Ouch and words of wisdom
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!
Got to the weekend feeling very smug that my cycling (albeit on an indoor exercise bike) was causing me no pain.
'Tis true: pride does come before a fall. Expecting the front of my legs to hurt like billio was just plain wrong. It's my butt! Come Saturday I was walking like John Wayne.
And just as I started to recover, bam!
Kids in car, ready to take mine plus few other wisecrack six year olds off to an Easter Holiday football course, I kick a football wearing high heels. Not clever. Ankle goes over and gives out. It was as much as I could do not to swear in front of a car full of flapping ears.
I know to my expense that anything I say will be repeated, especially if they think they shouldn't.
In fact (and this has nothing to with the ride, but hell, I'm not getting on a bike for a few days at least) I spent a sleeples and tormented night a few weeks back after being called in to see my six-year old's teacher on 'a disciplinary issue'. I had visions of him having beaten up a smaller child, or tearing up books in a tantrum.
His grand offence was say the word 'bugger' - and then deny it. Does laughing with relief make me a pants parent? (I know I should take it seriously, especially the fibbing bit but I can't articulate the sheer relief.)
Anyway, am expecting the article on Brenda Dickinson, the lady who started the Action 100 bike ride to appear on Friday.
And am now properly registered to do the ride - my debit card didn't go through originally as the form didn't have an issue number on it, which is apparaently par for the course when submitting lots of financial information on a single piece of paper - has made me quite nervy (quite rightly) about filling in other forms to go through the post ever since.
And I've applied for an online sponsorship form, so watch this space for financial requests. (Please read whilst feeling drunk and full of goodwill towards the whole world - I'm sure I was when I signed up!)
So whilst my fitness may not be heading in the right direction, at least other things are!
Got to the weekend feeling very smug that my cycling (albeit on an indoor exercise bike) was causing me no pain.
'Tis true: pride does come before a fall. Expecting the front of my legs to hurt like billio was just plain wrong. It's my butt! Come Saturday I was walking like John Wayne.
And just as I started to recover, bam!
Kids in car, ready to take mine plus few other wisecrack six year olds off to an Easter Holiday football course, I kick a football wearing high heels. Not clever. Ankle goes over and gives out. It was as much as I could do not to swear in front of a car full of flapping ears.
I know to my expense that anything I say will be repeated, especially if they think they shouldn't.
In fact (and this has nothing to with the ride, but hell, I'm not getting on a bike for a few days at least) I spent a sleeples and tormented night a few weeks back after being called in to see my six-year old's teacher on 'a disciplinary issue'. I had visions of him having beaten up a smaller child, or tearing up books in a tantrum.
His grand offence was say the word 'bugger' - and then deny it. Does laughing with relief make me a pants parent? (I know I should take it seriously, especially the fibbing bit but I can't articulate the sheer relief.)
Anyway, am expecting the article on Brenda Dickinson, the lady who started the Action 100 bike ride to appear on Friday.
And am now properly registered to do the ride - my debit card didn't go through originally as the form didn't have an issue number on it, which is apparaently par for the course when submitting lots of financial information on a single piece of paper - has made me quite nervy (quite rightly) about filling in other forms to go through the post ever since.
And I've applied for an online sponsorship form, so watch this space for financial requests. (Please read whilst feeling drunk and full of goodwill towards the whole world - I'm sure I was when I signed up!)
So whilst my fitness may not be heading in the right direction, at least other things are!
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