Stomach troubles and the 4yr old 10 miler

After the race in the wet the previous weekend it was about 3 days until I felt really off, not quite sick but a feeling that something was deffinately not right. Wednesday evening I was asleep very early and after about 12-14 hours sleep I ended up spending the next few hours in bed and on the toilet... not nice... After a 36 hour period of not feeling that great things seemed to be getting better again, although after a couple of days it seems to have returned and again, not feeling too great if I have a lot to eat, so a liquid diet for now. Riding to the station on Friday was an experience as the lack of an quantity of food for 36hrs depleted the energy a noticable amount.

Currenty down to below 72kg, which is not good due to the way in which this has been achieved and does not leave me with a gut to burn while I'm drinking mainly water. Justr focusing on keeping hydrated well and hope the injection will work it's way through or be zapped by my imune system.

Thought it was a good opportunity though to take some time off the bike (my excuse and rasoning not to get pissed off about it), even though it has been one of the best weekends this year and would have loved to have been out on the bike. A good break with the family.

While away for the weekend I took my £50 commuter special with us and Lukes pedal bike, which he likes to ride a lot now. Luke and myself set off from the site we were staying at to the local Reservoir, which has a track / path running round it and made our way to the playground at first (about 1.5 miles away). Following a few minutes on the rotting climbing frame Luke got back on his bike and we set off further round the circuit, along the top of the dam wall, with a few stops for Luke to have a look over the top and see what was about. Before long we were half way round and at the local pub for snack with a lemonade and coke.

After the pit stop we set off back the way we came and I ended up pushing Luke along about a mile of the road (sort of short cut) that ran paralle to the paths before we arrived at the start of the dam. Returning back along the same route to the caravan the distance all in all seemed to be around 10 miles. Not bad for a 4yr old...