lisa morgan

Apparently the universe has a message for me, but I'm convinced that if I ignore it long enough it'll leave me to get on with things my way...  after 10 weeks of rehab my ankle was good enough to ride any terrain, any bike, any duration.  So I was just about to ramp up the pre-training training (that's the stuff I do to ensure I have some sort of conditioning prior to starting a formal programme) when I got attacked by killer-viruses kindly donated by colleagues who come to work when obviously sick and contagious - they shall remain both nameless and unforgiven.  One virus lead to another which lead to bronchitis and a pretty severe case of wo-is-me because I can't get out and do some exercise for the better part of 4 weeks.  Ok, new plan - push the training back one more week to ensure a full recovery and then we will be all systems go.

During that week I had the privilege of once again supporting Jude Young to a second victory in the 12 hour solo of the Taupo Day/Night Thriller - a pretty narrow victory after finally taking the lead from Charlotte Ireland, who had recently returned home after a second stab at the Canadian Trans-Rockies stage mtb race, in the final hours.  Charlotte won the Moonride 12 hour solo so we were hoping for some exciting competition and we weren't disappointed.  It was an intersting day for me being Jude's dedicated support person for our 3rd event together, and having written Charlotte's programme for the last 12 months!  Thankfully we're all still friends

So with a week to go before Robyn had to start whipping up more superb programmes for me I was bouncing around town between house-sitting assignments and home, and trying to squeeze in some runs and rides.  With round 2 of the PNP series on the Sunday I decided to pre-ride the course.  As a direct result of that decision I'm now typing one-handed with my right arm in plaster (yes, I'm right-handed).

The trusty old scaphoid... the nurse and Dr had an interesting discussion trying to work out what they were looking at because apparently the month I spent taping my wrist up last year was because of a break or fracture.  I have to say, this time it was much more painful and I didn't have a hope of using the arm or hand normally.

So as much as I'd hoped my next update here would be all about riding the Felt (it's fine, thanks for asking) and wearing my awesome new 2XU kit (which will look great just as soon as I can do some exercise so that it fits right again!) and playing around with the SRM that is getting fitted to the roadie (snap -I got the power!) unfortunately this is what you have to read about instead!

Getting back to that comment about 2XU: Yep, the awesome crew there have come to the party and hooked me up with some finery for training and racing, and their great compression gear as well.  And just as soon as I have a chance to really test it all out I'll be posting pics and reviews to go some way to thanking them for their support and belief in my goals.