On being slack, or is that very busy!

The past couple of weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind. Training has been going well, After what seams like months (but was actually only a couple of weeks!) of being off due to illness and recovering, I am now back on the training plan. The snow hindered training slightly and became a complete annoyance. As every child I loved snow, and could never understand my Dad's (he's a builder) cursing the white soft stuff. He always said when I'm grown up I'll understand. Well I'm now 28, and completely hate the snow. I've had to walk to and from work (positive - my wheelies were much used and my liners kept my feet very cosy!), ride on the turbo and swimming was cancelled as pool closed. Simon and I did have a fun long run on the Sunday a 90ish min run turned into a 2 1/2 hour run/hike, through mostly knee high, occasionally hip high snow on the downs around Eastbourne. Despite this bit of fun i was definitely glad when the rain came, and washed the snow away.

Work has been hectic, with the hospital i work in being on black (i.e no beds) and the demand to get patients through and out of hospital increasing with a depleted team of physio's :-( has made for a slightly stressful couple of weeks. I'm leading our stroke team at present and learning a lot about people management at a steep rate. This kind of thing definitely doesn't come naturally to me! Lots of work, reflection and changing my approach is required.

We have just booked our apartment for Ironman Nice, after a bit of searching we have settle on one close to the race start. It's on the 5th floor so will make for interesting stair descending on the days post Ironman! What was going to be Simon and I travelling down and back up in our van, has changed completely. Were now flying out. Simon's Sister, her boyfriend, Mum and Dad will be joining us, for the trip to Nice. A little sad that our van will not be used, but very happy to have their company for the week and their support on race day too :-).