Smaller crew for swim team today with only Coach Walker, Champ, Eloquent and I showing with all the other Aussies refusing to show face after Saturday nights destruction. No sign of Aussie Dave who i believe is gathering his beer money to settle his bets, No Sign of Taffy James who was last seen frequenting a boozer on Oxford St with the Welsh Choir close by singing 'Bread of Heaven' and certainly No show from Enda who PBed on Saturday managing 4 schooners and still managed to get home in one piece.
Tough set today once more with 5 x 200, 8 x 100s and plenty of drills in between. I led the 1st, 4th and 5th and made Julia and Champ do some work for the 2nd & 3rd reps to give me a brief breather on the 200s. Despite struggling through the times weren't to bad to be honest recording the following:
3.12, 3.19, 3.26, 3.13, 3.13, 1.30, 1.37, 1.45, 1.39, 1.37, 1.40, 1.36, 1.33
2.3ks all up.
Will be back out in the morning for a run as been a little slack over the past 4 days or so in all the excitement, Managed to take in the Manics on Friday with the Taffy Lad, big night as the beers were in full flow, Had to back up on the Saturday and all the pubs around Surry Hills were pumping with reds shirts and anticipation. Magic journey out there on the train catching up with Enda, Slim Sammy Agnew(and his mates), Ronan, as well as a host of my mates throughout the afternoon. Bettered only by the game itself, Close game up till just after half time when the Aussies got it back to 16 -19 before we finally TURNED up and started to play our best footy of the series as the Wobblies struggled to contain our big boys. It was reigning trys after that as we were well in party mode well before the first of the Aussie crowd had departed with still over 15 minutes of the match remaining (why do they do that?)
Needless to say the party continued till the early hours of Sunday and the rest of the day was a struggle, as all i was fit for was to check the computer from time to time to see how the crew progressed up in the Gold Coast. Happy to report again they were ALL on fire, with the Timmy's Best Bet saluting the followers with the Chairman Tommy H getting one over Bartles on his way to a new PB, Run of the day must go to HuRTS #1 ...Lady Laura who knocked out an impressive 78 minute half.
Small turnout at the Striders on Saturday i see, although it didn't stop The Leech (Eoin) from getting on the podium with a 34.57 to take 3rd spot. Our dear friend Enda again FAILS to break the 35 minute barrier ....This is getting ridiculous, And i really do think that Kanser may be right in his Mikey like assessment of the Galway Lad, and that it's now playing with his head mentally?
Some fantastic results over the weekend on the sporting front, Non bigger then the Lions, but OUR Andy Murray finally takes out Wimbledon, Froome leads the Yellow Jersey in the Tour, and even an Irishman took out a stage win I'm led to believe, some bloke called Dean Martin (thought he was a film star come singer?), chuck in Brownlee(triathlon) and McDowell in the Golf, all we need now is a clean sweep in the Ashes that starts this Wednesday at Trent Bridge to complete the set.
Didn't think it could get much better after last years Olympics, but it appears it can as another year passes and we rediscover our Pride in being British on the sporting front.
The Lions brand just got a whole lot stronger thanks to that historic win and i can't wait for another 4 years to pass when we venture over to N.Z and give those Kiwis what for, as our boys will only get stronger from this.
Cheers
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