Champ takes out the 'Golden Duck' ...Well Red Duck

Easy trot from the park this morning down to Bronte Beach and back up that included a few hills thrown in for good measure to round out 10ks to start the day.
Back to play 'Mr Bendy Man' for the 3rd session of the week at Yoga, still no easier and have to laugh when I'm asked to get my big left toe behind my right ear...Yeah right! Still i find am an expert when it comes to the relax position in between poses.
Down the the pool at lunch for the monthly 1k time trial (handicap)  that Pete has us all doing, With Angus taking out the first one last month he was very reluctant to hand back the prestigious 'Golden Duck' so Pete had to pull out the reserve 'Red Duck' to keep the competitors happy. The Big Gun and peoples favorite 'Mermaid' (Emma) was back to carve up the pool as was MrAce( but probably less carving and more in survival mode) after his 7 week holiday (mostly spent sitting on a plane).
With Enda still choosing to stay away it was Champ to start the clock and he was quick out the blocks, I had to start with Cialis and was happy to sit on his feet for the first 500. Thought he was a little slow but there was no way i could go around him and when i saw Champagne at the end of 700 in the next lane i switched and jumped on his feet for a lift home for the final 300 metres to stop the clock in 17.07 ( 8 seconds over my given handicap of 16.59)
Champ took out the Red Duck on handicap with a solid time of 17.50 overall, but the Mermaid had the fastest swim of the day with a blistering 13.45 and even smashed Pete Walker by nearly a minute :)
Overall Times for the Day were
Mermaid    13.45
Pete           14.40
Angus        15.43
Champagne 16.03
Todd         16.20
Timmy       17.07
"Capper"   17.15
Cialis        17.21
Champ     17.50
MrAce     19.47

Will be back out for a run in the morning before getting out for another long run on the Sunday.

Have a good weekend.
Cheers