Busy morning but was keen to maintain my Thursday morning
swim set and with a little help and a pair of feet to sit on I was all prepared
for a big set ahead, and after a 400m warm up I was told what was to follow
was.
3 x 200s rolling every 3.30, 8 x 50s rolling every 60
seconds - repeat
x3
A quick tally and realised that added to 3ks even without my
warm up .... ouch
Got through the first set OK, coming in for the 200s on
about 3.18 – 3.19 and then the 50s with a longer break, Started to feel it on
the 2nd round although was still happy enough with the 3.20s and
holding.
Come the 3rd round though I was consigned to only
doing the 3 x 200s knowing that would get me up to the 3k marker and I could
live with that. An easy 100m cool down was all I could muster before feeling
satisfied with 3.1k done for the morning.
Down to Rushcutters at lunch, and it’s not often I go
against the boys or the Chairman Tommy H on the planned set sessions but with
them doing 800s I only had 400s on the cards, With my race on Sunday, plus the
fact I did 800s on Tuesday I stuck to my guns and decided on the 10 x 400s
rolling every 2 minutes.
It worked pretty well as on every odd rep I would start with
Tom, Tonge and Jerome working from the front with them holding 74s. The even
ones were tougher though – running solo I was made to work twice as hard and
even then lost a few seconds.
Even feeling tired I was moving OK, and managed a 73 second
lap on the 9th rep before giving myself the extra break and then
kicking it down for the final rep with a 71.
Times were: 74, 75, 73, 77, 74, 77, 75, 78, 73, 71
Even though the even rep times were down a little I’ll take
that.
A good team out today with Jerome the pick of the boys as he
matched it with Tommy H on the last rep for a rather sharp 2.20 to end the
800s.
Nice to see #1 Lady ‘Mrs Kenny’ out leading and keeping the
second group of 800s honest, and Kroney was looking sharp and all of a sudden
looks dangerous now to me for Sunday at Nepean.
A good warm down with Barts, J-Fen, Tommy H and Enda as talk
turned to the upcoming Beer Mile, Barts pulled out straight away, Fenton will
only run if Budweiser is on display, Tommy is still unsure that he can consume
4 beers, and Enda has already confirmed his 18th cold will be a
major hindrance for him come the night.
Earned myself a couple of rest days now before Sunday’s first
Tri of the season, and even booked in for a few hours of massage and pamper in
the morning.
Big weekend coming up, In the footy Stoke play at the home
of footy ‘The Brit’ and entertain Watford for what is a banker home win. Get on
NEW boy ‘Shaq’ to get on the scoresheet as well. It’s taken him some time to
settle and its true his best performance has only come on his sons Xbox FIFA 15
game but I can see him showing his class this week against a very mediocre
Watford team.
Timmy’s Best Bet – Stoke 3 vs. Watford 1
Out to the glorious west on Sunday for the Nepean Tri –
looking forward to it and hopefully I can start the season with a decent time
although the bike leg is still a query ?
A full report to come Monday.
Have a great weekend
Train well, stay safe
Cheers
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