Midweek Pyramid Swim.

With Militant Mikey Conway out due to injury on the running front he put out the call in to see if i was up for a midweek swim and with me missing the Monday set due to Acupuncture it worked well to be able to fit a session in on a cracker of a day in Sydney Town.
Smaller team today, with only Mikey and I ready to go at the start in our lane, although Mermaid and Pete Walker were also there but are in a different league then us, with Lively Laura James also in attendance knocking out her 1k nearby in her new 'Stoke City F.C costume ( no joke) :)
With Mikey calling the shots i knew my regular breaks of 2, 4, 6, 8 minutes after each rep was never going to happen and was replaced with the shorter 10, 15, 20, and 25 seconds. Felt pretty comfortable for the first few and when Angus jumped in and led the lane the pace picked up even further (as normal) - Very happy to hang in again though and dare i say it i got through relatively easy........Hey, My running might be $h!thouse at the moment but i am probably swimming as well as i have for a long time.
Times for the set : 1.29, 3.11, 5.04, 6.33, 6.29, 4.48, 3.16 1.35
With a 500 warm up and 100 cool down, it ended up 2.6ks for the day.

Got a free morning first up tomorrow so will take the chance to head out for a spin on the bike.

Watched a great game of footy this morning in Barcelona & A.C Milan the standard was unbelievable with the Magical Messi turning on the goods with 2 superb strikes to help Barca through to the next round. Its perfect footy when they are in that form and a joy to watch especially when they have the ball, and in Iniesta, Xavi and Mascherano pulling the strings in midfield its almost near impossible for the opposition even to get hold of the ball. Its like watching Stoke at times.... and i even heard that Mr Messi could be coming to the Brit next season, alongside Mr Noisy, Mr Tickle and Mr Bump..for the half time entertainment :)

All very quiet on the HuRTS front is seems with many succumbing to the annoying injuries that are all part and parcel of running from time to time. The Crock List looks something like this (and this is what i am aware of)
Lindop    - Achilles
Highnam  - Achilles , and head colds
Kanser     -  Achilles
Boyd        - Stress Fracture
Mikey      -  Calf issues
Champagne - Calf Operation
Slim Sammy - Foot Fracture
Durante        - Indigestion from eating to many  'Harry's Pie & Mash
Warrior Charlie - Foot Problems

and with Tucks away for the year, and Richie High busy training the house down in prep for Melbourne Ironman it tells you how much we are struggling when Enda is the only FIT one in the team from the older crew......... God help us :)

Cheers

Cheers