Its been a while since I did my last Blog entry and quite a bit has happened to me
Gary Telfer Monday night fitness training continued and I was enjoying starting to feel fitter. Getting used to using different muscle groups and as you get used to doing the training you naturally get better at it and can work harder at it.
Also, I have been continuing doing my Gym “Triathlons” which seem to be going quite well and also started doing intervals on the treadmill and getting a little faster at the same time continuing to work on the tips from Gary.
So all seemed well then it all went pear-shaped. The Monday sessions seemed to be hurting my left big toe joint and I did worry that it was Gout coming back. This subsequently proved unfounded. A few runs around the fields were really good fun but causing me slight niggles.
I went to the doctors just to ensure that the gout was not coming back and had a blood test. This proved negative so I went on Holidays happy. Finding a Gym was good and I did 2 30 minute runs on consecutive days and my foot went bananas. Couldn’t wear a shoe for a week so lucky I was in a hot country with a pool. Started doing swimming sessions for 30 minutes a time just to keep my fitness going which for someone who does not like swimming was some going. (The pool did have a swim-up bar 😊)
Came back from holidays and my foot wasn’t really clearing up so back to the doctors. He suggested an x-ray which has shown I have osteoarthritis in the big toe joint. Oh the joy of getting older ☹. I now have to find a way around this and I am going to continue to train and will be entering Berlin 2019 marathon ballot on 117/9/2018. Gary is helping me and shock horror Jim and Gary are suggesting Clown shoes may be good for me (Altra shoes )
OOh,by the way,myrearranged Tandem parachute jump is now on 20/09/2018
Looking forward to welcoming you to the circus 🤡🎟🎪