The one where the Turbo cometh

So, the past few weeks have been pretty good for me.  I continued to have my swimming lessons and have received a set of ‘Pyramid’ drills to do in the pool to practice from Coach Chris.  These are Tough – and total over a km of lane swimming!

I also dusted off my Turbo, I have decided to be more efficient and able to maintain my Heart Rate more accurately I am going to do my Thursday session on the bike using my Turbo.  Also, I am going to use my TT Race Bike 😊 for Thursday turbo sessions.

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I also had another session on my arm which has held me back a couple of weeks as I cannot swim.  My lessons are booked again next week!

I also had some drama with a treadmill; I bought a treadmill off eBay – it was advertised as being ‘excellent condition’ and being used in a private house.  It was a commercial type and cost me £250 to have it couriered from Newcastle.  The moment it arrived my heart sunk – it was in awful condition and was not the same treadmill in the photographs.  Gutted.  I raised a case with eBay and the seller had to come pick it up, which he did on the back of a trailer on a rainy day.  He also turned up with a group of friends to try and intimidate me.  Really not the situation that I wanted to be put in.  According to eBay rules he had 48 hours to process refund, which I am yet to receive.  Nightmare!  Stress I could do without to be honest.

In this time we also had a lovely afternoon out at Spring Lakes on their giant inflatable.  I was not able to join though and had to watch from the side because of a) my hip and b) my tattoo.

Then at the past weekend a massive boost and goal – I hit my 16 Stone target, which gives me 6 stone total weight loss.

Also this past week I’ve had the prep work done for the base of the Gym we’re having built. Tomorrow a 6 tonne reinforced concrete slab goes down.

Things I’m looking forward to – 1) Prepping for Etwall Sprint Triathlon 2) Recommencing Swimming Lessons 3) Meeting a Triathlon Bike specialist to set up my Triathlon Bike