Another week down; another week with very little training and another week of elbow pain. I went back to the Doc on Wednesday and got good news - my elbow probably wasn't broken, just sprained and grumpy. I had to wait until Thursday afternoon to find out that the xrays were clear, and for Thursday evening to see the sports physio for a checkup. The consensus from my team of medicos was unanimous = all clear, and back to training. Yay!
I also received good news from the transmission mechanic. The transmission in the car is fine, but the car is idling too fast on startup, which is causing the jumping into reverse if you have no patience (and I sure as heck don't first thing in the morning) and don't wait for the idle to come down before shifting into reverse. So, I reverse into my car space at night and drive out in the morning. This little workaround will have to do until the car goes in for a service in a few weeks.
On another positive note, all my requested papers for this year have been confirmed with Massey University, so I'm going to work on my Bachelor of Sport and Exercise degree. Yes, it will take a few years to complete, but hey, nothing good ever happened overnight!
And, it was off to the pool today for my swim coach session with Connie. We've inherited another two people this term, although how long they will last is anyone's guess. Neither can swim a whole length of the pool and struggle to complete half a length even with dog paddle, so either I'll be put up to level 3 or they'll be dropped to level 1 (or just drop out). We'll see.
Anyway, I discovered I can swim 150m nonstop now - 100m freestyle, then I have to rollover and do backstroke. My arm didn't ache during swimming which was great, but my shoulders did by about 80m so obviously I have some work to do there. I did my lesson (300m) mostly breaststroke, followed by another 700m in blocks of 100m freestyle. I felt good - great in fact, until I realised my blisters from two weeks ago had burst. Owie! I procured bandaids from the pool staff, patched myself up and went out to get boxing gear to use when training a client twice a week.
I'm pretty sure I'm going to hurt tomorrow, and with my blisters being so gross I'm not riding with them in that shape. I need them sorted for training this week and my tri next weekend, plus a friend arrives from Melbourne tonight who is helping sponsor me with gear and we're shopping tomorrow for a few more things off my list.
Best away, got to go pick her up at the airport soon!
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