Easy Wednesday.

Just cruised around the park this morning, picking up the BRAT/Hardmen that float around talking trash for the entire run.
Saw Enda, Angry Boy Clyde, The Leech, PLOD, and the Original Hardman himself J.C  In fact J.C was giving out abuse all for about 2 minutes to me and for the remainder of the run was then looking as he was about to go into Cardiac Arrest.
The Leech even blanked me this morning after i refused him entry into the English team for the 2nd year straight - so much so he puffed his chest out when Enda announced him as the new captain of the 'Green Team' (as if to say 'Stuff you Timmy, and you can have your 90 seconds start on me and I'll still smash ya, But one day I'll be in your team you see')
13ks all up for the morning, felt OK as well.

Quick shout out to my mate Slim Sammy Agnew who is celebrating his 39th Birthday today - about the same time his Palace boys were last in the Premiership :)
Also to Clyde on his yesterday, and he was still munching down on his cake on the 3rd lap this morning that blokes unbelievable the amount he can put away.

Great win for the Potters on Saturday with a much needed win, takes the pressure off slightly, and one more win should see us right. Still say it will come down to the last game between Villa and Wigan for the dreaded drop.
Congrats to Man Utd ( even if i do hate them) on walking away with the league, they cleaned up and i don't even think they have that good a side - doesn't say much for the rest of them.

Was going to try to organise a run session for Thursday with it being a holiday but with Kanser, Tom and Enda away, no sign of High, Mikey maybe still away i fear the numbers wont be out anyway.
I believe Tommy H is back in SlinkyPore, don't be telling Kirst but my little Asian mate Lei Ying Lo who was working undercover for me send this through (I know it's old news but.)

Tommy H out once again spotted on the town ......but that doesn't look like Kirst to me.

Out tonight for a few beers and to watch funny man Danny Bhoy at the Comedy Festival then out tomorrow for one of my favorite days on the calendar to honour the Old Boys for ANZAC Day and a bit of Two Up. Friday morning could be a struggle ..............but we'll worry about that when it comes :)
Have a great day tomorrow, and remember 'Head Em Up'

Cheers

Happy St George's Day.....3 x 2k Centennial Park.

With being in the park early with work i thought I'd just stay after and knock out a session on my own as opposed  to going into town at lunch with the boys.
Decided to do another of my old sessions that is 4 x 2k Reps although i settled on only 3 :)
Procrastinated for about 20 minutes thinking how the hell i was going to get them done before i in fact started. Pace was purposely kept a little under as i tried to settle and went through the first k in about 3.35 pace , nasty little climb for the last 500 that keeps it honest but was happy to finish in 7.14 (3.37 pace)
Second rep was a little quicker and was feeling the pace more and i was just happy to get the last one done without losing too much time
Reps were- 7.14, 7.09, 7.12
Still along way off, but on the up :)

Well famous day on the Calender today and that is Saint George's Day so i hope you are all out celebrating the fact and have the Union Jacks flying outside your house? Just drove past Enda's and the whole street is decked out in Red, White and Blue to mark the occasion.

Also following on from the Guess Who segment that has seen a Young Kanser, Toddler Ginga (Fats) and 'I have holes in my short jeans' Enda,  The Trash has come across yet another famous HuRTS member. Unlike the rest this is perhaps a little tougher (even trying to decide the SEX of the HuRTS member is hard enough? )
Whilst the rest of us grew up playing footy this young one was one of the Original Members of the 'Pony Club
Clue... The Member we are looking for is Centre Photo, And yes there is a MALE in there somewhere?

Not just a star on the running track - this little guy was a founder member of Pony Club, and still to this day carries around photos of his two ponies Applejack and Pinkie Pie .............arhhhhh  how nice
Answer to come tomorrow .....that's if he hasn't come around and bashed the living daylights out of me by then:)

German Gibber - John Bartles . Popular HuRTs member and current #1 (well he smashed Tom at the last 10k) is Bartles who will also be venturing to Berlin come September with us. As already mentioned previously Bartles is pretty straight and we don't have much dirt on him BUT did you know that 'Our John' is pretty famous outside the team as he doubles up with his own TV career.
Yep ...... Moe Szyslak was based on our very own Bartles as the bartender in Moe's?
Let's hope he can drink the beers as quick when he gets to Berlin?

Bartles lookalike Moe.

And the real J.Bartles in full flight.

Happy Saint George's Day................No one is perfect. However, being English is Close Enough :)

Cheers

Come On Down..............

A lot cooler as i made my way into town to finish of the week with the Friday swim, no sign of Enda, Julia, or Pete Walker today although i was there early enough to sit and watch T.V royalty shooting a little segment besides the pool. With Larry' Come on Down' Emdur with his morning show co host the stunning Kylie 'I have a short skirt and the best pins in the business' Gillies i could have happily sat poolside for the whole session.
Anyway back to the action and it was 2 x 400s, 2 x 300, 2 x 200, and 2 x 100 and with Brendan, MrAce and Angus in my lane it was on again, In fact had Champagne Charlie lead the first 400 out but it was far beneath him to swim in our lane and he crossed over after only 200 to leave Brendan to do the hard work from there onwards.
Angus did the bulk of the work after that although i did manage to pull a sharpish first 200 out and hung on after that to finish the set pretty strong even doing the final 100 from the front.
Times were; 6.29, 6.40, 4.53, 4.55, 3.05, 3.10, 1.33, 1.34
2.4ks done for the day.
Pretty happy to get a decent weeks training done with a couple of solid runs on the board with a little speed, 2 swims sets and even managed to get out on the bike yesterday for 50 odd ks.
Will try to get out for the Sunday long run this week and see if i can manage 20ks, and hopefully Kanser is around to help us out not to mention a cup of tea after. I wonder if there will be a place saved at the breaky table for Superflake with  Flakey asking if Kanser can coach him in order to try to break 3 hours at his next marathon??????

Also more good news - 3 lots in fact (Jeez, its the season of good news it seems)
1.Congrats to Brendan and his wife who celebrated the arrival of TWINS earlier this week, Despite the busy week Brendan was there today and refused to miss his swim (Enda take note)
2. Congrats to J-Fen and Bonnie who received there Aussie Citizenship overnight - So J-Fen has had half his brain removed in doing so, and has already gotten into the culture, No more is he 'Rocking his Socks Off' , i had a text from him earlier that read 'Strewth Timmy, Stone the  Flamin Crows its great to be a Skippy now for the next step to grow myself a Rats Tail'.

J-Fen and Wife Bonnie with there NEW Aussie Flags upon getting there Citizenship  :)

3. Clyde Angry Man - I called it earlier in the week and told you how happy the normally Angry Man was last weekend at the BRAT triathlon, well now i can reveal why? It seems the good news was spread from his hometown N.Z that declared that Gay Marriages were to be Legalised. This will open the door and hopefully bring a calmer side to our resident Angry Kiwi Boy.
Read more here - http://www.news.com.au/world-news/gay-marriage-legalised-in-new-zealand/story-fndir2ev-1226622937625

Well that's about it for the week , missed out again on the German Gibber with John Bartles that will have to carry over till next week now.

Big weekend in the footy again - lets hope the Potters get up over Q.P.R , Villa lose, as well as Wigan and Crystal Palace can find a win from somewhere for my mate Slim Sammy Agnew :)
also its the A League final this week between Western Sydney and Central Coast.
Timmy's Tip - Take the Central Coast 2 -1

Have a great weekend
Train Safe
Cheers

Nearly forgot - I managed to snag a quick picture of Kylie and Larry today at the pool, couldn't get to close as i didn't want them thinking i was some sort of 'Peter Pervy' snapping on Kylies legs :)

Kylie and Larry poolside at the A.B.C Pool - Thank God Enda wasn't around :)

HuRTS Original 5 x 1.2k Efforts on Hickson Rd

Busy morning as i managed to find time to get out for a spin on the bike, Caught a good group that was flying around ( this after Mr POD snubbed me, basically telling me i wasn't worthy or fast enough of joining him, Angry Man and the 'Laughing Policeman as they headed for the longer Waterfall Ride)
55ks all up that included over 38 of those at a good pace doing triple laps and increasing the pace on each completed lap.
Bloody tough especially with not riding a lot in the past 4 weeks ( POD was probably right after all not taking me :))  Still managed to knock the pace down mind although there were about 10 in the group to work off (that was whittled down to 3 for the final triple lap) times were 6.00, 5.30 and a tad over 5 mins for the last one
Good set and i really do need to find more time for the bike as i do enjoy it and can hold the pace pretty well especially on these shorter reps.

Into town at lunch for the original Hickson Road 1.2k reps and good crew on hand once more even if there was no sign of regulars and Berlin Boys  Kanser, Highnam, High, Tuckey, Macca or Mikey. Good to see the return of Warrior Charlie mind you ( who has a new look slimline figure, thanks to a new diet)  and even better to see a few more females out there. After the 800s last week and the 1k on Tuesday this was always going to be a test to see where i am at in terms of fitness.
We moved the start line back down to the Hyatt as the works were being carried out at the top end of Hickson , settled down early for the first rep as Irish Robbie was off like a hare followed by Fats, J- Fen and Enda close by.
Measured it slightly longer as we came out from the big tunnel as i stopped the watch in 4.15 (3.33 pace) , Found the return leg was running faster today as the 2nd and 4th times tell. The 5th leg i struggled on as it was perhaps one rep to many especially taking the mornings ride into account.
Happy enough with that though and there are at least signs that i am moving a little more freely.
Times were - 4.15, 4.06, 4.10, 4.08, 4.14 (fastest was about 3.21 pace on the 2nd rep)

It was worth going into the city today as i heard 3 counts of GOOD NEWS in regards to the team.
1.  Enda tells me he's OUT of the S.M.H Half in May and with it the Irish chances of trying to wrestle the Churchill /Sands Cup go for another year - plus we WIN the beer at a venue of our choice.
2. Heard Slim Sammy Agnew has chucked his sticks and was caught running this morning to catch the Ferry ( not sure that's a good idea with Work Cover standing close by taking photos?). Hopefully he is back into it  and look our for him come September to be hitting peak form for the Marathon.
3. Tony Fats - AT LAST promised me that his Famous Home Brew is nearing ready to drink - and here i was thinking it would be a close call what come first .........His Daughters 18th or the Home Brew night ?  Look forward to it and hope its worth the wait :)

On a sad note ( and i know it wont mean anything to any of you) but i had a call today telling me a lad i played footy with at Stoke actually passed away aged 42 with a Brain tumour - unbelievable. Paul Ware wasn't perhaps the most gifted player i ever played with in truth , but he was perhaps the most honest and worked hard at his game and was probably the reason he did better then any of us and went on to play the game at a pro level for years and earned a good quid out of it.
This was his fine career - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ware
R.I.P Paul Ware, taken far too young :(

Will be back to the pool tomorrow and with Pete Walker away he has left instructions for me to look after - so hope i can handle the pressure and responsibility, i might even reduce the sets down somewhat or increase the breaks :)

Cheers

McKay 6 x 1k Reps

Woke to a Wet and miserably morning and with the early news coming through from Boston there were a thousand reasons in my head as NOT to train but i battled my inner demons and  decided to stay in the park after my first class where i knocked out 8k easy and did the old staple 6 x 1k Reps on McKay Oval.
Knew i had no pace so wasn't expecting anything to write home about and when i went through the first one in 3.36 i feared that i may not even get the remaining 5 done. Tried to break each rep down and not think to much about them as i just worked each one trying to focus on a little form.
Glad to get the 6 done in times of 3.36, 3.33, 3.30, 3.32, 3.32, 3.27
15ks for the morning done in total.
Worked out on these times that i am perhaps in about 38.20 pace for a 10k so a long way to go, but hopefully on the way back.

Shocking news coming out of Boston where the Marathon was on, and our thoughts go out to all over there in tough times. Our own HuRTS boy and 'Most Improved in  2012 Jeet is over there and pleased to report that he is fine and was tucked up in his hotel when the blast went off.
I know it is a very serious incident and one shouldn't make light of it BUT i am so thankful it didn't happen whilst later in the year at Berlin  as i heard the bomb went off around the 4 hour mark and if the same thing was to happen in Germany then i would hate to think what may have happened to Enda as its about the time he may be finishing  :)

Also more shocking news from England on the back of the Millwall Hooligans on Saturday, this time it appears Tommy H's relatives (hope its not brother Jimmy James) are causing a bit of bother on the streets of Newcastle after they got a good shoeing from arch rivals Sunderland in the footy.
Absolute nutters all of them - just lock the tools up and throw away the key i say.
Just heard the club has come out with a new badge/emblem for there shirts for next season. Take a look :)

The Badge of honour that has stood the test of time since 1892.

Scenes on the streets following the game after getting a beating by Sunderland ( is that Jimmy Highnam in the Black & White?)

And how the club has responded with the NEW badge for season 2013/14


Also results are out from Sunday's BRAT tri - Check out the Leech put a minute into me over 5ks, surely 4 minutes in the half is a must now for me? :)
http://oldwebsite.bratclub.com.au/images/Races/Results/2012-2013/2013_brat_tri_series_race_7.pdf

tomorrow, German Gibber , find out who Bartles was separated from at birth ?

Cheers

More of the Black Line Stuff.

Yet another cycle into town to start the week with the Monday Swim team and after yesterdays reality check when i thought i was swimming well only to then getting hammered by Angry Man Clyde (who by his own admission is only an average swimmer) i knew that i still have loads of work to do in the pool.
Good show once more to begin the week with Enda, Brendan and MrAce In my lane but no sign of E.J today after her mighty performance on Friday , with Poor Todd never even having to chance to get wet before we flicked him over to the nearby fast lane that had P.Walker, Irish Kev, Champagne Charlie and a few others.
After a 400 warm up the set was 6 x 200, and 6 x 100s with a few technique drills in the middle Brendan and MrAce led the first few between them before i knocked out a rather sharpish 5th set, Times were kept honest as well for the 100s as we did our share in leading the lane except for Enda who once again did Sweet F.A
Times were
200s  3.09, 3.14, 3.20, 3.18, 3.10, 3.22
100s  1.29, 1.31, 1.32, 1.37, 1.36, 1.34
2.3ks in total

will try to get down for the 2 x 20 min session tomorrow even if its not one of my preferred sessions.

Apology.  In all the excitement of the weekend i forgot to mention what was possibly the 'Timmy Run of the Day' down in Canberra.
Step up to the plate ....Young Laura James with her amazing 80.50mins for 3rd place in the ladies race  showing she is getting back to her best after her injury that kept her out for the second half of last year.
Glad i am not running against her at the moment, and reckon i will need at least 4 minutes to get within her come the Half in May ?
Also special mention to Razor Wareham on his creditable 2.49 in the Marathon.
Further afield over in Amsterdam for the Marathon long time reader and lurker Paul Superflake Bruning has recorded a 3.19 time - not really what he was looking for no doubt as he is normally a 3 hour marathoner . Might be time to give Kanser a call and get a few tips and a bit of direction from him mate? (plus you might even get the invite for a bit of Irish Breaky?)

Cheers

BRAT Triathlon 65.09 - 4th Overall.

The final BRAT triathlon of the summer down at Heffron and despite no running or form of late was still keen to give it a go on a classic Autumn morning that felt more like Summer with temps in the high 20s.
Good crowd down there with HuRTS boys Eoin the Leech and Angry Boy Clyde (who was surprisingly in a jovial mood and had a great conversation with him prior to the off) Agreed to sit on Clyde's feet in the swim who was also tapping Eoin's toes just ahead. Despite my own good form in the pool of late it was still no match for Clyde who powered ahead and i was off the back even after 150mtres - still hung in there and was happy enough to cover the 750 distance in 12.38
A quick transition and it was out for the 20ks on the bike and was surprised that i managed to catch up to the normally much stronger rider in Clyde after only about 8ks - changed positions a few times for the remainder and reeled in the Leech at the same time. Come in off the bike all roughly at the same time and i clocked a 32.30 time (ave 38.5 ks per/hour?), Knew then i didn't have the legs to hold our Kiwi friend as he gaped me within the first 500 metres and when Eoin did the same it was to prove a long final 3ks home. Managed to catch a few on the run mind and with about 500 metres to go came up to one guys shoulder and thought i would kick for home .....Unfortunately he wasn't feeling very charitable and came with me, Tried once more and same thing happened and thought 'Bugger this' and settled just to cross the line together only problem was he had other ideas and kicked for home with 100 meters to go to get that final podium spot for 3rd place with me knocking out  a 19.09 run time
Overall time was 65.09 for 4th Place and was over 3 minutes quicker then last month although the bike leg was far tougher last month.
Huge Congrats to Angry Man Clyde on the win - See it proves you can be calm and pleasant at times and still get the just rewards :) , also good to see Eoin looking strong to take 2nd spot, He must be getting stronger as he was waiting for me to cross the line and agreed to give me 2 minutes start in the Half after seeing me crawl over the line.
Will post official results once i have them.

With Angry Boy Clyde after the race and moments before he demolished the nearby BBQ :)

With 1st Place Clyde (right) , 2nd Eoin, and NO Young Junior Reville didn't pip me for 3rd spot

In a battle for 3rd spot with 500 metres to go and in the 'Hurt Box' having to settle for 4th for the day :(


Oh and sorry for the late posting  but was busy having a few ales yesterday afternoon, i know POD was eagerly awaiting the report and wanted to hear how Clyde gave me a good 'Schooling' ...so there you have it  :)

Congrats to our very own Enda as well on his Half Marathon run down in Canberra on the weekend - 78.05 officially, pretty solid effort and it was only about 3 minutes slower in time then he managed the 300 swim at the pool last Friday.

Another disappointing result overnight in the Premiership with the pressure now mounting and survival  for Stoke after a lose to Man Utd 0 - 2 , Looks like the Toon are going to be sweating as well after the Mackems took the big North East Derby, And it seems like QPR have gone with another lose , and hopefully Wigan will be the ones joining them come May time.
Also see those lunatics that class themselves as football fans from Millwall causing mayhem once more - only this time actually fighting each other - Clowns. I thought all that sort of behaviour was left behind in the 80s but it seems as if they are still as crazy?

Just about to hit the city for today's swim leg, and then tomorrow its the HuRTS 2 x 20 minute session running.

Cheers