I hope that you are all safe and well. After the horrific events in Paris last Friday evening I think we will all have taken stock and realised just how precious life is. We were out for a celebratory meal with family when the news of the Paris attacks started to filter through and we listened to updates on the situation on our drive home. I wondered how many of the dead and injured were out, just like we were, relaxing and having a good time on a Friday evening. I envisaged us sitting at our table eating lovely food and chatting and then the room being sprayed by bullets from a Kalashnikov. It was a truly horrible thing to think but that was what it was like for those people in Paris. It made me want to keep my family with me all the time, to try my best to keep them safe. I'm sure many, many people felt the same way.
Hubby and I were out for two nights in a row at the weekend which is unusual for us these days. On Friday we ate at a lovely Thai restaurant with family and on Saturday we attended the 50th birthday celebrations of friends at a (fairly) local golf club. After Friday evening's meal I began to have tummy pains but thought nothing of it, assuming that it was the rich food and the mixture of a cocktail and prosecco that was the problem. We had curry on Saturday evening and I drank a gin and tonic and a small glass of wine as I was driving that night. On Sunday morning I felt dreadful.... tummy spasms, headache, general rubbishness....so spent the majority of the day in my pyjamas in bed feeling sorry for myself. Today I still have the headache but it's getting better. I feel sure that the rich food is mostly to blame for my tummy troubles and, to be honest, I think that age plays a part too. Gone are the days when I can eat what I like, drink what I like and stay up late without consequences. Goodness, I sound like I'm about 90 years old!
Talking of feeling my age brings me to mentioning the Guildford triathlon Yes, my son and I, in a moment of madness I fear, have signed up to take part in our first, and probably only, triathlon which takes place in May next year. I may have mentioned before that we do like a challenge and we have done marathons, half marathons, 10 and 5 ks and walks between us over the past few years. I wanted to challenge myself and try something different as I know that my knees are not up to another marathon as much as I'd like to do one. When I read about the triathlon I thought to myself that it might just be the perfect challenge for me/us. I sent the link to my son who agreed with me that it seemed like a good idea and so I signed us both up for it.
Of course, then I started to think about it more seriously and realised that I am totally unprepared for what is coming our way. I began to look at training plans and schedules, at the equipment needed and the level of basic fitness required and started to seriously question my decision to take on the challenge.
I have bought myself a 2nd hand bike which I yet to pick up, I don't have a cycle helmet and I will need to by a special one because my head is so big. I do have wet suit of sorts but I haven't ever worn it and I don't know if I will actually need to wear one anyway as the swim section of the triathlon is indoors. I do have running gear from all of my previous challenges but I will need a new pair of trainers.
Add to this the fact that I haven't exercised at all, apart from dog walking, for at least 6 months and the fact that my knowledge of triathlons is basic at best and you may be able to see why I am questioning my decision to take up this challenge!
I know that, as long as I stay healthy and work on my fitness, put in the effort and stick to a training regime, I will be able to complete this but just at this moment I am having serious jitters about the whole thing.
I may do a seperate blog for the event as I did when we took part in Silverstone half marathon but we will see.
So that's all from me for now. I'm off to try and finish the blanket that I have been attempting to knit for absolutely ages. Stay safe and look after each other. The world can be a very scarey place as we have all witnessed in the last few days.
xxxxx
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