Monday, July 30, 2012

20 x 400s McKay Oval (off 2 minutes)

Stole one of HuRTS members Terence Bell's session that we used to do this time 12 months ago when he was training for his Melbourne Marathon last October and that was 20 x 400m efforts rolling every 2 minutes (OK T.B used to do 30 at times but.. )
Tough enough session i seemed to remember, but its a bit more controlled and you don't go lactic is the aim. Decided i wanted to do 15 of them around 80-85 seconds then see what i could knock out for the final 5?
A bit of a lonely and repetitive session this one so tried to also break it down mentally, went through the first 5 fine, and the next were also OK, had to stay focused on the 3rd batch and then kicked it down to finish of the session.
Times were pretty good overall - working around 3.20 - 3.25 pace per/k, So another box ticked for me.
Times were, 87, 85, 85, 85, 83, 84, 83, 83, 81, 82, 83, 81, 81, 81, 83, 79, 79, 78, 78,77

Big weekend of racing again coming up with another double header, starting at Lane Cove for the Striders 10k - A great final hit out for C2S and we will be able to predict a time from that race i reckon for the following week. Then on the Sunday its the BRAT Duathlon again, Wonder who Team Sparks will send down for this one after PLOD smashed all before him in the last race :)  I hope they send Enda ................. as i want to see how all his training has been going before we go Head to Head the following week :)

Olympic Watch. Enjoyed another night/early morning watching as the English have still to put a GOLD on the board although our Gymnastic team took a Bronze which was a major surprise. We have the women's 200m in the morning - lets hope S.Rice bombs out , and in the Men's 200 Butterfly i am predicting Mr Phelps will be returning to the dais in the Gold medal position, and happy to see Aussie Darcy wont be in the final as well.
Also, what is it with some of these swimmers? I take my hat off to Emily Seebohm on her Silver medal , great race and huge congratulations but then to blab it all out whilst been interviewed after??? ....Pleeaaasssseeeee, spare me. I am myself a very emotional person and don't think there is anything wrong with that in general ever since i watched the movie 'The Champ' in my younger days but after racing well and taking Silver..Stop it. I've not seen an outburst like that since Gold Coast 2011 when Enda did something similar at the 18k mark :)
So that's the Missile and the 'C- Bomb - gone down in the past two nights , whatever next?

Gets me on to Today's Top 10 Cry Babies ( again not all Olympians)... and some even WON the gold :)
1. Matthew Pinsent  Rowing 2004 after winning Gold
2. Veronica Campbell-Brown Sprinter after winning Gold
3. Derek Redmond  (1992)400m Sprinter after breaking down injured
4. Mary Decker (1984) running after Zola Budd crashed tackled her.
5. Paula Ratcliffe (2008) Marathon
6. Paul Gascoigne (1990) England football after getting yellow carded.
7, Pete Sampras (1995) Tennis Australia Open
8. Andy Murrey (2012) Wimbledon after another lose
9. Emily Seebohm (2012) swimmer after her Silver medal
10. Enda Stankard (2011) Gold Coast Half Marathon after a Young Timmy whipped his ar$e :)

Cheers

5 comments:

  1. You forgot the best one. Sukova crying on the Duchess of Kent's shoulder after losing Wimbledon final to Graf I think.

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  2. Piss weak session mate. 20 x 400m on a rolling 2mins is effectively the same as 35mins fartlek but no doubt walking the recoveries instead of floats. And the first few at 3:40 pace! Why you shying away from HuRTS? MC's gonna kick your ass at this rate, Dry July or not.

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  3. Flake that was Jana Navotna. All time best cry though.

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  4. Was that a recovery run? Must have been given the pace.

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  5. Back him then Tom, Keep some of that English currency and we'll have £10 on it - i know i've fallen yet again to the bait but i'll take the bet with you :)
    Charlie, Yes Navotna's would have to be up there
    PLOD, It maybe a recovery run for you but i was blowing hard for that one, Good job i have a starting handicap come C2S day from you :)

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