A.B.C Swimming

Great day in Sydney so was down to the Boy Charlton Pool at lunch to catch up with the boys, Mikey, Todd, Angus, Mark.M and a few of Mikey's work mates for the session. Also good to see Laura in the next lane and 'Mr Technique' Fenton getting some training in before next weeks Biathlon:)
Mikey had calmed down from yesterday enough to tell us today's session was;
5 x 100s, 5 x 200s, 5 x 100s.
I purposely arrived early and decided i wanted to do a 1k time trail before anyone arrived, felt pretty good ( for me anyway) and was happy enough to touch the wall in 17.54. As comfortable as i have felt all summer in truth. started with the boys on the 100s going every 1.45, and managed to hold on for all 5 , but on the 200s i was only doing 100s and taking a longer break. Joined back in on the final 5 x 100s and made it although it was getting tough for the last couple with me only getting a maximum break of about 4 seconds:)
Still, good set and all up 2.5ks - the longest i have swum in one hit all summer i think.
Going to do the Sri Chinmoy Half in Centennial Park on Sunday, should be a good hit out and better then just doing a 2 hour plod i reckon.Both Slim Sam, Mikey have signed up already and there is talk that J-Fen and Kanser will show as well. Won't have to bother going around Kanser's at the finish as the Chinmoy Crew put on the best breaky I've ever known for races. Pancakes galore...... just hope i can beat Kanser in the run and in turn get some before he scoffs the lot:)
Had a morning off work today , and was delighted that i was able to watch probably the BEST televised sports there is on the box. Premiership Darts........ Absolute Quality, Live from Dublin with the crowd going 'Ape Sh!t' , it looks the best atmosphere you can get. With 3 of the best players all coming from my home town of Stoke ( i know we supply everything... think Stanley Matthews, Robbie Williams, Lindop and Wedgewoods). If you have Fox, check it out one Friday mornings. The nicknames and the songs the players come out is great, there is the 'Power' The Hammer', Jackpot, and the Artist (named Painter) :)
If you were fortunate to see it - you would have seen one of the HuRTs members as well, Talented and former 6ft track winner Tony 'Fats on stage. Fats in his early Uni days was a top player but gave it away when the drink was becoming to much and they banned alcohol on the ockie
This is a picture the Trash has been sent of the 'Talented One' :)

Tony Fats, 12 months before his 6ft Track Win

Have a great weekend
Cheers

Ps. Will also be giving my Melbourne Ironman review later, still receiving all the latest info and photos coming through, And it's hardly surprising to see Enda will be making front page news once again. Last i heard he was on stage  giving a press release as one of the fancied Female athletes:)