Big night on Saturday evening up all night watching English footy then straight into the England v Wales match in the Union for the Championship and possibly the Slam for England. Great game and very tough first half with some big hits with the Welsh Boys bashing us up for the half although i felt we were still in it at only 9 - 3 down, Unfortunately it didn't get any better as the Taffs went on a scoring spree in the 2nd smashing us 30-3.
Great effort from them and well deserved and must stand some of them in a good way for the upcoming Lions tour in June. On the down side it also meant i lost a bet to Taffy James and will now see me doing the Biathlon(within the next two weeks) in a skirt as well as wear the dreaded Welsh top AND get the beer in ..... Ouch that hurts :)
Sunday - Ventured down to Heffron for the BRAT Triathlon, obviously with the Achilles issue i wasn't keen to run but really wanted to do the swim and bike leg so entered anyway.
Went out to hard on the swim and struggled on the back end as a result but came through transition in about 13.02 on my watch, Now the bike leg is always pretty tough down there and this race was perhaps the hardest ever with the wind nearly blowing some OFF there bikes and in turn making the times a lot slower then normal. Relieved to jump of the bike in 35.43 and wasn't really sure how or even IF i could make it around the double lap course for 5ks. Felt the heel almost straight away so wasn't keen to push it but settled into 4 min/ks, and even managed to pick it up further as the race went on to record 19.19 (3.54s) and a 68.54 for 4th overall i think it was?
Results here: http://oldwebsite.bratclub.com.au/images/Races/Results/2012-2013/tri_r6_17_03_13.pdf
From there it was into Surry Hills and the Trinity Bar was the venue this year to help celebrate St Patricks Day with a all my Irish mates, always a great day this one and one i really get into with all my mates young and old who all seem to come together and try to drink the establishment dry over a 10 hour period, Even Old Kanser joined us for a few hours as did 'Just for Men' guy Ronan, started to get a bit messy from here on in although looking at some of the evidence on the camera it looks like everyone enjoyed the festivities :)
Tough day today as i was still struggling at lunchtime as i made my way into town for the Monday swim, good crowd again with Mikey, Enda, MrAce, Elegant Julia (E.J) and myself sharing the lead lane to knock out a repeat of Fridays set only in reverse of 10 x 100s and 5 x 200s.
Went well again doing the 100s all around the 136-137 mark and the doubles in under 3.20s
2.8ks done for the day with the 700 warm up and 100 cool down.
Buggered now after a few hectic days and i have a tough morning with work tomorrow, sure to sleep well this evening :)
If you see a Taffy walking around looking for me with a skirt and a Red Jersey tucked under his arm just tell him you haven't seen me at all, and you think i may have gone back to live in England :)
A few pics from yesterdays top day
Cheers
Where's the green shirt...!
ReplyDeleteAnd the Irish Embassy was on your application for an Irish passport has been rejected once again! How you would love to be an Irishman!!