Cycled into the city for the 3rd straight day and met the boys at the Art Gallery for the 2k warm up over to Rushcutters Oval. Good banter along the way with Enda and the Branagon Brothers (Kev & Marco) mainly centred about the upcoming British Lions tour and the selected party.
Deek 5ks was on the cards, basically 8 x 400m with a 200m float after each. Sat in with Enda and Richie Large for the first in a respectable 76 second lap but even on the recovery the fitter lads were able to hold a stronger pace then my 48 secs.
Felt the pace drop as early as the 2nd and come the 3rd I had grave doubts I'd even get through it. Had Super Kev come past on the 4th and then Adrian Mc on the 5th who I latched onto only for him to pull out come the 6th effort. Then had the misfortune of getting lapped by frontrunner's Scotty O and Special Q but found I was somehow holding my pace.
Couldn't stop the watch soon enough as the 5k ticked over and happy enough to see 17.37 recorded for the day.
Reps. 76, 48, 82, 48, 83, 52, 85, 50, 85, 54, 84, 51, 85, 55, 84, 20
Then enjoyed the return trip to the city with King of the Sledge - J.C and Enda as talk turned to the abolishing of the controversial 457 visa that hopefully may keep some of these Irish lads coming into the country and stop the constant rorting that goes with it.
3 days running on the trot, happy with that and will take a rest day tomorrow now.
With coach away it made the decision of either a 3k swim battle solo OR a nice brekkie with my team a no brainer so only managed a token 800m effort to start the day at PAP
Cheers
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