Wednesday. Caught
up with Crossy Lad for the first time in the New Year and hit the pool on a
stunning day, Crossy must have been reading up over the break as he has all
these new sets to try and seemed super keen. Me on the other hand was dreading
it as I have let my swim go downhill over the festive season.
A small warm up and then it was 500m straight and then 20 x
50m with the first 10 strokes as strong as you could to see how far you got
down the pool. I was rolling every 60 seconds but even then I wasn’t doing it
easy and had to battle my way through.
A quick cool down and jumped out with 1700m done.
Thursday. Like
Tuesday it was due to be a scorcher again only about 10 degrees hotter, But
unlike Tuesday I didn’t have the luxury to get out early for a run due to work.
Was back down at PAP though which was a perfect start to the
day, and after a very long warm up of 700 metres I was then told the set for
the day was going to be 1 x 400m & 4 x 100m that I thought was OK until he
added x3 after it. Was almost defeated before I started but it wasn’t as bad as
it sounded as the 400s were done very easy and we were rolling for the 100s
every 1.50
With a couple of hundred cool down I was more than happy to
hit the coffee house with 3.3ks done
Jumped in the car to head to Rushcutters and nearly turned straight
back around when I saw 40 degrees showing. Rocks up and finds the Oval in tip
top shape once again and after marking out the course for the 8 x 800s for the
day I couldn’t believe to find 15 of the HuRTS Hardcore ready to roll despite
the heat, 3 Englishman (Tom ,Crossy and yours truly), Kiwi (Mike Leichwark),
Frenchman (Dom), Sweden’s finest export in Erika and a few token Skippy’s were
set to go.
With the big 5 way ahead,(Tom, S.O.C, Crossy, Small Tom and 'Mr
Personality' Darren ) I found I was pretty well tucked in with M.Leichwark but
even coming in with a 2.45 I was spent. A bit of chat after the first rep but
went very quiet after that with very little conversation in the recovery as we
all seemed to be in the ‘Hurt box’
Managed to get the next 2 done without losing much but the 4th
was a killer, harboured plans to pull the pin at this stage but then went to
plan ‘B’ which was to go to 400m reps and try to run strong for a single lap
with the front guys. Didn’t really go to plan on the 5th as I was
still in recovery mode as we were rolling every 4 minutes but for the 6th,7th
and 8th I tagged onto Tommy H and Scotty that worked perfect. Even managed to kick the final rep down with a
strong 70 second lap.
Times. 2.44, 2.44, 2.46, 2.50, 79, 73, 73, 70
Everyone and I mean everyone looked wrecked at the end (even
Erika Ekland) and it was a monster effort from all those that run that will
surely go down in the HuRTS ‘Best Of’ book. Kudos to everyone that run.
Friday rest day
Big weekend ahead, will head down to Laura's hometown this
Sunday to do the Long run in the Shire, looking forward to that, before that
the big game in the Premiership as on at the ‘Brit’ with Arsenal the latest to
hopefully cop a beating (must remember to phone Master Sweeney on Sunday) , The Arse never
like coming to Stoke as we normally beat them up and this week won’t be any
different only we'll do it in style this season.
Get on the Potters in a tight one
Stoke 2 v Arsenal 1
Best bet of the week (and i told Toon Tommy last night) is
to get on his Newcastle boys to beat high flying West Ham. Both shite but i
think the North East boys will get the 3 points.
A few photos from last Thursday evening and Friday morning
from when I got the opportunity to catch up with the Liverpool Legends, got a
few tips from old mate Bruce Grobbalaar on how to bet for the season ahead and
all the old heads were great craic to chat with.
Cheers
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