I did say I’d explain why the aqua work yesterday instead of a run.
I am so buggered!
I seem to have pulled my hamstring.
I ran the other day for the first time in 3 months because of the Achilles problem I’ve had and I actually loved it.
The following day the back of my thigh really hurt but I thought that was fine just a bit of overexertion, but it’s got worse and worse and yesterday when I tried to run, I actually couldn’t. My left hamstring hurt so much that I couldn’t do it.
I didn’t believe it at first, got off the treadmill for a few minutes then decided that I was being a wimp and tried again, but no, I can’t run. On the first day of what is supposed to be my best ever Juneathon!!!
AsI had to do something, both for Juneathon, and for the Fatbusting, I did HIIT in the pool which was actually very good as it worked my wimpy arms a lot.
What was not so good is that while we’ve been away, the ducks have taken full advantage of the swimming pool and it was covered in floating duck poo and slime.
So don’t anyone say I’m not dedicated because I still got in and did it. (Can you get Typhoid from duck poo?)
I’m a physical wreck today. I seem to have been bitten by a mosquito on my lower eyelid. It started to feel sore yesterday morning, and by last night it was quite red and swollen. I wondered if it was some sort of infection, then when I went to bed I noticed a couple of other bites on my arms and so although it sounds like a rather bizarre thing to wish for, I hope that I do have a mosquito bite on my eyelid, rather than anything I need to go to the Dr. for.
When I got up this morning, I put my right foot on the floor, (Grumpy Achilles always sore first thing), hobbled, put my left foot down, (Hamstring leg) and lurched sideways across the room to the bathroom, where I glanced in the mirror and noticed my half closed, red-looking eye. A fairly passable imitation of Quasimodo.
The mosquito eye is not being helped by what I saw out of the window of the plane yesterday as we were descending. England’s Yellow and Pleasant Land!
If you have not seen this country from above lately, let me tell you that it is bright acid yellow there is so much Oilseed Rape in bloom.
I am v. allergic to Oilseed Rape pollen and we have a field of the stuff right next door to our garden. There is no hope for me.
This morning I *swam lengths for Juneathon, I lost count of how many but I swam for 20 mins, quite gently because of the leg. I had to give the fatbusting a rest today as I need this leg to get better.
(*Duck poo gone because v. good husband cleaned pool yesterday afternoon)
If you don’t watch Britain’s Got Talent, then you will have missed the most beautiful act that was on last night. They are called Attraction. Here it is. Do watch it, I defy you not to cry.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZS_Vq6eKw&feature=share
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOZS_Vq6eKw&feature=share
High-Fiving Palm Trees 
oh my goodness! you really are in the wars.. well done for your dedication, and things can only get better from here onwards 🙂
Oh dear, not a healthy sounding post! Feel better soon and yuck to duck poo!
Oh crikey, get well soon! I’ve done something to my hamstrings too – I’m not sure what, I thought I was just a bit stiff but it’s possible it’s a proper running injury. So I swam today too. Much more fun!
Good god woman are you falling apart? Maybe you need to go back to Spain and be healthy. That video made me cry, I met two lads from the Luminites on Sunday – they are very nice boys.