HuRTS Pyramid 1,2,3,4,3,2,1 Session at Rushcutters Oval

BLOODY HOT

Well it was as if summer had returned today with temps around 30 degrees as the HuRTS boys and girls made our way over to Rushcutters Oval for the 1,2,3,4,3,2,1 Pyramid set. Smaller crowd today although we did split into 3 groups, with Tommy H (with his top off), T.B (with his also off) and a super fast guy named Darien (?) in the first, with Mikey, Dom, Russ and I in our own 2^nd group and the busier 3^rd that was led out each time by the ever improving Pommy Paul.

I led out the first single loop (450m) to stop the watch in 86, and did likewise for the double, Dom took control from there as I was starting to feel the pace and it was a real effort to hang in on the 4 lapper, Had loads of negative thoughts from here on as Mikey was getting away from me but was determined to try to finish the set strongly. Once the 3 lapper is done second time around you know the worst is over and you are on the home straight.

Despite feeling ordinary only 10 minutes previous I somehow had enough left in the tank for one final surge on the last 450m effort and for the first time in ages I could actually kick it down to run a final 79 second lap (2.54 pace)

Doing so left me gasping and rolling around the oval for about 5 minutes in recovery mode after but that’s another thing J

Times went; 86, 2.54, 4.27, 6.12, 4.36, 3.00, 79

Great session and that’s the 4^th Thursday on the spin that I have done and completed the HuRTS set, that I’m happy with.

Mikey was strong again, although I could see he was working extra hard today and was feeling the heat a little more then the rest of us. Probably the best performance of the day was from Pommy Paul who drove the bus on the 3^rd group for the whole way, and it’s great to see that his call up into the team for the upcoming Churchill /Sands Cup is certainly warranted and we won’t loose anything with him in the team J

Swim set tomorrow to finish the week off.

Took some photos of the team today at Rushcutters - Apologies now to those reading for the Tommy H shirtless photo, although I have tried to even it up by posting one of T.B as well  L

Chairman Tommy H, obviously NOT on the same upper body workout program at T.Bell.

English call up for Pommy Paul leading the 3rd group out.

Some of the team at the end of the session that i managed to capture as i was on the ground recovering.

Finally a little glamour instead of the usual ugly heads, HuRTS girls, Erica, Jacqueline, Elle & Renee.

Cheers