So officially I am entering week 3 of my training program with Embark. Unofficially I haven’t been to one group training session yet, don’t have a bicycle and the doctor has booked me off for a week. Sigh!

The training was going well and I was especially enjoying the couple of swimming sessions that I did. Thank goodness for friends who understand the program and swimming. Then I went to my home town to assist with the final preparations of my sister’s wedding. An amazing bachelorette’s party, quite chilly wedding day and sleeveless bridesmaids dress have resulted in me being man down. I even went to the doctor to get some antibiotics, nasal spray, cortisone and anything else that they would let me have.

Ultimately the result is that no training happened in week 2 and very little training will be happening in week 3. My mission for this week is to get the bicycle. I’m going for a second hand one. I did have one lined up, but it fell through, so currently we are waiting for something else to come up in my price range. Really need to have that sorted by the end of the week and start getting some saddle time in.