Well, after a cranking start to my return to intentional training, I seem to have not done a great deal for the last 3 days.

Last Wednesday was a shopping experience with Andeline (this should count as training), followed by an easy ride up the mountains with Mr Donges. I really enjoyed this ride, giving the hills a good go.

Thursday morning I managed to show up for a Thursday run with ST and The Animal. I think the only time I've managed to beat Tim up Old Bathurst, as he was recovering from 2 weeks or more with the flu. ST on the other hand, would have to be attached to a ventilator to give me a chance beating him up the hill.

Friday morning was a 25km ride up to woodford and back down to springwood for a 1.5km (or thereabouts) swim at the wood with ST and Skinny Kiwi. Enjoyed the envigorating ride back home from the pool at 7am in wet tri pants. Kiwi could have had an uncomforable ride home after someone felt it necessary to take his riding nicks while swimming. Enjoyed this ride-swim session, the shoulders took about a km to warm up, by which time I was ready to call it a day.

Sat Morning made it to the National Park for a run with RodtheHornet and Sailaway along with ST and Scam. Decided to ride down via lapstone hill to get a ride-run session in. Felt average on the way out to the Oaks so decided to keep Scam company as he headed back via Euroka Clearing. I wasn't terribly looking forward to the ride back up home and then off to work for the day. Apologies to ST, Rod and Louis, I would have liked to run the whole way with you guys. Big heads up to Rod and Louis coming all the way up to the Mountains for a run.

This is where the triumphant return to hardcore training ends miserably. Sunday was a non-event boycotted by a morning at work and an afternoon eating chips and drinking far too much soft drink at STs for a BMMC BBQ. Got Andy home to bed, and promptly took myself off for a nanna-nap. The mornings had caught up to me, it would seem.
Monday saw me whinge like a baby at quarter past 5, and hide back under the covers while texting some lame excuse to Kiwi and The Animal.
Funnily enough, Tuesday saw the same thing happen again - I might have even used the same excuse.

Will potentially have weekends free from now for some time, so hopefully looking to extend the km in all three disciplines for the next 10 weeks leading up to Port Half.

Heard a rumour that James is back on the 17th September. Look out BMMC, the Welshman is coming home. Uncomfirmed as yet, but it may herald a BMMC trip over to Perth for support crew at the Long Course Champs.

This Saturday is Willy2Billy, so will put in a few easy long runs over next few days and cap it off with a steady 35km. Followed up by a carbo after-load on Sunday night at MisterG's establishment. If the growth we've seen over the last 2 BMMC nights at Victoria's is anything to go by, we may need to book out the whole restaurant. All interested welcome to come.

Till next time...