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It’s been quiet here recently. Nothing to blog about really. We’ve all had some sort of lurgy to one extent or another. It completely wiped me out for a few days and of course stopped me training. Anna and Morgan have had it it too, just not quite so bad.<\/p>\n

Beekeeping<\/h2>\n

I’m gradually getting back into some activities though. I’ve built a new bee hive. We’ve gone for a nice cedar one this time as prices of hives have dropped considerably since we started beekeeping<\/a> and you can now buy flat-packed cedar hives for\u00a0between \u00a3100-\u00a3150. Hopefully it’ll last a lot longer than the pine or plywood hives we’ve had so far. I’ve checked on our bees as well and have started giving them some syrup to get them going for the spring. The colony at the bottom of our garden seems to be doing OK and was really busy<\/a> one day last week. The two colonies that we have in our out apiary still have bees in them as well.\u00a0I’ve yet to go through the hives properly and do a proper inspection as it’s still quite cold, but it’ll soon be business as usual and we’ll\u00a0be into full on beekeeping once again.<\/p>\n

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A New Hive<\/p><\/div>\n

Triathlon<\/h2>\n

As far as triathlon training goes, then I guess it’s business as usual there as well. In other words, its full of frustration. The lurgy wiped me out for a couple of weks so training suffered and that was on top of this niggling shoulder injury that\u00a0I’ve had since Christmas. I just can’t shake it and none of the health professionals seem to know what’s wrong with it. I haven’t been swimming at all since Christmas and it hurts at work and in daily life so I just don’t know what to do. It’s hurting quite a bit today again, and\u00a0I’m beginning to think that’s\u00a0because I went cycling yesterday. Maybe cycling is affecting it more than I thought, but that means I’m going to have to stop riding my bike for a bit as well to see if it will help it heal. No swimming, no circuits, no gym, no windsurfing, no surfing, no SUPing and now no cycling… What am I going to do!<\/p>\n

As far as races go, I’ve already decided to pull out of the European Championships this year as I haven’t been able to swim since Christmas, and it\u00a0doesn’t look likely that I’ll be doing any of the World Qualifiers either. I’m not feeling much like a triathlete at the moment! The lurgy has certainly had an effect on my fitness too with a massive fall off just as things were looking good.<\/p>\n

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PMC<\/p><\/div>\n

SUPing<\/h2>\n

The weather has been looking perfect for some sea swimming or SUPing as well. Talking of SUPing, whilst in the shed the other day building the bee hive, I noticed a strange mark in the foam of my SUP. Closer inspection and some prodding seems to suggest thet the board is cracked under the foam. I have no idea how that could have happened. I haven’t done anything to it and it certainly wasn’t like that when I put the board away in the shed a few months ago.\u00a0As far as I’m concerned there must be a fault under the foam but Starboard have said it must have been\u00a0caused by external pressure or some sort of damage. It looks as though I’m going to have to peel bck the foam to take a look so that we can see if there is some sort of manufacturing fault under there. I certainly can’t afford a new one so if I can’t get it fixed under warranty then my SUPing career may have to be terminated before it’s really got started.<\/p>\n\n\t\t