march injury part 2

As i said in the last post...march always seems to be a tough month and this year it was a total write off...i had the worst back injury i've had in ten years and it took me the whole month to get back straight and training again....it cast very serious doubts over my attempt this year also resulted in eating and drinking too much so weight loss stalled/went backwards too.....
but i'm happy to say i've come out of the other side and am back in full training.

I have to thank Grant @ Backinmotion (my chiropractor) for this...the guy is a genius with back problems and knew exactly what to do....exactly what i can do and never pushed...also never forced more (£32 a go) treatment on me if i didnt need it. Legend.

Another legend is Mike 'The Bike' Taylor @ Bridgetown cycles....i took my Ribble for a pro bike fitting and its incredible what this guy knows about getting the most out of your bike....he also has 'jedi mind tricks' and somehow i ended up trading in the ribble and buying a Trek Madone 3.1 Carbon road bike....WAT (wife added tax) came to 100% for this as i had to buy cat (mrsB) one too if i wanted one myself but he did a fantastic deal...took our bikes in PX and i'm thrilled to bits with the new one....on top of that it rides and feels incredible and comfortable so mike wasnt just trying to sell me a new bike...he was RIGHT...and now so is the bike.

I'm racking up the miles on it and back to full running...swimming has been very slow cause i'm bored with the pool but only 3 weeks or so till open water starts which i love doing and feel my shoulders will be ready for a decent assault.

As i said march was almost a complete write off with just 13 miles running and 68 cycling with 4 in the pool....very poor....April will be better (in fact it already is) though i've been coming back slowly and incorporating a lot of core work and back stretches.

I'm currently thinking of ditching one run a week in favour of either an extra ride or a palates / core workout but i've not yet decided and wont get hung up on it.

only 8 weeks or so to Bala and i'm going to have a right good go at being ready for that....cause if i can be ready for that i wont be far off being ready for IMUK!

famous last words eh??