Final swim T/T of the season down at the A.B .C Pool before it closes for the winter and on a glorious autumns day there were all sort of shenanigans going on.
A small but elite team on offer with the likes of Coach Walker, the talented Travis and the fastest HurTS swimmer Smolley all lining up to take out the little Yellow Duck. Liam was first to start the clock and I was to go at the same time as Champ……. Well, what was to follow took some beating, Not since Enda sat on my shoulder doing bugger all for 18ks in the Half Marathon 3 years back or Enda’s performance at the Curl Curl Park run (with Tom) has there been such blatant unsportsmanlike, & ‘Not in the Spirit’ behavior been seen in HuRTS history.
Basically just sat on my feet for 900m making me do all the work, shocking performance , and he should be embarrassed with himself, in fact I’m embarrassed for him
Worked well for the first 500m checking my time around 8.25, meaning if I could hold it would bring me home in a respectable 16.50, Saw Crossy Lad and The Leech each time making ground up with every 100m but figured I still had them covered, although had no idea where the faster guys were in comparison?
With 100m left I was turning at the same time as the ‘Cossack Dancer Smolley himself and knew it was all over, as Pete and Travis were doing the same. With tired arms I touched out in a time of 17.05, slower than normal but I think everyone was down a little today apart from the eventual winner himself Smolley who smoked it with a stunning 12.35 (approx 1.15 for each 100m)
Congrats to Smolley , and good to see him actually putting in a bit of effort in a session as he normally just cruises everyone I’ve ever seen him do.
Times for the day were .
March
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April
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Result
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Target Time 1000m
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Start time
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1000m TT Result
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Liam
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20:00
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0:00
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19:40
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Sonya
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19:58
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0:02
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Laura
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19:41
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0:18
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Norman
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19:20
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0:40
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Craig
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18:40
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1:20
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Dan
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18:30
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1:30
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18:00
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Mike G
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18:20
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1:40
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Mike D
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17:53
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2:06
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Kirk
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17:30
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2:30
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Paul
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17:22
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17:20
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2:39
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Mike R
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17:19
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2:40
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Brendan
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17:05
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17:07
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2:53
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16:16
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James M
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17:01
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2:58
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18:38
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Tim L
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16:51
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16:56
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3:04
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17:05
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Champ
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17:14
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16:55
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3:04
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17:01
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Christian
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16:51
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16:53
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3:06
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Mike C
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16:59
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16:52
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3:07
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Karim
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16:52
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3:08
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Alejandro
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16:39
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16:22
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3:38
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Eoin
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15:55
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15:58
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4:01
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16:30
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Angus
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15:20
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15:58
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4:02
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15.42
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Kevin
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15:46
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4:14
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Andrew C
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15:48
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15:42
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4:17
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Sam
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15:38
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4:22
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Charlie
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15:34
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15:34
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4:26
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Todd
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15:29
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15:21
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4:38
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James E
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14:54
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5:05
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Derek
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14:45
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5:15
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Peter
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14:38
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14:26
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5:34
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14:28
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Travis
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14:15
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5:45
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14:23
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J.C
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14:11
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5:49
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Dave C
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13:45
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6:15
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Emma I
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13:40
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6:20
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Elan
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13:08
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6:51
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Smolly
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12:55
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12:55
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7:05
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12:35
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A big weekend coming up – Anzac Day tomorrow so will be out to honor the Old Diggers with a bit of Two Up, always a good day and I suspect it will be a long day so I won’t be running on Sunday this week
Also Sunday evening is the running of the London Marathon where we have good friends Slim Sammy Agnew and Dave ‘Kanser’ Kane both running. A HuRTs night has been planned so that could turn into another big social event.
In the footy, Stoke play at home for a second straight week, this time against the Maccams of Sunderland, they are pretty ordinary at the moment so all 3 points should be in the bag with this one.
Timmy’s Tip – Stoke 2 vs. Sunderland 0
Have a great weekend
Train well , stay safe
Cheers
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