Thor!!….YOU’RE THOR!
I often feel like using this line when I pass those cars with the word THOR covering their back windscreen. I came, I thor, I conquered….or I thought I thor a puddy tat!!
But after 15 ascents of Jacob’s ladder yesterday morning with around 130kms of cycling down to Pinjarra Rd and return from Canning Vale, I am THOR!!
Training has been copious this last week. Saturday was a little nervy. Always tentative about Open Water Swims. Now imagine this, nearing the last turning buoy at the Sorrento Open Water Swim, a rescue helicopter hovers over us. I didn’t see any swimmers in trouble so what do you think was the next thought going through my head. Yep, I was sure a ‘noah’s ark’ had been sighted. Swam those last few hundred metres a little quicker. Around 27 mins if I had to guess…perhaps a little slower or quicker.
As I drove to this swim, I spotted the Sat AM group ride. They dutifully called me a slack person of dubious parentage. I told them to look for me in the evening news. Honestly, I’m not that strong a swimmer and Saturday was about getting used to swimming with a large group. I had no serious doubts that I’d cover 1.25kms but my hat off to all those green caps doing 5kms.
Sunday was a choice of 2.5kms or 10kms……heck, I wasn’t within cooeee of that one. The 10kms was to be a warm up swim for the Rottnest Channel swim on 20 Feb. I have a new cluster, a lend of a schmick set of wheels for Sunday’s Wandi 80km time trial. I’m going to buy a new Prolite chain and a new tubular tyre. I found a bloke called Des Williams who will glue this on for me for a very small sum….he lives in Belmont and associated with Masters Cycling in WA. What a find….and he seems a very nice bloke.
On Sunday morning, we had a run from Port Beach to Swanbourne and return. Beaches Cafe full so we just went straight on to Riverton and knocked off 30 laps.
Have a great Oz day. Those of you commuting, remember to look for shards of broken glass tomorrow. There’ll be plenty of them. Just chilling out in front of Foxtel now, about to dial up a movie, making sure the dogs are comfortable in this heat.
Pesto Pasta for dinner awaits and I get to bring some Beef Stroganoff to work tomorrow. Yeehaa.
Lots of events coming up. Next up though….Wandi time trial on 31 Jan…..129 registrations. It’s gonna be big.
Reservoir
CHRISTO