Decided on the 6k Woollahra Hill loop then a flat 4k for this morning and armed with the ipod and a certain song on high rotation it felt good to be out this morning. Went through the first 6ks with the hill in 25.45 (ave 4.17s) and then without any extra effort did the flat loop in 16.32 (ave 4.07) - All up 42.19 at 4.13 for the morning.
Just as i was finishing i saw young Enda on his bike complete with his new Lycra English cycling top on (didn't even know they out yet?) had a good chat with him about the Euro games and now that the Irish are gone he is adamant he will support England.
By the way the song i had on high rotation this morning which probably explains the extra spring in the step was; (i know you'll sing along )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvk1c_lsLEs&feature=related
Onto the Euros - it was another night of excitement over in Kiev when England took on Sweden, it was not without the usual fanfare (when is it not with England) as we came from 1-2 down to win 3-2 and now must just avoid defeat by Ukraine to progress to the knockout stages.
Got a little scary when we went 1-2 down and i could almost hear the text coming through from Enda at that point, but our never say die attitude saw us home. OK we might not have World CLASS players this year (Gerrard excepted) but what we do have is PRIDE, HEART and Youth that will see us go a long way.
One final note on the Ireland vs Spain game yesterday - I see Spain had over 800 passes over 90 minutes against the Irish - the only way England could do that is to enter Wayne Rooney in Mastermind.
Finished off the morning sitting having a nice coffee, when who should walk past me and say hello? ... Mrs PLOD, Yes English Elaine (Paul's wife), and i think she may have just let the 'cat out of the bag' when she proceeded to tell me all about the next challenge the Irish boys have lined up in order to win back the Churchill /Sands Trophy.
She was sent out to shop for the 'Hoola Hoop' and armed with a trolley load she was returning home for the boys to practise.
So team England it looks like we have out work cut out on this one - stay tuned for more :)
Good Luck to Davie Kane over in Tassie for the Burnie 10ks - will be interesting to see how he goes, i have every faith in him unlike some (Tom) Its a pretty fast course by all accounts and not even sure if it is 10ks to be honest, you know old Kanser he'll go anywhere to fish out these 9.82k races
Timmy's Tip - Kanser 34.04 :)
Out to the BRAT duathlon in the morning for a final hit out , lets hope it clears up and stays dry
Cheers
Mate England were absolutely rubbish! This is the weakest group in the entire tournament and you still make hard work of it...I hope you get out of the group and meet Spain as they will make mincemeat out of you...
ReplyDeleteInvented the game - 40million people and still the most over rated team in the world...
And as for the fans..you'd cross the road to avoid them. John Terry fits right in.
Can't wait for the english to be knocked out and good riddance to them