Deja vu

Well, following a lot of painful and expensive physio my ankle has improved to the point where I am hopeful that I will be able to race in Busselton again. It's still a bit sore and after an incident where I went for an unauthorised run to test it out I havne been told very firmly that I am not to run for at least another ten days. I can't afford to lose any more running fitness so I am going to have to get some deep water running in. This is a bizarre activity where you get a float belt and run on the spot in the deep end of the swimming pool, thereby providing entertainment for other pool users and a workout which hits the running muscles without loading them and aggravating any injury. In order to make this a little less boring I have ordered not only a float belt but also a waterproof MP3 player. At least I won't be able to hear the little boys sniggering at me.

This is all feeling a bit too much like deja-vu. I tore a muscle six weeks before IMWA last year and could do nothing but water running until the race. That was excruciatingly boring because I was doing it in the dive pool at the local "aquatic centre", which while suitably deep had about a 30 cm space between the top of the the pool and the water surface, meaning that not only was I monotonously running in place in deep water but also that all I could see while I was doing it was the tiled wall of the pool. At least this time I'll be able to see passers by and enjoy the warm feeling that you gain from knowing you've given them something to talk about over dinner.