Looks like no Danskin for me this weekend :(

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Sigh...

It looks like I'm going to have to cancel my Danskin this weekend. Saturday

we got back to Norway from England and I am pretty sure I ate something with

some food borne bacteria in it or something because Sunday I was sick as a

dog. I was a little better Monday, but since then I have been experiencing

horrible abdominal pain, cramps, and tenderness any time I walk.

I am absolutely sick about this. I have been praying all week that it would

be gone and I could give the old bod a " trial run " tomorrow. We just got

home (a few minutes ago) and I'm almost doubled over. So tomorrow I'm going

to see if I can't get in to see my doctor and if not, I'll go to a clinic.

It's more than just a tummy ache. I wish it were something I could just push

through, but with the swim, that would be downright dangerous.

I don't know that even Roy understands what the Danskin means to me. While I

was in the hospital last year I decided that I wanted to set a big fitness

goal for myself and this was it. I have a dear friend who died of breast

cancer, and another currently battling it. I have trained 5-7 days a week

for a year. When I had a bad swim in my last triathlon, I made myself swim 7

times a week. I ran in Norway. I ran in England. I swam in Norway. I paid 15

freaking DOLLARS to swim in Norway! Heck, I probably OVERtrained! I have

read every triathlon-related article I could get my hands on, taken swim

lessons, cried over tri-reports.

Sigh...I guess I'm just feeling kind of sorry for myself right now because

the truth is, there will be other triathlons and this doesn't " undo " all the

hard work. It's just when you set that one thing in front of you and then

you can't do it...bums you out, you know?

So my plan is, see how I feel when I wake up bright and early tomorrow. (I

have, as of now, been up 24 hours...so don't you feel blessed to be getting

a message from me...wheee! Gotta love time changes!) If I have no cramping

I'm going to go swimming at 5 and see how that goes. If it feels okay, I'm

going to aerobics and see if my body can handle it. If not...well, I am

still a registered participant so Saturday I'll go to the expo and do as

much of that as I can. Sunday I'll go and cheer on all the other wonderful

women competing so I'll be just that much more pumped up for next year. Then

as soon as I find out that this stupid stomach stuff is gone, I'll register

for the Reebok one coming up in about a month, and if I can't get into that,

I'll do a half marathon next month. It's all good.

Just bummin' a little, though.

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Tory Klementsen, MCP A+

Career and Technology Educator

www.teechur.com

www.msteechur.com

-The successful person will do the things that the unsuccessful person will

not.