Unclean! Unclean!

In fact sooooo unclean....  and sadly not due to mud but yet ANOTHER virus.  This one flattened me completely - I even went to see a doctor - and has stopped me doing anything useful all week.

On Friday in desperation I Googled 'exercise when sick' and found out that it's OK to do about 25-30% of a normal exercise regime.  So I swam gently.  Very dull.

However, it did mean I could try out my new wetsuit - won last week on Ebay for the princely sum of £17.  It was listed as 'Women's Triathlon Wetsuit'.

I can't deny it's a wetsuit, but I think I can safely say it's neither of the other two...  It has kneepads for a start, which probably makes it a surfing or windsurfing suit.  And it's a Very Funny Shape.  I didn't manage to get into it when it arrived (too exhausting to even try) but on Saturday I did finally fight my way into it.  It's very tight from the hips down, has legs to suit a giraffe and is then uber-baggy on the top half.  When I swim (gently) in it the shoulders actually have no contact with my shoulders at all.  So, not 'Women's' and not 'Triathlon' either.

Or it could, of course, be that I'm a Very Funny Shape.

Still, it's OK to swim in, it's hugely buoyant, it has a pretty purple front and it was only £17.  I'll keep it!

I'm now feeling a bit better, I'm back to work tomorrow (although I haven't yet been awake for a whole day so it could be interesting) and the triathlon is 5 weeks today.

[Cue voiceover of Kevin McCloud on Grand Designs just before the adverts...]

If Sarah doesn't get better and start training soon, this triathlon could be a total disaster...