It's been over a month (again) since my last post and again it has been quite a journey.
I've mostly recovered from the giardia infection but still have some side effects, which a visit to a specialist gastroenterologist a week ago revealed may be due to an underlying condition. I now have a date with a camera in mid May - 4 days before the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon.
My training has been sporadic as I deal with recovery and restarting training on a tight deadline. Stretches are essential and something I have neglected from time to time to my own detriment. My Physio (the talented Tony at Proactive Healthcare in North Ryde) has been an invaluable support and patient advisor as we work to get me up and running comfortably and without injury. Runs with patient work colleagues (Darren and Gilbert) through the national park near work have helped push my training further but it is time to really knuckle down to some serious training if I'm going to complete the SMH half marathon in May.
Fundraising plans are back on the drawing board following a conversation with work that produced a result that was less than I had hoped and threw a spanner in the works for my corporate sponsorship plans. Personal requests, Facebook posts and conversations are back in action and the generosity of friends offering to help raise money has been a welcome and wonderful support.
Ideas, training discipline and conversations are now the flavour of the month.
Bring it on!
