What a weekend! After a panic on Thursday when our friends Pete and Sarah Golding informed us that our outbound flight to Verona had been cancelled (good job they did as Ryan air didn't bother informing us!), we managed to book a flight to Milan.
Fantastic weather all weekend, sunny and warm, beautiful scenery and yummy food! We took Mum and Dad with us this year, it was great to take them to the Town Hall in Limone where we got married and the restaurant where we had our wedding meal, as well as the beach where we necked bottles of Forst after the ceremony!
We bumped into Pete and Sarah on their way to pick Sarah's number up for the marathon. Great to see them, and great to see that Jenson Button was second on the grid for the Japanese Grand Prix the following day, and even better to see him win the race the following morning.
We managed to fit some shopping in, couldn't resist as they have some gorgeous clothes here!
Had a swim in the very choppy lake, bit of a learning experience for me as I've never swum in rough water before. Bit scary to start with but I got the hang of it in the end.
We heard that Sarah had finished the marathon in 3:40, what a great result!
I thought that a relaxing weekend would be the ideal preperation for the Wix 5 mile the following weekend, and was looking to a couple of training sessions in the week. Unfortunately when we got to Verona airport I srtaed to get some pain in my left shoulder. I thought nothing of it, then when I stepped off the plane at Stansted my back seized up and I was stuck! I'd leant forward to catch my breath when it seized and couldn't stand up straight again. How embarrassing, it must have looked like I was throwing up! In the end the very kind and helpful staff got me a wheelchair and wheeled me out to the car.
I had to lie very still for 24 hours and take some diazapam and now now back on my feet again, with a very sore shoulder though. Unfortunately the Wix 5 doesn't look very likely to happen for me on Sunday. I'm really disappointed as I'd been following an eight week training programme to get me ready and had worked hard during the speed sessions. On a positive note the programme contributed to a great run in the round norfolk relay and got me round the first cross country race of the season so it wasn't in vain.
Time to make use of some time out of training and racing and crack on with my PhD..........
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