after a visit to the doctors on tuesday i finally seem to be getting closer to the truth about what has been wrong with me for the past couple of months. he took a quick peek inside my mouth and very quickly diagnosed a throat infection which has caused my glands to swell up. you can imagine my relief that its finally been confirmed that its not full blown glandular fever because if it is that could wreck the immediate future of my sporting career. so i have been prescribed some antibiotics to take for a week or so and hopefully that will be that with this chapter of my career and things can look up again. whilst i'm typing this though i'm clutching on to a humungously large piece of wood as i don't want to put the kiss of death on any chance of improvement. i went for a run this evening and managed about 7 miles at a fairly steady pace which is more than i have been averageing, so that is a sign that things are moving in the right direction and i felt quite comfortable even running up hillside road, thats about 3/4 of a mile and about 1 in 3 in parts. not the most viscious hill in portishead but still fairly steep by comparison to some parts of portishead. tomorrow i will give my self a go on the ergometers for the first time in about 2 months and see how i get on with them. it wont be an all out workout just a steady 45-50 mins at a reasonably brisk pace its still going to be a couple of weeks before i think about having a bash at my best time for 2000 meters, but for the first time in a long while i feel optomistic about my prospects, so lets build on it but not get too carried away. i'm currently lisening to katherine jenkins on cd and that has helped to sooth my mood no end.
the latest news from scotland is that young isaac smith is now crawling (only a little bit) and has uttered his first words. at 8 and a half months that is quite young to be making any discernable noises or moving unaided
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