Since my 'breakthrough' last week, ie that I can in fact run. Of sorts. I've celebrated by doing pretty much nothing physical. Now I have some very good reasons for this, which I will now share. Reason No.1: ITS BEEN RAINING. People who live outside our beautiful state of Queensland won't know why this is reason for cheering, but since we have been in the worst drought on record for a couple of years, any light shower that lasts longer than 15mins we call significant rainfall. So as it has rained solidly for days, we are very happy here in the Sunshine State. And athletes are spoilt for great training conditions, hence we tend to avoid the elements like rain, cold, wind.
Reason No.2: I.Have.A.Cold. Not the sniffles but the real thing. Sad eyes, slow walk, complaints, a picture of dejection and suffering. So a run is out. And no, I'm not happy because now that I know running isn't going to completely cripple me, I am ready to start a regime. But both the rain and the headcold can't last, surely. So stay tuned.
I want to do a call out to some special people who have been a big influence on this blog happening. Firstly KatyTheGreaty of Dreams, Ponderings and Athletic Wanderings fame. I work with Katy and she has conquered her own challenges, in particular this, which she managed to do while running the Hawaii marathon. But she still finished the thang and didn't have it fixed until returning to Oz. Now she sports some serious metal in that leg, but she too has returned to running and is wayyyyy in front of me. This girl has some major kahunas and was out there 'justing do it' long before Nike every thought of it. So you rock Katy.
The next person is Bold of Bolder In Boulder, which if you have the slightest interest in triathlon, will have no doubt heard of. He's a legend of the tri world in the US and beyond and personifies everything that us age-groupers are about, namely out there giving it our total best and enjoying the entire experience and people. He has a wide group of 'peeps' who support each other either at events or on-line and share knowledge, wisdom, experience, humour and prove that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. You rock too Bold.
So if you feel like a laugh or just to share in some fine people's experiences, then stop by their blogs.
Ok, I promise the next post will detail some training data to astound and amaze you.
Tomawac out.
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3 comments:
thanks for the shout out dude!
it means a lot to me.
did you know Boulder has been overrun with kiwis and aussies trying to avoid your weather?
i was sitting on my front porch with Su, and she said "those people look like triathletes" and Craig Walton and Emma Snowsill walked up and introduced themselves!
Wes Hobson (my swim coach) then walked out of the house they were looking at (he's a real estate agent), and said 'Greg lives right there' and then 'oh, there's Greg!'
Your fame knows no limits eh Bold. Yeah, Walton and Snowsill are tri royalty here. I've chatted to them at signings before and they seem easy going, nice people. Just don't get in a race with them.
okay... this is it. next week we're swimming. i've been stalling. you're using the rain to get out of running. no...
must help each other here.
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