Got the early mark on Saturday with work as some clients were away for the long weekend that meant i had the opportunity to have a hit out on the bike. No real structure to the session but wanted to just keep a pretty good pace for 40ks to see how i felt. Did some laps by myself and tucked in with others on certain parts of the park, Started to feel it a little at 30ks and was relieved when 5 rather quick guys came by that meant i jumped on there wheels for the final 2 and half laps(10ks). Had to work hard just to stay on and it certainly pushed the average speed up for the morning in doing so.
40ks done averaging 35.4 k per/hour - Good extra session done and happy to get more time on the bike, As i was leaving the park i saw PLOD, Hardman (J.C) and 'The Laughing Policeman (Samsy) just putting there bikes away and getting ready for there run, Jeez the boys are looking fit, (well probably not Samsy) but POD has World Champs coming up in October and J.C has a date with Kona again in a few weeks Both are flying at the moment so I'm sure they will both go well. Got a bit concerned though when J.C had his top off and was taking about Liposuction, and then asked me about going to Thailand to get it done - Think he may be getting confused of what the procedure entails over there :)
It was then out to watch the Swannies in action against the Hawks , and what a good game it was with both sides going toe to toe with the Swans prevailing at the end that saw all us Cheer Cheering the Red and the White, not to mention shaking the thunder from the sky
Back out today to watch the League Grand Final and hoping the Storm will turn over the Bulldogs to then complete a good weekend of results for me , Swans, Liverpool Stoke, Arsenal been beat , and Crystal Palace even winning for my mate Slim Sammy Agnew. On the down side, it looks like J-Fen's men 'The Yanks' are giving us boys (Europe) a bit of a touch up in the Golf.
A day off tomorrow and have plans to go on a long ride with the boys, but having a big afternoon planned today may put that in doubt as they roll out from the park pretty early.
Cheers
BTW, anyone seen or heard from the Chairman? not seen or heard from him since he turned 40 a few weeks back - maybe he's slowing down a little, He's not even updated his rag of a blog and I'm starting to get nightmares from the Kanser photo he has up every time i check it out :)
I will be making my return to the HuRTS team this Tuesday, just checked its my favorite set the 14 x 3 minute efforts, and the one that i actually did the injury about 6 weeks back so will take it easy and see if i can knock out 10 ?
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Quick Brick
Into the park on a very warm Sydney day for a Brick session , Only really had time for a shorter set so did a flat lap with Woollarha Hill chucked in followed by a 500m effort running of the bike x 4
Even with it being very warm the wind was up that made it tough coming around near Fox Studio gates - tough enough session again, feeling OK on the bike but i really need to do more mileage i think, bit of a struggle to find the time when everyone else is out on the bike .
Had intended to go in and do some more swimming but run out of time so missed out on catching up with the HuRTS Hasselhoff's' and now will have to wait until next week before i get the chance again. Although i have pencilled in returning to run group next Tuesday.
Big weekend of sports coming up with all the footy finals over the weekend , Will be barracking for the Swans tomorrow , although i can't see them getting over the top of the Hawks to be honest.Will be giving all my tips and predictions on the Sporting Shout blog
Just on the Swans though - I love the AFL tradition on many things they do especially the club songs they sing at the end of the games, So hopefully we will all be singing 'Cheer, cheer the Red and the White'... But tell me, whats with the lyrics ? I've heard many a footy song over the years, but .... 'Shake down the Thunder from the Sky" ........give me a break
Also just had word come in that its Master Sweeney's Birthday today - So many happy returns to the old boy , 57 today and still going strong. Although he has been out injured for the past few months and has taken up cycling, but has also spent a lot of time on the Bintang Beers whilst holidaying over in Bali and is now on the same diet as Clyde is:)
Master after his recent holiday , preparing to get back on the bike
Have a great long weekend guys,
train safe
Cheers
Even with it being very warm the wind was up that made it tough coming around near Fox Studio gates - tough enough session again, feeling OK on the bike but i really need to do more mileage i think, bit of a struggle to find the time when everyone else is out on the bike .
Had intended to go in and do some more swimming but run out of time so missed out on catching up with the HuRTS Hasselhoff's' and now will have to wait until next week before i get the chance again. Although i have pencilled in returning to run group next Tuesday.
Big weekend of sports coming up with all the footy finals over the weekend , Will be barracking for the Swans tomorrow , although i can't see them getting over the top of the Hawks to be honest.Will be giving all my tips and predictions on the Sporting Shout blog
Just on the Swans though - I love the AFL tradition on many things they do especially the club songs they sing at the end of the games, So hopefully we will all be singing 'Cheer, cheer the Red and the White'... But tell me, whats with the lyrics ? I've heard many a footy song over the years, but .... 'Shake down the Thunder from the Sky" ........give me a break
Also just had word come in that its Master Sweeney's Birthday today - So many happy returns to the old boy , 57 today and still going strong. Although he has been out injured for the past few months and has taken up cycling, but has also spent a lot of time on the Bintang Beers whilst holidaying over in Bali and is now on the same diet as Clyde is:)
Have a great long weekend guys,
train safe
Cheers
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Getting the all Clear.
Wednesday - In the pool for another 2.7ks
Thursday - Up early for work and was on the bike with clients in Centennial , saw Sultry Sonya looking good on the bike as she flew by at one stage, and then as i was taking it easy PLOD came by even faster so i jumped on the back of his wheel, Had to work hard just to stay with him and was delighted when he got three quarters around then finished his effort just as i was about to have a heart attack. A bit of a chat with him and J.C before taking myself for the 3rd swim of the week down to the pool again.
Knocked out only 2ks today but brings the total to 7.3 for the week again so happy enough with that, and although still slow i managed to knock out my fastest 1k straight of the season and dare i say it but it is starting to feel a little easier and hopefully another 4 weeks of the same training will see me OK come race time in November.
Might even be brave enough to go back in tomorrow to join the lunchtime HuRTS Hasselhoff's at the A.B.C Pool, i might even be strong enough to stay on there feet for the first 100 metres ?
After the swim it was time to head back to the Physio , and was delighted to be given the all clear to start running and that the calf is now healed. Will get back into it next week , and be back to the HuRTS sessions as from Tuesday - just need to remember to take it easier for the first couple of weeks and not overdo it to early in the peace.
Nearly forgot to show this photo from last week at the movie evening, as i mentioned i sat with Durante on one side with Kanser and Ronan on the other - Beside the 8 boxes of popcorn Kanser munched on he also showed up in the most outrageous gear on the night I've seen in years, Apparently he had been in BrisVegas all day and got talking to Master Sweeney who then borrowed him some of his latest outfits.
.... You can't take him anywhere:)
Ronan Centre and Kanser right with there 3D glasses ready for the movies
BTW...Yes that is a fake tan Kanser has on :)
Cheers
Thursday - Up early for work and was on the bike with clients in Centennial , saw Sultry Sonya looking good on the bike as she flew by at one stage, and then as i was taking it easy PLOD came by even faster so i jumped on the back of his wheel, Had to work hard just to stay with him and was delighted when he got three quarters around then finished his effort just as i was about to have a heart attack. A bit of a chat with him and J.C before taking myself for the 3rd swim of the week down to the pool again.
Knocked out only 2ks today but brings the total to 7.3 for the week again so happy enough with that, and although still slow i managed to knock out my fastest 1k straight of the season and dare i say it but it is starting to feel a little easier and hopefully another 4 weeks of the same training will see me OK come race time in November.
Might even be brave enough to go back in tomorrow to join the lunchtime HuRTS Hasselhoff's at the A.B.C Pool, i might even be strong enough to stay on there feet for the first 100 metres ?
After the swim it was time to head back to the Physio , and was delighted to be given the all clear to start running and that the calf is now healed. Will get back into it next week , and be back to the HuRTS sessions as from Tuesday - just need to remember to take it easier for the first couple of weeks and not overdo it to early in the peace.
Nearly forgot to show this photo from last week at the movie evening, as i mentioned i sat with Durante on one side with Kanser and Ronan on the other - Beside the 8 boxes of popcorn Kanser munched on he also showed up in the most outrageous gear on the night I've seen in years, Apparently he had been in BrisVegas all day and got talking to Master Sweeney who then borrowed him some of his latest outfits.
.... You can't take him anywhere:)
BTW...Yes that is a fake tan Kanser has on :)
Cheers
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
More Swimming
Only did 11ks yesterday and my legs were a little sore today so was happy for the day off from running and was back in the pool early this morning. The swimming Madmen were back after a weeks break knocking out there 7k efforts so was happy to fall in with them.
Basically there session was all speed work based around 200s, so i was doing every second one , and when they kicked there times even further down i went and did 100s. Once again buggered come the end but it helped as i knocked out 2.6ks for the session.
They also do a set that is breathing every 11 strokes for 500mtres, Jeez......I had a go and was gasping after about 5, so was then forced back to do 3 :)
Not sure what to do tomorrow ? Get back in the pool or try to have a run with the Hardmen lads around Centennial?
I see Enda has give me a serve about having two Blogs on the go - Fair enough, although if i were him I'd only be reading the Sports one ............less chance of him being abused on that site, unless he takes up playing football (god help us then) :)
Cheers
Basically there session was all speed work based around 200s, so i was doing every second one , and when they kicked there times even further down i went and did 100s. Once again buggered come the end but it helped as i knocked out 2.6ks for the session.
They also do a set that is breathing every 11 strokes for 500mtres, Jeez......I had a go and was gasping after about 5, so was then forced back to do 3 :)
Not sure what to do tomorrow ? Get back in the pool or try to have a run with the Hardmen lads around Centennial?
I see Enda has give me a serve about having two Blogs on the go - Fair enough, although if i were him I'd only be reading the Sports one ............less chance of him being abused on that site, unless he takes up playing football (god help us then) :)
Cheers
Monday, September 24, 2012
Psychological issues
Back on the Bus today to start up once again post injury, Was out back in the park early and after running easy with a client (used more as a warm up ) I decided to do 3 flat loops on the path ( 3.7k) to see how the injury was. So armed with the 'Best of British' Music on the trusted i tunes but minus the GPS i was off on the comeback trail.
Felt OK on the first lap coming through bang on the 17 minute mark, and got a boost as 'Love will Tear us a Part' blasted out as i begun the 2nd. Tried to pick the pace up slightly and was still feeling OK even if i was breathing heavier. Legs started to feel it on the 3rd but held the form and was happy to finish off in 49.26 for the 11.1ks
Laps were 17.00, 16.30, 15.55
Glad to get through that one and was pretty tired this afternoon, even missing my Monday swim, although will be back in the pool tomorrow and hope to knock out a bigger set then.
So Back on the Bus for me, now i just need to get Enda back racing and Throw him UNDER the Bus :)
Forget to mention yesterday , after running around the park in the morning, I called over Davie Kanes house for a cuppa ( or three) and the poor chap seemed to have a lot on his mind ( and it wasn't just looking after the kids whilst the Good Wife was out on the town drinking ) ..........No, this was more serious - and this is where the title of today's blog came from. It appears Kanser is having a few psychological issues in that he is still to get his head around running a good Marathon time. Chairman Tommy H has picked up on it a few times and Kanser still has yet to master one?
It got us then thinking who else in the HuRTS team is also having the same problem? and this is what Kanser came up with ( probably trying to deflect some of the attention away - if you ask me )
Mikey Conway - Unable to run sub 35 mins for 10k, Despite training the house down Mikey has still to run a sub 35 after having 294 attempts, not to mention costing Tom and Kanser a fortune in lost bets and is still looking for that elusive first.
Tommy Highnam, The 8 second Man, seems unable to beat former HuRTS #1 Tucks despite running very close and applying much pressure is unable to get within the 8 seconds ?
Dave Kane - Unable to string a good marathon together despite having a 'Masters Degree in the Art of Marathon running.Still to run a sub 2.40 ..........Will it ever happen, probably not until Kanser has travelled the world trying to find one that is only 39.9ks ? :)
Enda Stankard, - Unable to get one over young Timmy in a Half Marathon Race, Tried everything in the book to beat me , travelling interstate, sitting on my shoulder for 20ks, even going to the trouble to hire a full time psychologist in Spark's.........all that did was in fact drive Spark's to find help himself and was last seen drinking himself into oblivion
As time goes on surely Enda must find victory over the 21ks someday ?
Also for those of you that do bugger all in the day - except read blogs and drink coffee ( or just bored) i have set up another blog, mostly just focusing on all things Sports related but has a strong football connection.
Still in its early stages yet and like most good things will take time to really deliver - but surely it must already have more substance then some certain J' 'B' Graders blogs :)
Check it out
http://www.sportingshout.blogspot.com.au/
Cheers
Felt OK on the first lap coming through bang on the 17 minute mark, and got a boost as 'Love will Tear us a Part' blasted out as i begun the 2nd. Tried to pick the pace up slightly and was still feeling OK even if i was breathing heavier. Legs started to feel it on the 3rd but held the form and was happy to finish off in 49.26 for the 11.1ks
Laps were 17.00, 16.30, 15.55
Glad to get through that one and was pretty tired this afternoon, even missing my Monday swim, although will be back in the pool tomorrow and hope to knock out a bigger set then.
So Back on the Bus for me, now i just need to get Enda back racing and Throw him UNDER the Bus :)
Forget to mention yesterday , after running around the park in the morning, I called over Davie Kanes house for a cuppa ( or three) and the poor chap seemed to have a lot on his mind ( and it wasn't just looking after the kids whilst the Good Wife was out on the town drinking ) ..........No, this was more serious - and this is where the title of today's blog came from. It appears Kanser is having a few psychological issues in that he is still to get his head around running a good Marathon time. Chairman Tommy H has picked up on it a few times and Kanser still has yet to master one?
It got us then thinking who else in the HuRTS team is also having the same problem? and this is what Kanser came up with ( probably trying to deflect some of the attention away - if you ask me )
Mikey Conway - Unable to run sub 35 mins for 10k, Despite training the house down Mikey has still to run a sub 35 after having 294 attempts, not to mention costing Tom and Kanser a fortune in lost bets and is still looking for that elusive first.
Tommy Highnam, The 8 second Man, seems unable to beat former HuRTS #1 Tucks despite running very close and applying much pressure is unable to get within the 8 seconds ?
Dave Kane - Unable to string a good marathon together despite having a 'Masters Degree in the Art of Marathon running.Still to run a sub 2.40 ..........Will it ever happen, probably not until Kanser has travelled the world trying to find one that is only 39.9ks ? :)
Enda Stankard, - Unable to get one over young Timmy in a Half Marathon Race, Tried everything in the book to beat me , travelling interstate, sitting on my shoulder for 20ks, even going to the trouble to hire a full time psychologist in Spark's.........all that did was in fact drive Spark's to find help himself and was last seen drinking himself into oblivion
As time goes on surely Enda must find victory over the 21ks someday ?
Also for those of you that do bugger all in the day - except read blogs and drink coffee ( or just bored) i have set up another blog, mostly just focusing on all things Sports related but has a strong football connection.
Still in its early stages yet and like most good things will take time to really deliver - but surely it must already have more substance then some certain J' 'B' Graders blogs :)
Check it out
http://www.sportingshout.blogspot.com.au/
Cheers
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Getting Dizzy
After a big afternoon/night watching all the footy codes i ventured into the park this morning for an easy run, Found it busy in there with the 100/50k races taking place. Saw Chris Truscott( C.T) coming through so tagged in with him, he had done about 30ks at this point and was running at 4.20 pace, had a good chat along the way and did 2 flat laps with him reeling in first spot from Timmy Cochrane, dropped back a little then and meet up with old training partner Damian Tancred who was going at a gentle 5 mins pace and kept him company for another 2 laps, was happy to get through my longest run in about 6 weeks for about 15ks in total in 69 minutes - No clue exactly as the GPS have finally given up the ghost and is now Kaput.
Beautiful morning out there and saw J-Fen doing his long run and stopped to have a chat with him , even give him the watch to sort out for me only to be told that it is a 'Lemon'.... very technical, thanks mate.
Good to see Wildman, Norman Cook, aka Stevie T back out there running after having a bit of a break, seemed to be going OK was well running behind Benny St, did call out a little abuse and i have a NEW nickname for him but i best run it by him first ........As i don't want to be upsetting him :)
Congrats to C.T who went on to WIN the race and cover the 100ks in a fast time of 7hr.51 - unbelievable. There were others out there who were struggling and they were only on about 30ks, God knows what they will be like adding another 70k on?
Big Game tonight with Man U vs Liverpool match on , despite Liverpool's very ordinary start to the season i can see them getting something from tonight's game, although its hard to see where the goals are going to come from
Timmy's Tip - Take the draw 1-1
Also congrats to Slim Sammy Agnew and his Palace team, went to bed last night with Palace 0 -2 down and awoke this morning to find they had ended up winning 3-2 , Sammy is somewhere around the Manly area now celebrating there first win in about 8 months, and now may even rejoin the HuRTS group to continue with his training after originally saying he will not return until they get there 1st win of the season.
Will have a run in the morning , try to do another 4ks at about 4.30 pace and hope to pick it up a little over the next week or so.
Congrats to POD as well on his 3rd Overall in the Biathlon out at Parramatta Park this morning, things are looking good for the big man with World Champs coming up in Auckland next month.
Cheers
Beautiful morning out there and saw J-Fen doing his long run and stopped to have a chat with him , even give him the watch to sort out for me only to be told that it is a 'Lemon'.... very technical, thanks mate.
Good to see Wildman, Norman Cook, aka Stevie T back out there running after having a bit of a break, seemed to be going OK was well running behind Benny St, did call out a little abuse and i have a NEW nickname for him but i best run it by him first ........As i don't want to be upsetting him :)
Congrats to C.T who went on to WIN the race and cover the 100ks in a fast time of 7hr.51 - unbelievable. There were others out there who were struggling and they were only on about 30ks, God knows what they will be like adding another 70k on?
Big Game tonight with Man U vs Liverpool match on , despite Liverpool's very ordinary start to the season i can see them getting something from tonight's game, although its hard to see where the goals are going to come from
Timmy's Tip - Take the draw 1-1
Also congrats to Slim Sammy Agnew and his Palace team, went to bed last night with Palace 0 -2 down and awoke this morning to find they had ended up winning 3-2 , Sammy is somewhere around the Manly area now celebrating there first win in about 8 months, and now may even rejoin the HuRTS group to continue with his training after originally saying he will not return until they get there 1st win of the season.
Will have a run in the morning , try to do another 4ks at about 4.30 pace and hope to pick it up a little over the next week or so.
Congrats to POD as well on his 3rd Overall in the Biathlon out at Parramatta Park this morning, things are looking good for the big man with World Champs coming up in Auckland next month.
Cheers
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Brick Set
Fairly quieter morning in the park which was good as i was back on the bike and decided on trying a bit of a brick session again. Been a bit slack of late on these due to injury and the fact Roger isn't there anymore for the Wednesday session due to him doing other specific training.
Thought i would do 3 x laps bike - 3 x flagpole runs,
2 x bike 2 x runs
1 x bike 1 run (500 mtr)
Felt OK on the bike for the triple set without really killing myself and then run a little over 4 min/ks for the 1.5k effort , Tried to up the pace slightly on the doubles and was working a little over 6 mins per lap finishing in 12.10.
A few kind words to Usain about giving the single lap a go and pushed hard to complete the set with a time of 5.44 for probably the best I've managed this season.
Dragged myself down for the final swim set of the week after that and really didn't feel in the mood today, especially as i was there by myself and could barely do 1.9ks all up. Bit of a warm up and then 1 x 500 & 1 x 1k rep was about as much as i could do - Still happy enough with approx 6.3ks for the week, down on previous weeks although only done the 3 sets this week.
Nearly forgot to mention the other night at the movies - caught up with Old HuRTS boy and talented if not lazy the one and only Stallion Michael Durante. Must say for someone who holds the 'Harry's Pie & Mash, with HotDog record he looks in pretty good nick. He says now he has had his knee fixed up he will be back and hopefully joining us over the summer and is keen to start back and get his confidence up with a victory over Tommy H at the biathlon in October to continue his 100% dominance over the Chairman.
The Italian Stallion M.Durante with Timmy at 2XU Store Paddington.
In other footy news - Big game of the week is the Man Utd vs Liverpool clash, on paper Man Utd should batter them but you never know in these big matches, and wouldn't be surprised if Liverpool snick it.
The Trash may come out with ....well Trash at times, but last weeks bold predictions came true about Stoke getting something out of City and that Kane and Stankard wouldn't run under 76.30 - hope you all collected :)
In even bigger news closer to home - don't mind Del Piero we have someone BIGGER ( about 25 kilo bigger to be exact) step up Emile Heskey. Those of you who are not up to date with English footy take a look at this clip - and this was when he was good :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO_r_Szc3Oo&feature=related
Unbelievable - i reckon if i don't get over these injuries i might even get a start for the Perth Glory over in the West sometime throughout the coming season.
Have a great weekend, train well.
cheers
Thought i would do 3 x laps bike - 3 x flagpole runs,
2 x bike 2 x runs
1 x bike 1 run (500 mtr)
Felt OK on the bike for the triple set without really killing myself and then run a little over 4 min/ks for the 1.5k effort , Tried to up the pace slightly on the doubles and was working a little over 6 mins per lap finishing in 12.10.
A few kind words to Usain about giving the single lap a go and pushed hard to complete the set with a time of 5.44 for probably the best I've managed this season.
Dragged myself down for the final swim set of the week after that and really didn't feel in the mood today, especially as i was there by myself and could barely do 1.9ks all up. Bit of a warm up and then 1 x 500 & 1 x 1k rep was about as much as i could do - Still happy enough with approx 6.3ks for the week, down on previous weeks although only done the 3 sets this week.
Nearly forgot to mention the other night at the movies - caught up with Old HuRTS boy and talented if not lazy the one and only Stallion Michael Durante. Must say for someone who holds the 'Harry's Pie & Mash, with HotDog record he looks in pretty good nick. He says now he has had his knee fixed up he will be back and hopefully joining us over the summer and is keen to start back and get his confidence up with a victory over Tommy H at the biathlon in October to continue his 100% dominance over the Chairman.
In other footy news - Big game of the week is the Man Utd vs Liverpool clash, on paper Man Utd should batter them but you never know in these big matches, and wouldn't be surprised if Liverpool snick it.
The Trash may come out with ....well Trash at times, but last weeks bold predictions came true about Stoke getting something out of City and that Kane and Stankard wouldn't run under 76.30 - hope you all collected :)
In even bigger news closer to home - don't mind Del Piero we have someone BIGGER ( about 25 kilo bigger to be exact) step up Emile Heskey. Those of you who are not up to date with English footy take a look at this clip - and this was when he was good :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO_r_Szc3Oo&feature=related
Unbelievable - i reckon if i don't get over these injuries i might even get a start for the Perth Glory over in the West sometime throughout the coming season.
Have a great weekend, train well.
cheers
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