A good one, at last.

Adam paddling back from Molesy Lock

After our trials and tribulations in the mystere over the last couple of weeks, we have finally had something good to report. On Wednesday last week we tried the Stratos; it's even more unstable than the mystere so after sitting in it for approximately 30 seconds we got out and went for a short paddle in the Laances. I was feeling pretty shaky still and did not relax until we were almost back home after 30 minutes. We had both decided that we needed to get out in daylight so this morning we headed out for an easy paddle up to Hampton Court. It took 2 hours, so it was pretty slow but it was just about re-building some confidence. The fact that the temperature was a dizzyingly high 5 degrees also helped and while I had a poor first 20 minutes it was what we needed to log some paddle time. Ad was feeling it a bit in the last 20 minutes with his back protesting but with work and a lot more paddling that will sort itself out. It was the first time in quite a while that I was enjoying being on the river.

Other good news; I have been running, pain free a couple of times. Only for 25 minutes but with no reaction at all so the stretching I am doing must be working and I am looking forward to maintaining this over the next few weeks. Turboing has been patchy and hard work and swimming has dropped off the radar altogether. On Friday I will be cycling outside for the first time in a long time, as long as no more snow arrives.