Tri Camp

So the day begins , Tuesday.Bin day. Why are bin bags now thinner than thin. As in close to useless. They split . Crap everywhere. Nobody cares if any thing is any good anymore , just so long as it is cheap.

Busy in the pool this morning, with lots of gesticulating and arm waving and shoulder shrugging. Breast strokers today in every area of the pool. Like a disease. I ended up in the slow lane where there was noone. So everyone is tense. And then this guy ambles out the changing room , he’s got to be 30 stone. So i think, there goes my lane. Fuck no. This man mountain goes straight in the fast lane. Gambos face is a picture , Emma is agog. I have noticed that being portly is no barrier to being a fast swimmer, So i casually observed. Doggy paddle , I kid you not. I thought that is gold. He must be taking the piss. But no. So everyone thought they were pissed off before but we’ve now shifted another dimension. Im happy as my lane is unobstructed. So i start talking to one of the boys and just as someone is about to kick off i mention to them that tubby is blind and thats the lane he always goes in. One big ‘O’ So. Fair enough. Good on you that man.

A similiar incident happened at work the other day. Ben(my aging black Lab, retired gun dog) is sitting in the garden out front and i am working on the roof out back. I hear a lot of shouting and move this dog please. Im thinking what’s wrong with this mentalist as ,anyone who knows Ben knows he is better than gold. So i come over the ridge with a view to chopsing off when i see ben sniffing the arse of a guide dog. Owner big white stick and all. Another big ‘O’ . Sorry. you cant make this stuff up. Did Random session3 in the pool. 2.4 k went well.

In the evening really didnt feel like a run but went from the house and did a fartlek session. Over and unders , where went above race pace for 2 or 3 lampposts then dropped down to pushing it a bit on the unders. So not really intervals as such as no true rest period. Had a good run. 10k average pace 7.17 mins per mile.

wednesday, No pool this morning . But got the tt bike out on the road and did a training session with Mr Fabulous for this 2 up tt on sunday. Started off badly , ended quite well. 22 miles in 20mph. Nice day although still a bit cold. We weren’t in full tt gear but i had to try the new Kash aero helmet out and a proper knob i looked in it. Still, as mentioned , with the visor down i could be anyone. Have to have a shave now , legs and all b 4 Sunday. Fabulous is going to have to hold on Sunday i think. But i’ve been wrong before.