I
had a sore foot, a child under one arm, a bicycle under the other and
it was starting to rain. The trip to Draycote Water had NOT turned
out like planned.
4yo
had had a new bicycle for Christmas. A ‘Hello Kitty’ bicycle no
less. It was pink, white and she had a pink helmet with flowers on.
And there was a seat for a doll on the back. She could only have
been happier if she had been crowned Fairy Princess on the same day.
I
had visions of running around the reservoir in the sunshine, a
smiling red cheeked child pedalling away by my side, her pigtails
flying in the wind. My imagination added in mother-child bonding
time, ice cream stops and some speed work as I tried to keep up with
her enthusiasm.
I
hadn’t expected to have to leap out of the way of her mad cycling,
getting my foot run over when I didn’t jump high, fast, far enough.
She got so mesmerised by her feet pedalling that she forgot to look
where she was going so lightning reflexes were required to stop her
catapulting the wall and ending up in the reservoir and turning this
into a team triathlon effort. I did manage to get some speed work in
though, running back to apologise to scattered walkers who had leapt
to safety when a furiously pedalling pigtailed child had
energetically flown through the centre of their group, sending
walking sticks flying.
However,
after a couple more minutes of weaving and adult ankle maceration,
she abruptly stops. “My legs are saying they’re tired”.
What
do you tell a child with possessed legs? “Um ok. Let’s have a bit
of a rest, shall we? We had a rest. Then we’d go again. For about 3
metres. Then stop for a rest again. It was like the most frustrating
interval session ever. Just as I’d start running, she’d stop and
if she’d veered towards me, I’d have to attempt an awkward hop to
avoid ending up in the doll seat on the back of her bike. If I ended
up in that I’d be wedged in for life.
After
a few more intervals and hops. She stops again. This time for good.
Not even chocolate can persuade her to start pedalling again. Then it
starts raining.
So.
Child under one arm. Bike under the other. This counts as
cross-training, right?
Hahah this is hilarious! Poor mum and evil genuis child. The ol' 'so tired I cant go on' ruse!
ReplyDeleteI know and it TOTALLY worked for her. Little monkey. Wonder if I can get someone to carry me the last few miles of London marathon? :)
DeleteHaha! Love this! And these are true hardcore and 'dangerous' intervals - mad speeding up to get out of her way and then breaking to a stop when she refuses to go further! I bet your heart was beating pretty quickly for the whole session!
ReplyDeleteYes! Definitely a max HR session!! But not one I'd really recommend! ;)
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