so, yesterday, I signed up for the Shock Absorber WomenOnly triathlon training day in May 2011. It will be held at the same venue as the race, the beautiful and serene Dorney Lake, so I’m really looking forward to going back there.

My current physio enforced blanket ban on any tri based activity (or anything else for that matter, including tennis and climbing) has the clause, if you will, of “swim/cycle soon, but run… maybe never”. But I need the HOPE, right now, so the training day seems a happy medium.

Hell, the run portion of the actual race is only 2.5k; I could walk the whole thing, so I may just sign up anyway, just for the mental boost of “being in training” for a race again.

I’m praying to be allowed a little cycling when I see the physio on Saturday. I took delivery of my brand new Specialized Secteur Apex Elite which I bought via the Cycle to Work scheme, and haven’t been able to ride it yet (the aforementioned ban occured betwixt ordering and getting). I’ll set the turbo up in the lounge and get 5 minutes in, if that’s all I’m allowed.

In the meantime, I do my ab grips and stretch my hamstrings and wait. But the waiting is killing me. I need to feel like I’m doing something. So what else can I do? Six basic and easy things:

1. I can start taking the stairs at work again, every day. I stopped when I slipped the disc and just got out of the habit. It’s only 2 flights and I’m just being lazy now that the pain isn’t chronic.
2. I will have my porridge BEFORE going to work. It only takes a minute and otherwise, I don’t eat until 9ish (I get up at 6:30). 
3. I will ditch my enormous morning latte (2 sugars) for a tea with a fraction of the milk and no sugar.
4. I will drink more water during the day.
5. I will eat more smaller meals.
6. I will restart my food diary.

I will focus on returning to proper habits so that when I can start exercising again, I won’t have to think about those things.

Here goes!