Not so long ago I was given a four wheel drive tyre to pull for my training. The tyre was given on the wheel, which made an already heavy tyre …. extremely heavy! I took the tyre down to ATS who, after much struggling, managed to remove the tyre from the wheel. The mechanic rolled the tyre round, asking where the puncture was. I tried to explain there was no puncture, I merely needed the tyre for my training. He clearly thought I had lost the plot!

The Big Tyre

With Pop’s help I set the tyre up ready for pulling. As you can see it is a significant step up from the golf tyre! I took the tyre out for it’s first (and only pull to date) on my Thursday walk with Kizzy. I had under estimated how hard it would be. This tyre has serious drag and not much bounce. We were only walking a 3 mile circuit, but I seriously thought about taking the tyre off and picking it up on another walk, some time later (much later!)

Kizzy was delighted, this tyre slowed me down hugely; luckily we met Sarah another friend out walking her hound, who joined us otherwise Kizzy would not only have had a very slow walk, but a rather unsocial one too. By the time we got home ( I live on a hill, so it was a cruel finish!) I was the shade of a very ripe tomato.

Tommy has had me working seriousy hard in the gym. I am now deadlifting 50kg (only 10kg off my 60kg target!), bench pressing 30kg (I don’t have very good technique on this yet!), and doing eccentric press-ups with a 5kg weight on my back. My workouts never seem to get any easier; each week I come away with slightly different muscles hurting, I suppose I must be making some progress, but it is difficult to see.

The Arctic-Mummy Black Tie Auction was last night. It was a seriously fun evening which I will blog about in a few days time when I have managed to have a look at all the photos. I am also busy organising the next fundraising event which is in 2 weeks time … arghhh. So much to do, and time seems to be racing by so quickly!

I have just put together a silent movie (well Katie did all the technical stuff, I just played the staring role). To watch me in my Tango Wind-Suit, seeking sponsorship click on this link!

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