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The start of the festive challenge and a week of no running......


Hiya guys Jess here, 

This week didn't go to plan, it was suppose to be a week of smashing out training, starting the festive challenge and getting to the Christmas work event, instead it was a week of a back injury and then a cold, flu lurgy type thing...... 

So the start of the week went well, till i realised part way though Monday that I have pulled a muscle somewhere in my back, either the top or the bottom, all i know is it hurt the whole left side of my back and triggered my sciatic nerve... that derailed the first half of the week, its mostly gone now with just the occasional twinge but i spent the last 11 years of my life battling on going back pains, aches and niggles, its just part of my life. 

come the second half of the week and everyone at work is coming down with all i can describe as is the flu, that really snotty, chesty, lurgy that make you feel like utter crap! With most the team being hit by it and not feeling well we postponed the Christmas party in place of a party in the new year instead. 

Friday night i started to feel the familiar tickle of the throat and the start of a slight cough, I know full well
what is coming for me, so I started on the meds i have at home and plan to grab more on the Saturday. 


Wake up Saturday morning and my whoop score says it all, RHR and respiratory rate spiked and my HRV plummeted, with a good 8 hours sleep (though broken) and no stress a (frequent trigger) or alcohol (an occasional trigger....seriously one glass sets my score out of whack now I hardly drink) I knew full well this was illness! Rough first day its time to hit it with everything to kill it before it heads to sinusitis, I can cope with a cold, or a flu, but Sinusitis completely destroys me!  



Generally i feel pretty rough but i still have my voice and its more just the annoyance of the cough and feeling a rubbish, though the throat still hurts, so the whole of Saturday (and now Sunday) I have been dosing up on a bit of everything, lemsip, Ibuprofen, cough mix, throat sweets, honey and lemon tea, vics for the chest, deep heat for the back (the coughing isn't helping he aching) and lots of rest. So instead of training this weekend and going on the planned bike ride I have instead cancelled all workouts in place of rest, recovery and easy movement, i mean i can't just stop, otherwise nothing will get done, but i can be more sensible. 






This week was suppose to be the start of the bikes and laces festive challenge, and annual festive challenge where we set a task to complete, this year is to complete a run distance, ride distance and one think that challenges or scares you, so with this week being no running, or riding it means next week i have to up the run or drop the distances.... We will see what happens. 


So with a cancel of plans, and swapping out training for easy stuff Chris and I ended up having a spontaneous date day, we booked in for a meal at cosmos where we ate way to much food, and they some time at the board game cafe playing new games, and even had a walk around the market, generally a nice easy day out. 




So that was that, not the week i planned but a good time in the end, as i write this i am sipping lemsip and putting my feet up while mentally planning for my chill afternoon, hot bath, nice drink, and possibly a murder or two. 

Any how I am going to go rest up before a short walk out and generally just take it easy.

Thanks for reading, stay safe, 

scribble back 

love from Jessie 

xxx 

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