Swimming with the Birthday Boy

No sign of Coach Walker, Taffy, MrAce, Julia, Champagne, Toddie or even Mermaid today but we were privileged to have the man in form and birthday boy Enda return to the pool to mark the celebration of his 38th birthday.
Big News of the day (see no secrets here) was arriving early to see Elan walking up and down the pool deck COACHING.........none other then 'The Champ', little wonder he's flying at the moment getting one on one's with one of the fastest going around.
Despite Pete's absence he did leave us with a set to do that included;
1 x 400, 2 x 300, 3 x 200, and 4 x 100s
With Elan long gone i sat on QLDer Dave's feet for the first 400 and was happy to roll in on 6.30, and then as late as ever Angus rocked up and with Dave declaring me to go in front of him i was about to work as hard in a swim session then i have for a long time (in fact for EVER), Just about hung on in the 300s then the pace seemed to step up another gear as the 200s were even faster. Was just about down and out at this point of the session before Elan decides to take charge and DEMAND that the 100s will be swum FLAT OUT and in return we get a slightly longer break.......Jeez, thanks mate.
Normally when i swim i can see the persons feet ahead of me , but today it was just a wash of bubbles, and STARS as i tried my best to hang on to Angus over the shorter final stages.
Times were perhaps the fastest this young lad from Stoke can do and were as follows;
6.30, 4.44, 4.41, 3.02, 3.03, 3.01, 1.23, 1.24, 1.24, 1.25
Wrecked at the end and could barely lift my arms to get out the pool, only made to feel a little better when i saw the condition of Enda looking like he'd even struggle to blow the candles out on his nearby cake.

If i thought i was struggling then you should have also seen Warrior Charlie, who was doing all sorts with his fitness guys, running, swimming , doing weights etc.... he looked like he was getting smashed and spent more time walking up and down the pool with a kick board then anything else..... Poor Bloke.

Big weekend in the footy once more and afraid to say the boys in the Mediocre Cup are up against it once again, Taffy and Enda will be battling it out for bragging rights, Tom's Toon will get a belting away from home, Slim Sammy Agnew's Palace will be lucky to get NIL again this week against the 'Blue Noses from Everton and unless the Goalie scores for Stoke i think we may be struggling to get anything at Swansea... All doom and gloom it looks like then :(
Still, if I'm looking for the upset then I'll take Stoke to pick up a point at the Swans
Timmy's Tip Swansea 1 v Stoke 1
in the big game Arsenal vs Man Utd - I'll go with the same scoreline

For all the EXPERT tips and analysis then tune in to your truly Saturday evening at 9pm - Yes, i can talk $h1te with the best of them.

Will try to get out for a run in the morning, no sign of Kanser still and Enda is also away so looks like i may be running around the park by myself.

The Champ getting one on one coaching lessons from Elan..........At $100 per hour its a small price to pay to stay ahead of Enda he tells me.

Charlie Dalziel with kick board, I thought the idea was to KICK with the board not hold it up and walk the length of the pool?

"OK, I'll give the kick board the flick - but I'm still walking" , Nice work Warrior Charlie.

Also forget to include in the week , results from last week triathlon at Heffron.

1 55 Dave Matthews 01:00:16 2029 1 00:10:09 1 1 00:33:03 2 1 00:17:03 1 1

2 58 Stew Campbell 01:04:35 4049 1 00:13:30 10 5 00:31:09 1 1 00:19:55 8 4

3 59 Tim Lindop 01:05:37 4049 2 00:13:24 7 3 00:33:09 3 2 00:19:03 5 3


Have a great weekend
Train safe
Cheers