(Just Like) Starting Over....

Weekend Double Dose.
Saturday.
With the ipod on i made my way to Centennial Park on the comeback trail and with the words of perhaps the greatest songwriter ever lived i thought it was very appropriate that John Lennon's Starting Over was on the play list as i set off.
Did a 4 k cruising at 4.23 per/k pace, then stepped it up and did a 5k tempo - Boy, struggled in this and knocked out 18.44 at 3.45 pace for the effort before finishing off with a k cool down, All up 10ks in 40.45 (4.05 average)
Saw Kanser supping coffee at the end near the cafe with every Nanny and Au Pair in NSW looking after his kids whilst he hadn't a care in the world chatting away to his good mate Chris (Big Bear) who is also in training for the Dextro Triathlon in April. He like J-Fen is a Super Yankee and has a striking resemblance to movie start Ben Stiller :)
So he will be affectionately named Ben from now on.

Sunday.
After a fairly heavy and late Saturday evening i wasn't looking forward to the Sunday long run at all, rolled up though to fine Stevie T, aka Wildman, aka Stick Man aka, Norman, aka Westie Lover joining us for the morning, did our customary 'Lets wait 15 mins for Kanser to rock up' .....and when he did, well..... Poor Old Stevie T was nearly knocked out by the smell of Gargle(Alcohol) coming from Kanser. He's getting worse.
Set off and the pace was really sedate working on about 4.40 pace and we needed to stop early (5ks) for our 1st water break for Kanser who was hanging big time.Settled a bit after that but upon looking at my watch and only seeing 13ks done i was already in the 'Hurt Box' ...oh dear. Hung on though as we bid a farewell to Stevie T, and then saw a flying J-Fen go by a couple of times doing 4 min/ks for the morning. I finished off with 21ks  in 1.36 averaging 4.35 with Kanser knocking out a couple more, before returning for the much needed 'Bacon & Eggs' and perhaps Kanser's finest cup of tea in history delivered complete with sugar.
Talking breaky's Mr Fenton kindly offered us a American Style Breakfast over at his pad one weekend, so will look forward to that one Sunday, told him i don't want 8 hot dogs, and 2 kilo of Buffalo Wings, washed down with 2lts of Coke mind:)

Not sure to run or not tomorrow or go for a swim but will be definitely at the HuRTS session on Tuesday.
Good luck to HuRTS number 1 Tucks  today in the Bogong to Hotham race, think he's already eyeing getting performance of the year wrapped up in the first week in Jan....... Just to please Tommy H :)

Cheers