Catching the curveballs…
I’m a winter girl, always have been, always will be. Much as I love swimming in the sea over summer, I can’t wait for those first chilly mornings when I can break out my funky tights, winter coat and knee-high boots.
But I am seriously over winter this year.
Well actually, I’m not over the crisp, gorgeous days, with frost crunching underfoot and a winter sun in the sky. Those days can keep on coming.
I’m over the winter ills that appear to be zooming in on our family, making it extremely difficult to make progress with training - or work for that matter!
Mike and I have been fighting off colds for a few weeks, and every time we think we’ve shaken it, the scratchy throat comes back to remind us that its still lingering, just around the corner. And unfortunately for the boys, after a few months of chilly temperatures, rain and a series of colds, they seem to have lost all resistance completely. Toby currently has an ear infection, a heavy cold verging on bronchitis and this afternoon a temperature hitting 39 degrees - just when we thought he was getting better! And then Oli came down hard and fast with a decent dose of tonscillitis today, also with a temperature in the 39s. As a result, we haven’t had a decent night’s sleep since Friday and frankly, that light at the end of the tunnel seems a very, very long way away!
So, what happens with training when you’re sick, tired and generally overwhelmed? In short, at the moment, I’m just trying to muddle through.
I had a great swim session with Nina last night, immediately followed by an outstanding spin session with Coach and the club. Am resting and dosing up on lemon honey drinks, vitamins and good food today, and will do a spin and a swim tomorrow evening, working from home during the day while the boys are sick on the couch. I’ll aim for an easy run on Friday evening, before packing the car and heading away on holiday for a week on Saturday. My main priority is getting to the 10km Run Auckland run on Sunday morning. My goal was to beat 1h13 - at the moment, my goal might be to finish!
On the hugely positive side, I have an incredibly supportive workplace where family comes first. We also live in an amazing place, have awesome friends and family, jobs, food in the cupboard and an awesome little family unit. So live ain’t all bad.
Now, if I can just get a few hours sleep…