So the last update I gave you I was feeling pretty low it is fair to say. I had just had a meds tweak which has affected me positively the past couple of weeks. I also had a bit of bad news, which turned positive in the end. Dr Smith – who has been my PDoc for years has moved roles at the hospital. I can honestly say he had such a positive impact on my life I am sorry to see him move on. However, this gave me opportunity to meet my new care leader. The new doc is Dr Ash and I had my first session with her. I must admit I was quite nervous – it is hard to get to know someone and give them the background to make decisions upon my care pathway.
Well I needn’t have worried. We had a great first session. Then later in the week when I needed help she came to the rescue. Two other things have happened, 1) I have ceased my dietary blip and lost 7lb so far. Also, I have started training again, Although I will say my legs have been aching a lot more and feel very tight.
But looking on the positives I am nearer my weight target again and positively training. I also had an introduction of Fartlek running. This is where you do intermittent sprints for a short distance between, say, two lamp posts and then let your HR return to normal again before repeating the exercise.
We also had a bit of fun this last week. Derby Council have placed 30 Ram sculptures around the city. One of my closest friends, Ajay, was visiting from Saudi. We thought it would be fun to have a go at finding all 30 of them and having a photo with each of them. It started off really well, although it was raining.
At some point it was suggested to call into the pubs – for rehydration purposes only of course. So here we were, slightly merry in the dark 5 grown adults seeking out brightly painted ram sculptures. We did come up with one problem though, it appeared that 2 of the sculptures were in the now closed shopping centre. This was a job to bring out the velvet tongue. I went up to one of the security guards stood at the side of the centre and told them my predicament. Then while my friends stood laughing in disbelief me and Jo went to have a selfie with the inside sculptures accompanied by a slightly bemused security guard. We all went home smiling.
Bipolar Ironman 