Thought it was about time I poked my head back up.
I had a really rough few weeks. The missus and I have been trying for a kid for a while now but no success. A few tests later and we have been given less than a 1% chance of conceiving naturally due to both of us having fertility issues. My reasons aren’t clear but the specialist thinks 20ish stone sat on my balls for hours at a time cycling probably hasn’t helped! As a result I had an enforced 4 weeks off the bike to see if things improved but it didn’t.
Shortly after this news my Dad had a heart attack, closely followed by Mum having a fall trying to put the bins out and essentially destroying her shoulder so I’ve been looking after them also.
Happily they are both OK now, the missus and I have some options we are exploring and all has been getting back to normal over the past couple of weeks. Moved into our new house at the start of May.
I had my first ride out and promptly did this:
2017-05-05 17.48.57 by Kieran Bennett[/url], on Flickr
Smacking my knee into a rock and promptly putting myself back off the bike for a couple of weeks. Wish i’d taken the advice in the recent knee pad grouptest in the mag now!
However, I’ve managed to resume training in the last week. My last weigh in was pretty good and i think i’m back on course for the end of June.
Yesterday I completed my first triathlon. When i sighned up my target was not to come last. My final result: 149th out of 257 starters!
2017-05-21 11.26.24 HDR by Kieran Bennett[/url], on Flickr