The Game is ON!

Peoples, this is my first post and, well, its a big one. You'll see from my profile that I am in a state of recovery. Nerve recovery. And that's not anything to sneeze at. Its been just over eight months since my spinal surgery and the nerve damage is very slowly being repaired. It seems such things do take a long time. OK, the doctor did tell me this, but like most things in the world, I naturally figured he didn't mean me. So imagine my shock and horror that the recovery is indeed taking that long. In fact, I was starting to think some of his other declarations might be true too. Namely that the total recovery time will be approximately 18 months. That one I can take, but the others such as "you won't get all the feeling back in your leg, foot, backside, etc", and "you won't be able to run", well he can stick those right up his stethoscope.

But the news is....I've proved him wrong on the last one. Because I did run. I ran about 6km to be more precise. So that counts as a run. The other part of this news is that this means if I build that 6km into 10km, then I can do Noosa again!! That's my goal; to do my favourite event again. Because let me tell you, when the doc said "the operation was a success, and you should walk again, but of course you'll never run again", I screamed inside like a B-grade horror film victim. Over the last four years triathlon has been a big focus in my life and perhaps even saved it. That's a topic for another post, but it certainly fixed some things up. And I've raced in Australia's two premier events - Noosa and Mooloolaba - and loved them. So now it seems I am still in with a chance of doing them again. No, I won't be aiming at a PB but hell I'll take anything to still be there. My plan? A sizzling swim, a blistering cycle and then a non-walk run. To finish will be a milestone for me, and to be there amongst mates and family will be the reward.

So folks, there it is. The reason for this blog I guess. I'll update you next time on my other training, but as cycling is what I do for fun, its never been an issue. Swimming on the other hand, well that'll happen. The run is the challenge. Its not pretty, there's an obvious limp happenin' but hey. I'm there. So stay tuned if you feel like it. I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

Tomawac out.