Viva La Espana - The Final Countdown.

Early start to the day to witness Ireland vs Spain in the Euro's from Poland - and watched probably the most one sided men against boys game of footy for years. Saw until half time (2-0) and thought getting out to do my swim was less miserable then to carry on watching,... but more on the Euro's later.
So back to the pool for the 2nd swim in less then 24 hours and tried for the 3rd  Friday in succession  to knock out 1500 metres straight. Following yesterdays positive swim i wanted to push it harder today to see where i stood and purposely took it out faster. Realised at about 900 that may have been a mistake and once more with the lane to myself felt as if i laboured for the final 500 metres touching in 28.12
500 breakdowns were;   9.06, 9.26, 9.38 = 28.12
Last Fridays were           9.26, 9.34, 9.34 to finish in 28.35

So with a little over a week to race day at least i can see some signs of improvement :)
Will try to get two more swims in before i leave and will also get a couple done whilst there before race day.

Had intended at going in to watch the 1600m race in the city , but was to tired to be bothered  At the time of writing i still don't know the result but would bet Tommy H will take some beating today?

Busy weekend ahead, will get out for a run in the morning sometime and then on Sunday the BRATS have there 2nd Duathlon in the series, so will give that a hit out as well. Lets hope previous winner Robbie Neal is a no show :)
I think Kanser is away down to Tassie this week to run a 10k - so it looks like there will be no breaky or any new Aldi specials on show for this week, and looks like I'll have to grab a snag from the BRAT BBQ instead of the tasty Cumberland's I've been having.

Tonight's a big night (well in the morning) when England are back in action against the Sweds, Tough game again with us having a very poor record against them. Still i fancy us to get the win and hopefully carry us through to the next round.
Timmy's Tip - England 2 vs Sweden 1
As mentioned watched Ireland earlier today - what a complete shambles of a team, it was embarrassing. i predicted a scoreline 3-0 and wasn't far out with 4 although it could have been more. Enda was crying to me all morning with texts and emails going on about 'how proud he was to be Irish' and best fans in the world' rubbish. Seriously they need to change there mentality when it comes to football, the fans enjoy the game - YES but surely they would prefer to be watching decent WINNING footy. if all they  wanted was a  jolly good knees up and sing song then get down to the local boozer or RSL instead. Will be interesting to see how many Durante's Mob of Italians can put past them in the final game.
On a final note, if that David Silva from Spain is not one of the best midfielders going then i don't know who is? .........Maybe Stoke should sign him in the off season:)

Have a great weekend

PS - Just to compound Enda's miserable sporting week -Clyde's Kiwis will smash Ireland in the Rugby as well. Lets just hope the Taffies can turn the Aussies over :)

Cheers