Plodding Swim

Out early to the coldest morning of the season, and took a reading of 6 degrees on the car temp before stripping down and jumping in the pool for the 2nd swim set of the week. Copied the session again from last Friday that was 1500 metres straight and had the lane all to myself ( no other fool would be out in such weather)
1500mtres is not a long distance, but to me its likes running a marathon, although in a marathon i kind of enjoy it till about 32ks - with swimming i struggle basically after 200m. Tried to break it down into more achievable goals, so looked forward and took splits every 500.
Times went 9.26, 9.34, 9.34 to finish in 28.35 about 5 seconds slower then i did last week. Still happy enough with that and dare i say it - it did seem slightly easier today, and not as forced.
Had planned to have a run at lunchtime today but struggled to find time after messing around trying to pick up a bike bag that Echinacea Enda had promised me :)
Although a long weekend planned i will be out there running this weekend, not sure who else will be around, but I'm sure there will be a few friendly faces to help pass the time away around the park. Wonder what surprises and hot specials Kanser has lined up this week from Aldi Supermarket?

Just had more photos sent in (when will it stop?), this time its the ex captain of the now defunct Irish team PLOD who captures the attention. After having his passport taken from him following the heavy defeat by the English lads, PLOD has decided he wants in on the new challenge that awaits the Aussie team and in turn has taken up Skippy Citizenship.
Seen below he looks like a boy scout - and reminds me so much of a famous English Comedy show (probably the best ever) Only Fools & Horses and the character Rodney........Yes, he was a PLONKER too :)

Plonker PLOD in his new outfit ..... and its not true that POD was last seen trying to smoke the tree.

Rodney and PLOD lookalike from Fools and Horses


And Finally the Euro Championships begin tonight in the footy - For the first time in many a years England's hopes are not that high, with certain players out, and new managers etc.... Can not see us troubling the comp much but we will still get to the knock out stages , before Spain knock us out. For the Irish - i am predicting they will get 3 games only, and will actually struggle to score a goal along the way, (they are very poor)
Timmy's Tip to win it come the 1st July ( and hate to say it) ...... GERMANY

Have a good weekend
Cheers