Training Log Archive: hilarity

Brilliant fun for the first 4km and then that weird bit happened - I'd fall off the back of something despite going as hard as I could, and then the next 3-5 waves went under me before I could get going again.

Not a fast time, but still 4min faster than on a 'faster' ski. Just need to stop the wallowing!

3:40 fastest pace, fastest lap 4:55.

I thought this would have been a post op PB but not even close! On Xmas day I did this in 26:54 . . . .

Bayswater south and back a bit with Raf, who decided to give me an unwanted lecture on wash riding, and then do spots of remount practice. Eventually I explained to him that I was on a 10km paddle and I was going to just paddle instead of stoppping every 500m to see what he was doing!

Didn't see him again until I got back to Bayswater - turns out he was afraid of the waterski area!

Walking all over campus too

Stupid heart valve kept me awake for several hours last night, I'm now starting to fade . . . and I can't skip my 14km paddle tonight cos someone else is coming with me!

C • I can sympathise 16

16-18kt SW winds turned the river into a chaotic mess! I think we had about 1km of flat water and the rest was either side wind, head wind, or washing machine - sometimes with waves breaking on my head.

I couldn't have done this in the carbon Mako!

Up to 20 push ups now!! Plus four total fails at chin ups, my chin up bar creates a very high gravitational field.

After four fails I resorted to jumping, swinging, and muscle-vibrating for five seconds, twice.

I think my GPS gave me a 20m bonus on this, but still, that time is :40 under my PB from last week. It felt reasonably comfortable too, Hurrah!

All km under 7:00
6:39 (all jog but probably a bit faster than what I can do for 1km!)
6:53 (100m walk)
6:51

My goal for tonight was not to have to look at the arse end of three green PRSs on every sprint, and I accomplished that. I was consistently in front of one, once in front of two and 1/2 boat length behind the third, and on the last sprint I was right beside one who told me to stop paddling so hard at the end. :-)

Stronger every week - yippee!

I also got sent for a swim by the usual suspect in a white PRS - I was in front of him at the turn and he ran straight in to me when I had to slow to avoid running into someone else. Then I had to wait to remount until everyone got out of the way.

So next week's goal - be far enough in front of No Manners Man that I don't run the risk of him running over me.

C • Green PRS 19