The River loop

1:40pm... In the middle of drinking 1L water for my renal ultrasound... NO PAIN this morning by the way.

 Anyway.  I'm BUSTING.  How the hell am I supposed to hold this for 1hour???  HELP

I printed off the shout out to Tim and left it as a suprise on his desk this morning. ^_^ As much fun as it is telling you all what a great guy he is, it's important for him to know too. :) He was touched and I got al emotional (in a good way) He's so sweet!

Anyhue. Still sore today so I'm not adding anything to the LEM total. ;_; Hopefully the doc rings back with good news around midday.

Today I got to try out my full wet weather kit. Booties, Rain coat, long pants. It's COLD AND MISERABLE here. So much so that I slept with the DOONA last night. A DOONA??? In SUMMER???? what's going on???

If you can, Get a copy of Australian Triathlon and Multisport Magazine this month. Read the article about Anne Garton. I've known about Anne's achievements since the beginning of the year when I saw her story on Australian story on ABC2 one Saturday Morning on Repeat... I was just about to run when her story came on. It was worth NOT running that morning to watch it.

She's a Brisbanite. She's currently working with the Croc squad and she's an age grouper who's made it to the worlds! But she made it to worlds from her HOSPITAL BED!

I mean this girl was condemned to supergluing her bike shoes so she could keep riding. Her tri team were giving her handme down outfits to help her train! Her doctors had her on 24 hr watch and allowed her to train under very strict conditions. She is fighting her mental illness head on by kicking some serious arse in the Queensland Triathlon Series.

Since qualifing for the worlds (and turning it down since she couldn't afford it) she's had everything donated to her so she can focus on her support and recovery. I'm really proud of being from Brisbane when Radio stations, corporations and local tri squads rally around and help others. Anne was able to make it to the worlds and even got 7 weeks of CROC SQUAD coaching beforehand which really helped her improve, -new gear-new bike- and her family got to be waiting for her at the finish line.

Anne inspires me more than the pros do. You go Anne! We are proud of you! I'm hoping Anne will be on the course at Robina (and kick my arse!)

23min 56 seconds - 1000m freestyle.

Was supposed to run to the pool, but was seriously hurting today so I walked.

Well I might be officially SCREWED!!! I'm sorry LEMmings...

You know that Pain I had on Monday night, Well I'm still sore today. I still thought I'd pulled a muscle but now I have - Blood in the urine last night and this morning - DOCTOR THINKS I HAVE A KIDNEY INFECTION!!! (or a kidney stone, or a tumour - But the first one is by far the most likely)

Can't get in for an ultrasound until monday. Samples have been sent to the lab and I'll be doing "light work" and drinking lots of water until I get the results.

SAVE DIFF!   

Thought I better post this here too. I posted it a little earlier in the SPOUSE SUPPORT THREAD

He's become my cycling coach. I don't need to join a bunch ride when I get enough training and motivation chasing his arse on the brisbane corso! ^_^ It's a great view! I keep getting top 5 places in my age group so his method is DEFINATLEY working!

He buys me tri gear, and he's a bit of a gadget nut. AND he loves coming to races so he can check out the bike porn (even if most of it is TT bikes!) and

As well as being my cycling coach, He is also my cheersquad, bike servicer, massage therepist, nutritionist, team car, photographer, eye candy type sherpa.

Even though triathlon is something I do for me, I couldn't do it without him.

Man I'm so glad I did this. LOTS of rests in between but some interval sessions are good right! Should be a good group. One of the instructors is new too so overall a very friendly no threatening group! I really injoyed it!

Best News I've heard all year! If you haven't heard we're in the middle of a drought! So rain is a VERY good thing!

Who else is back to the grindstone today? There's like no one here at work! Majority of people are still on holidays. It's so god damn cold in the office here! I'm going to go over to target and buy a jacket/jumper or scarf or something. it's FREEZING

Interesting smell on the run this morning. The rain and humidity actually bought up the smell of KOALA SHIT as I ran through the scrub near bowie's flat. As the smell got stronger, I did find the " evidence" so I stopped and looked up and around for the little bugga.

LEGS - Lunge - Touchdown lunge 10 reps on each leg (x2)
LEGS - Single leg DB squat - Balance Squat and Pull using 2.5kg DB. 10 reps on each leg (x2)
LEGS - Side Step-Ups - Side Liftoff 10 reps on each leg. (x2)
CORE - Push ups - Push and Row using 2.5kg weight A push up incorporating a pull on alternating arms using a 2.5kg weights 10 reps (x2)
CORE - Knee to Chest - Pedalling plank 10 reps on each leg (x2)
CHEST - Flat Dumbell Press - Bridge Press using 2.5kg dumbells switching legs with each bridge 10 reps (x2)

FLEXIBILITY - Downward Dog, Extended Tirangle (one each side), Warrior (1 each side)
BALANCE - tree (one each side), Stability ball twist (30s each side)

YIKES! Man I was in pain last night. On my right side just under my ribs. It stretched from the bottom of my rib cage (including the last rib) down to just to the right of my abs, around my back to where my right kidney is then all the way down my back to the top of my hips.

It HURT. It was like I'd overstretched the muscle! OUCH. Fiance gave me a really nice massage but when he got to these spots it was ABSOLUTE AGONY!!! ;_;

My legs are still sore from the fitness test I did on sunday. Those squats are AWESOME!!! The run this morning certainly helped that out.

Smelt this on the run this morning. Couldn't find the source of it though. It's nice to know there are Koalas around!

Oh yeah - I sent an email to intraining! ^_^ Hopefully I'll be joining their run class tomorrow night! EEP!