Tuesday, 13 February
On Tuesday this week I went straight to the gym from work. I haven't been since last Friday when I hurt my knee and I was a bit worried about hurting it again but I bought some knee supports which seem to work pretty well as I didn't get any pain at all despite doing some deep squatting.
I also tried out the new Fitbit Charge which Duncan had won at work and it recorded an average heart rate of 118bpm for the hour long session.
When I got home after the gym, the kitchen floor was full of chunder. Poor Ruby had been sick everywhere. It wasn't just in the kitchen, it was in the hall and landing and in one of the spare bedrooms that she'd managed to get into. She isn't often sick and if she does ever throw up it's just once and then she's fine afterwards but she just kept throwing up this evening. She also didn't come to greet me at the door and just lay in her basket feeling sorry for herself.
After Duncan arrived home we decided to keep check on her and see whether she got any better but she just chundered again and then she started to pant a lot so we decided to take her to the out of hours vets over in Swinton. The vet there was lovely and he thinks that she may have pancreatitiis.
He gave her an injection of painkillers and anti sickness drugs and gave us some other drugs to give her and then told us that we need to feed her on boiled chicken and courgette for a couple of days and look after her. When we got her home and put her down on the kitchen floor, her legs seem to buckle under her. I was a bit worried about this but Duncan said 'don't worry, she's just smacked off her tits' so we just took her to bed and let her sleep it off. Hopefully she will get better soon. Fingers crossed for Ruby.
He gave her an injection of painkillers and anti sickness drugs and gave us some other drugs to give her and then told us that we need to feed her on boiled chicken and courgette for a couple of days and look after her. When we got her home and put her down on the kitchen floor, her legs seem to buckle under her. I was a bit worried about this but Duncan said 'don't worry, she's just smacked off her tits' so we just took her to bed and let her sleep it off. Hopefully she will get better soon. Fingers crossed for Ruby.
Thursday, 15 February
I stayed at home with Ruby all day yesterday and she seemed to feel better as the day went on. No sick at all and I managed to get her eating. She was still out of sorts but that was to be expected when she had thrown up so much the day before.
However, this morning, she had been sick again and continued to be sick. I therefore stayed off work again and booked her into our own vets.
I took her in and they wanted to keep her in to monitor her and take blood samples so I had to take her over to their Westhoughton branch, where they kept her on a drip all day to rehydrate her.
As I sat in my office room, working from home, I kept looking down into her basket expecting her to be there. It felt like part of me was missing.
The one silver lining is that I got to go for a decent run, which I haven't done in a good while. Only a short one though as I was pushed for time.
I ran up the 'rocky road behind the school' up onto George's Lane then along to the ex dog kennels and, for the first time in ages, ran down through my favourite field.
I was wearing my new Saucony Koa ST fell shoes and I have mixed views on them. On soft ground, like my favourite field, they were great and the grip made me feel confident, however, on the harder ground I felt a bit like I was running on bricks. I don't know whether a change of insole would help or whether they'll just soften up a bit after use but, at £105 I hope they start to feel a bit better.
Later on, I picked Ruby back up and they still didn't know what was wrong with her, despite blood tests and x-rays and a whopping great big bill. They just said to try to get her to drink and keep hydrated and bring her back in the morning. She was sporting a very pretty yellow bandage with pictures of chicken on it!
Total distance - 3 miles
Saturday, 17 February
I had another day of staying at home looking after Ruby yesterday. She seemed much better in the morning however still wasn't eating anything.
I took her back to the vets at 9am and they took off her lovely chicken bandage and checked her over again. They were pleased with her progress and gave me some medication and food to give her and sent us on our way.
As the day went on she got better and better and I managed to gradually get her to start eating.
This morning, she seemed back to her normal self. Still only eating small amounts but was much more waggy tailed than she had been over the last few days.
I went to the UTUP this morning, something I haven't done for a very long time, and met up with EtU there.
We firstly ran up to the Pike via the race route and then down the steps side and along the lane to the stile over to Noon Hill. We climbed Noon Hill then went back down onto the lane, running along to the bridge to start our climb up Winter Hill Scar. As we started ascending, we bumped into EYJ coming the other way. After a brief chat, EYJ decided to go back up with us rather than continuing on down so we had a good natter as I haven't seen EYJ for absolutely ages. It was lovely to have a catch up.
Once at the top we went to the trig point and then ran down the mast road, towards Two Lads. Before the turn off to Two Lads, EYJ said he was leaving and carried on down the mast road, however when we got up to the cairn, there he was again. He said he'd had a change of mind but this time he really was leaving so he ran down back in the direction of the mast road and EtU and I ran down to Pike Cottage.
From there, we had a second run up the Pike. We were also going to have a second run up Noon Hill but got a bit strapped for time so decided to call it a day and ran back down to the cars.
It was great catching up with EtU as, other than brief encounters out and about, it's been a long while since we had a good old natter.
Total distance - 8.3 miles
Once back at the car I was wondering whether or not I had enough time or energy to get my strength and conditioning session in as I hadn't managed to get there yesterday but the gym closes at 1pm on a Saturday and isn't open on a Sunday. It was 11.45 so I decided I'd have enough time, even if I had to shorten the session a little so I drove over, arriving just before 12.
I managed to get a decent session in, although missed out the deadlifting as I was a little wary after hurting my knee last week and seeing as I was already tired from having run further than I have run in a long time.
Stats:
Week's total running distance: 11.3 miles (wow, double figures!)
Week's total walking distance: 0 (save for standard Ruby walks - although not many of those this week)
Week's total cycling distance: 0
Week's total swimming distance: 0
Total number of S&C sessions: 2
This morning, she seemed back to her normal self. Still only eating small amounts but was much more waggy tailed than she had been over the last few days.
I went to the UTUP this morning, something I haven't done for a very long time, and met up with EtU there.
We firstly ran up to the Pike via the race route and then down the steps side and along the lane to the stile over to Noon Hill. We climbed Noon Hill then went back down onto the lane, running along to the bridge to start our climb up Winter Hill Scar. As we started ascending, we bumped into EYJ coming the other way. After a brief chat, EYJ decided to go back up with us rather than continuing on down so we had a good natter as I haven't seen EYJ for absolutely ages. It was lovely to have a catch up.
Once at the top we went to the trig point and then ran down the mast road, towards Two Lads. Before the turn off to Two Lads, EYJ said he was leaving and carried on down the mast road, however when we got up to the cairn, there he was again. He said he'd had a change of mind but this time he really was leaving so he ran down back in the direction of the mast road and EtU and I ran down to Pike Cottage.
From there, we had a second run up the Pike. We were also going to have a second run up Noon Hill but got a bit strapped for time so decided to call it a day and ran back down to the cars.
It was great catching up with EtU as, other than brief encounters out and about, it's been a long while since we had a good old natter.
Total distance - 8.3 miles
Once back at the car I was wondering whether or not I had enough time or energy to get my strength and conditioning session in as I hadn't managed to get there yesterday but the gym closes at 1pm on a Saturday and isn't open on a Sunday. It was 11.45 so I decided I'd have enough time, even if I had to shorten the session a little so I drove over, arriving just before 12.
I managed to get a decent session in, although missed out the deadlifting as I was a little wary after hurting my knee last week and seeing as I was already tired from having run further than I have run in a long time.
Stats:
Week's total running distance: 11.3 miles (wow, double figures!)
Week's total walking distance: 0 (save for standard Ruby walks - although not many of those this week)
Week's total cycling distance: 0
Week's total swimming distance: 0
Total number of S&C sessions: 2
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