My First Foursome...

Sunday 14th Jan 07 (I'm the one on the far left).



...this year.

Before you get too excited, I am talking about a cycling foursome;)
Lee & I & Lee's boss Martin and work mate Mat all met down Peaslake Village for a spot of mountain biking. The sun was out all day, it was mild and not too much mud either. There were a few clouds, but this is England;) I was a little apprehensive going with Martin & Mat.........let me explain. The last time we all went out together Mat broke a rib in coming off his bike and Martin split his head open like wise. This was about 6 months ago. Mat went out once more with us after his recovery. But today was the first time Martin went out since busting his head open. In all fairness they both did very well considering. If Lee & I hadn't been out on our bikes for 6 months we would have died today! We stopped a few more times than normal.
It was a great day though. Just never know if anyone is going to take a tumble. Martin did manage to fall off halfway down Barry Knows Best but survived to tell the tale;) Nice one Martin & Mat.........you did really well. In another six months then;)
It was quite refreshing to be honest, going round at someone elses pace. Saw an awful lot more scenery. Same as usual but more. Right up on the summit of Pitch Hill walked past a lone mountain biker pushing his beloved bike along up on it's back wheel. His front wheel was pretty buckled and his forks were bent! He was fine and nodded so to us. Judging by the direction he was walking in he had a pretty fair distance to the carpark!.......That's mountain biking:) Lee & I knew exactly where he had just come from......where we were heading oursleves. A pretty steep drop in that once we were there ourselves Lee was the only one to do it. What a hero;) I did it last time we were there but even then I nearly crashed into a tree at 30 mph! On another track a couple of mountain bikers asked me if I had lost a digital speedometer. I hadn't. We're like one big family up there, unlike Richmond Park where they are all a bit snooty!. I still feel like I have worked hard though so I can only imagine how the others will be feeling today!
Nearly got my car stuck in the carpark! I got there at 11:30am and the normally empty carpark was full! Even on a good day in the summer there are always spaces. It was full of mountain bikers and their cars & 4 by 4's. I got the last chicken on the shelf so to speak and it was in 6 inches of mud! The tiny village triangle was packed with cyclists, a large group of elderly ramblers, a dog and two horses and one or two very annoyed locals;) You can just imagine a quiet tiny English country village absolutely packed with muddy cyclists blocking the road.
I managed to get my car out in the end. Was wondering all afternoon wether I would. I stuck the auto over into semi and selected 3rd gear and slowly but surely the car moved. My car needs new tyres..........and a wash!
My bike was great as usual. It does amaze me at the sheer amount of battering that bike takes! The more battering the bike gets the less I do.....that's fine with me:)
I will be interested to see how my body reacts to not being on tx. This week, Thursday in fact, will see the last of my 48 Interferon injections. Actually, I was not sure wether to mention this or not as I didn't want to make it sound like some big deal because it's not but I have thought about it and have decided to mention it. I will be doing 50wks of tx. The only and I stress the only reasons being are a) I was given two too many injections and b) I am tolerating the tx very well c) The injections would only go in the bin if I took them back to the RFH and d) I would absolutely hate myself if I didn't use them and my virus came back. There, I said it. Wether it is right or wrong to use them I am going to use them. No, they most probably won't make any difference being just the two and all, but who really knows eh.......those two extra weeks could make a difference. If they weren't there in my fridge I would not even be thinking about them.
My miniscule tx extention will not effect my bloods due on the 22nd Jan. I finish my 48th on the 18th. But it may effect the 6 month post bloods. I will never know, but what would you do with two extra injections sitting by the grapes in your fridge and you were tolerating tx?..........Exactly.


Jason





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