think I know which one I prefer ;)I have done no running in the last few weeks. My back is feeling a lot better and my hip hasn't niggled for days but to add virus to injury I picked up nasty cold. Not what you really want when you're about to embark on a long trip. I'm feeling a lot better today and hoping that my sinuses won't explode on any of the take-offs and landings I'll be doing in the next 36 hours.We're only staying one night in Rome (sorry Black Knight, other wise we would have tried to catch up) before heading to Sardinia for 12 days. I'm then off to the UK for a couple of weeks to celebrate Dad's 80th. Hopefully I'll be back to running while I'm there. Brad wants me back to at least 30 mins by the time I get back in 4 weeks time. I'm optimistic and determined to use my holiday to get really strong if I can't get fit!Life is going to take a bit of a change when I get back from holiday as I have rashly signed my life away and have accepted a full time job. I haven't actually worked full time for about 6 years so it's going to be a bit of a challenge but I couldn't resist the job when I saw it advertised in the SMH a few weeks ago. More about that when I get back, but if anyone works in North Ryde then I'll be in the neighbourhood.Have fun y'all while I'm away and I'll try and drop in from time to time and post some pics and stuff.
So much for that...
Thanks Scott for the reminder to get on with more regular posting. I do have a good excuse though, in fact several. 1) I have covered most of Australia since I last posted visiting Melbourne, Naracoorte SA, Roma and Brisbane and 2) I haven't done much to blog about.In fact, I have suffered a minor set back; back being the operative word. After getting the sign off from Brad the physio to up my running I promptly did as I was told. 15 minutes on the treadie at the Hilton in Melbourne and things were feeling reasonable, 16 minutes and a few niggles started appearing down in the special place so I walked a bit and then started again. Managed a total of 20 mins.Then on my next attempt at 20 mins I felt pretty good but noticed that my back was starting to niggle in the lower part. By the middle of last week when I attempted to run it started to hurt pretty much immediately and after a day on my feet my whole back was sore. This is how the whole injury saga started earlier this year so I decided a strategic withdrawal and visit to Brad was called for.I spent 30 mins on the physio bench this morning while Brad sorted it out. He was his typical reassuringly calm and lovely self and told me not to panic, annoying but not serious was the verdict. It all stems from the same problem and the lack of stability in my hip region means that one of my discs at L5S1 has become a bit irritated. It's been pummelled and dry needled and is now strapped up to give it some stability while it settles. Three days on Vitamin V-oltaren should help with that. Hopefully, a short run will be OK in a day or two.So that's the update. I was pretty slack while I was away and managed to acquire an extra kilo as well as a sore back so I'm dealing with that and trying to get back into some serious cross training. I'm beginning to realise how much I rely on being able to run to compensate for eating, and drinking!So far I did a GRC Pilates class with Running Angel yesterday, an interval session on the bike and a strength session with the Glute Torturer today so I've got the week off to a good start.. now to keep it like that :)
