{"id":22483,"date":"2016-07-08T14:13:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T13:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=22483"},"modified":"2016-07-08T14:13:41","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T13:13:41","slug":"windsurfing-with-the-lyrgy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/07\/windsurfing-with-the-lyrgy\/","title":{"rendered":"Windsurfing with the Lurgy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grrr&#8230;\u00a0I&#8217;ve got some kind of lurgy. Headache, sore throat and generally feeling &#8216;bleurgh.&#8217; Not ideal for an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/half-marathon-run\/\">upcoming first attempt at a Half ironman distance race<\/a>, but there&#8217;s little I can do about that. I have therefore ceased what little training I was doing to see if I can kick it. 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