The Manchester 100 Bike Ridem Can I Make It ?

**The Following is taken from my Blog (http://gazzasblogs.blogspot.com/)

As regular readers to the shrinking ones blog will know I am right now having serious issues with my hip, I have seen 2 physio’s  and 1 GP……The Verdict ??

I was advised NOT to ride the Manchester 100………

However thought-out this one man has come to my rescue ! Mr Guru he advised me (after coming through issues himself) that mainstream medicine isn't always right  and ONCE AGAIN it seems that he might have just been right with this one too.

I have decided against medical (conventional anyway) I will ride the Manchester 100 in 2 weeks (wow that came around didn't it) Why put myself though the pain and worry etc ? To me this is pretty simples :0) We are raising money for people with cancer, people who are not sure they will even be here in 2 weeks time, people who WISH they could ride a bike, Yes its going to hurt me, yes I have been struggling just to walk all weekend BUT sometimes you just have to fight like you want it, you have to give everything and it might take me 10 hours but I’m crossing that finish line, When I was about to ride the Manchester to Blackpool in July I was worried about not being able to finish, worried about me and what people would think of me, It’s not long about me, its all all those people who are less fortunate than I am.

As Lance would say “Livestrong"

Maybe I have done this in Thursday’s ride, Maybe I need to learn to slow down a little, maybe maybe maybe….I’m still here and as long as I have a breath left in me I will FIGHT.

On the weight loss front:

I am officially back on the wagon, I took a month to relax the diet a little, its been 18 months of nothing but pure focus and determination and I wanted to take a little pressure off myself, stop worrying every single day about how I will do at my weigh in, well that month is over and where am I ?

I did put any weight on at all, I did stall and loose just a couple of lbs, to me though I am happy, I feel more relaxed and as of today even more focused than ever before.

I started to change my habits' last week and on Thursday evening it looked like I was in for a large loss, However due to the fact that since Friday night I have hardly been able to walk its no surprise that the scales read just a 0.5 loss for this week, I have a bit of mobility back and I am ready for the commute and challenges ahead of me this coming week.

Enough ramblings from me, I am going to leave you with this amazing picture from the top of Chunal Hill, It captures just how my legs were feeling :)

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