Monthly Archives: September 2011

…duh-duh duh-duh duh duh (you can’t leave it off the end of “on the road again”!) Tuesday … recovering … Wednesday Woohoo 🙂 Definitely starting to get better slowly. As I told my boss – I still have golf balls … Continue reading →

Sunday I bunked the 1.4 km swim scheduled for me today because it was another gorgeous sunny day, and I wasn’t in the mood to drive all the way through to Newlands from Kommetjie just to swim laps indoors. Instead, … Continue reading →

Friday Definitely over the worst 🙂 thank goodness. Stomach bugs are the pits! My poor husband went in today for a septoplasty – surgery to correct a deviated septum in his nose. Sounded like an awful procedure, I just really … Continue reading →

Tuesday Heeding Kasha’s advice re my failing legs, I opted for a very slow, leisurely ride around the neighbourhood today. I took my mountain bike – with the clipless pedals – and for 45 minutes I rode around and around … Continue reading →

Monday I sped off at lunchtime to do the 1.4 km swim. I did take it very easy, since it’s supposed to be an easy week, but even so I was pleased to find that the 100 m repeats were … Continue reading →

Saturday After a very late night (by my parent-to-small-child standards), the alarm clock going off at 5.30 am was unwelcome. The fact that I had been woken at 5 am by the morning milk demand from my toddler and hadn’t … Continue reading →

Thursday This evening I (ahem, my husband, actually) put clipless pedals onto my mountain bike, and cleats onto my brand spanking new cycling shoes. Aside – I’ve had these for almost 2 months but only just got the cleats and … Continue reading →

Tuesday It rained… and rained… and rained. I forgot my cycling stuff at home, so I couldn’t nip to the gym to do an indoor cycling session. So once again, apprehensively watching the cloudy sky and keeping a wary eye … Continue reading →

WEEK 4 Monday At lunchtime I raced off to complete my swim – 1.2 km made up of catch-ups, finger-drags and ladders. Which sounds funnier than it felt! My shoulders and upper arms were really quite stiff, and didn’t show … Continue reading →

Saturday We had people over for sushi last night. Despite consuming an exorbitant amount of food, I was feeling pretty chuffed for having ticked all the nutrition boxes: rice, raw veg (carrots, cucumber), healthy fats (avo), lean protein (raw fish). … Continue reading →