Oh well, I guess it was not a bug that was going to go easily. I am still man down with a cold (flu). It sucks, but at least I know for sure that there is no way I could have done the race. Other things I know for sure: Little OL is the cutest [...]
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Did Not Start So it was not to be… After waking up with a cold on Friday morning it just got progressively worse over the day and in to Saturday. I carried on taking the Viral Guard and other things, got lots of sleep and tried to remain optimistic. We drove through to East London, [...]
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My race number for the Ironman 70.3 on Sunday is 2784. That is if I race…. I woke up this morning with a stinking cold! I have been for a Vit B injection, taken Viral Guard (caps and throat spray) and pretty much anything else in my cupboard that I could lay my hands on. [...]
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In 10 days my brother, sister and I will be doing “The Half” in East London (Ironman 70.3). Yip, that is right, all three siblings have signed up. It is just a pity that we don’t all start together. It starts in waves so my brother will go separately. I must admit that entering “The [...]
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It is amazing what a difference a few minutes makes This morning I woke up before my alarm. I then made the fatal mistake at looking at the time – 3:58 am. Somehow that just seemed too early to be awake. There was a 3 at the front of the time. Oh my word. 3 [...]
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On the radio they had a call in section where people had to call in and say why they feel good. I am going to list my reasons here. My gorgeous little girl has started giving squeeze cuddles. LOVE them. And running up to me to give me kisses – awwwww Its 20 minutes till [...]
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It is crazy how excited I get about this! I am going sea swimming this afternoon. And it is not even “my” Friday. Mr OL has volunteered to watch Little OL and I get to go and play with the fish for a bit. Hobie Beach here I come.
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I have been thinking a lot about the comments on my “Dream On!” post. And you are all right: I am pretty adventurous It is never too late to start (or restart) doing stuff that makes me happy Life does not end at 40 I should be living the life I want to live So [...]
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I am slowly getting back into training – very slowly. But I am enjoying it again although I really need to cycle more …. cough, Ok, I really need to get on my bike!!! I have not sat on it since the 16 June 2009 – the day I was pregnant with Little OL. (I [...]
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I wrote an exam yesterday. I don’t want to say how it went in case I am seriously mistaken – I should hear in 2 weeks or so. What I will say is that I enjoyed it! I enjoyed learning for it and even writing the exam (unless of course I failed then I retract [...]
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