USA vs England!

Well I tried to get a bike ride in before the big game today. I did 7 miles, Im exhausted and RA pain is really bad. To say I was stressed would be an understatement even though its a small triathlon tomorrow its still an event and I want to do well. It raining in June and more like February! So the tri tomorrow will be in cold wet conditions.

What went wrong? Well lack of sleep is a constant, about an hour after I got home I realized that I didnt eat my energy bar and I didnt have a diet coke. I think I would have blowen up around mile 15 with lack of energy and the lack of motivation was the diet coke craving. Ill have to watch that.

So what did I do instead? I went to the bike shop and bought a new top. Isla helped me pick. Ive included a picture. As the race tomorrow wont be sunny and doesn't require a white top to deflect the sun I went for a fun top.

My long run, swim and cycle wont happen this weekend for the second weekend in a row. This officially stresses me out and will push me back a little bit.

A note on the RA pain. Well I have increased my Ibuprofen intake back to 800mg 3 times a day, unfortunately it takes a week for the anti-inflammatory part to kick in. I'm hoping this is a small set back and I wont have to increase the RA meds as the next step is intravenous treatments once a month with a lovely warning "Could cause death". With young kids and a wife I'm not really interested in those treatments. Hopefully the weight loss will lead to a reduction in RA not an increase. Oh yeah and the High Blood pressure isn't getting any better either! Jeezo.

Now its off to the pub for the US vs England game! I'm not saying who Ill support. Too many friends on both sides and I have the privilege of not dealing with an ignorant Prime Minister, ignorant Snickers people or ignorant British media. Those 3 in my opinion are the reasons its hard for Scotland to wish its neighbours well.