Corowa-Rutherglen netballer Brooke Bice is battling draining 12-hour nursing shifts as the world battens down against the coronavirus outbreak.
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"It is pretty frustrating (the isolation), especially being a single mum and working as a nurse, exercise is the thing that I do to de-stress and balance my life, so it's frustrating, but not unachievable," she said.
"There's still bits of things you can do, like body weights and going for walks."
Given the situation, it's not surprising the health industry is being flooded with information.
"It's not too bad in Albury just yet, but (it's about) trying to keep up with everything and keep up with all the policy changes," she said.
"Work's been quite mentally draining, keeping up with the COVID-19 information and getting prepared is pretty draining, but they offer so much support at work."
The 23-year-old is considered one of the league's fittest players, but because of those heavy work and family commitments, it's difficult to follow a structured training program.
The Roos' centre would normally run six to eight kms in one session, but that blew out to 13 on Monday.
"I started running and didn't really stop, so I kept going to the river'," she said of one of her longest sessions.
Bice, the older sister of rising Albury footballer Riley, also does weights at home, rides the bike (up to 16kms) and takes four-year-old daughter Ellie for a walk-run in the pram.
Does Ellie ever complain?
"All the time (laughs), she doesn't want to go," Bice said.
But mum is always the winner in that disagreement.
"I think she wants to walk, so sometimes Ellie will walk or run next to me, if she wants," she said.
The O and M netball season is postponed until at least May 31, but there's naturally no guarantees it will start in June, or indeed at all.
"It's definitely hard to get motivated, but you just have to tell yourself it's got to be done and once you start, it's a lot easier and because I have weights in my outdoor area, I feel obliged to use them," she said.
Corowa-Rutherglen made its first grand final last season after the competition started in 1993.
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The Roos went in with tremendous confidence too after toppling premiers Wangaratta by 17 goals in the grand final qualifier, but the Pies reversed the result in a three-goal decider.
The home team's shooters Kellie Keen and Amanda Umanski shot at over 75 per cent with the latter joining centre Issy Byrne as the Pies' best.
Normally the Roos would have played games to try and help ease the pain of that result but, in this age of self-isolation, Bice says that runs a distant second to simply catching up.
Corowa-Rutherglen netballer Brooke Bice is battling draining 12-hour nursing shifts as the world battens down against the coronavirus outbreak.
"It'd be nice to see the girls again and socialise."