HOTY ergs 5K 1 & 2

SUMMARY 

10/8 Sunday 22:09

8/8 FRIDAY 21:18

7/8 Thursday. 22:07

6/8 Wednesday 23:20

SUNDAY 10 AUG

Started too hard and faded.

110 drag factor @ Centenary 

 Obviously hit the end of the easy improvements.  Need mental and physical impairment. 

THURSDAY 7 AUG

This is my second 5k erg.

This time my focus was on trying to be consistent for the whole 5k.

Shaved a minute off my 5k erg

Today 22:07

Yesterday 23:20

Today's approach was to try and keep a consistent split and rating. Not race pace. Just going for control. Pacing myself. (As distinct from yesterday where the objective was to finish without stopping) stopping is bad.

WEDNESDAY 6 AUG

First 5k in forever.  Motivated because the grammarians have asked for 5k erg times for yarra selection. I actually doubt if I'll be in a decent crew and to a degree feel somewhat off to the side.  It feels like we actually are not one club but a thing called the F8 and separately to that there's the haves and then the leftovers and I'm in that leftovers grouping.  None the less, a good motivator.

Wednesdays Facebook post:

Had to do a 5k erg. 

Got the erg from under the house. It was dirty and in two bits. Looking for excuses: Maybe today's job could be just to clean it and get it ready. After all, I'd done my first weights session on Tuesday morning and the ache was setting in. Excuses Excuses....

Sat on the seat. We are committed. Certifiable. Set Spotify. Selected 5k. I wanna live in a dream seemed somewhat appropriate. 

And we were away. 

Today's objective is to do the whole thing without stopping. 

 Two dangers identified: Firstly if too light, might give up from boredom and secondly if going too hard, might crash and burn gasping for air. 

Got on a roll with 100 metres on 100m off. Kicked it along nicely. 

After it was over, showered and hopped in the car. The play list was still running and serendipitously, the song playing was Divinyls "pleasure and pain". A notable line:

It's a fine line between pleasure and pain

You've done it once, you could do it again

Whatever you done, don't try to explain

Ha ha

Madness takes it's toll.

SKI#2 Planning

 

PRICE OF SKI HIRE (6 days)	Beginner	Intermediate
ALPINE SPORTS (Upstairs at nuggets) 7am-7pm	$ 140.00	$ 169.00
Skis Boots Poles	$ 115.00	$ 144.00
Helmet	$ 25.00	25
The Chalet Jindabyne (accomodation)	120	156
Ski Boots Poles	90	126
Helmet	30	30
RHYTHM COOMA 24hrs	205	230
Ski Boots Poles	155	180
Helmet	50	50
The Base (Old Jindabyne)	170	170
Ski Boots Poles	135	135
Helmet	35	35
PERISHER with 20% epic pass discount	$ 199.20	199.2
Perisher	$ 249.00	249
Ski Boots Poles	$ 179.00	179
Helmet	$ 70.00	70
Adler	$ 245.00	$ 325.00
Skis & Poles	$ 167.00	247
Boots	$ 28.00	28
Helmet	$ 50.00	50

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Picnic at Toowong cemetery

Packed cucumber, tomato & lettuce.

Phoebe and I and mags set off. A lot of traffic.  Took ages to get across indooroopilly bridge.  First stop was "my car " garage at toowong on the road to the uni. Phoebe paid her bill and got her car keys. Left the car there. 

Continued to toowong cemetery. Found a nice place in the sun.

 

 

Phoebe's Russian relatives graves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Park Run

Rocks Riverside parkrun results for event #576. Your time was 00:39:36.

Congratulations on completing your 49th parkrun and your 35th at Rocks Riverside parkrun today. You finished in 313th place out of a field of 381 parkrunners. You were the 171st male and came 10th in your age category VM60-64. Take a look at this week's full set of results on our website. Your PB at Rocks Riverside parkrun remains 00:36:07. Congratulations on your fastest time this year.

About 10 minutes before the start, Phoebe kindly took Mags and began to walk.  

I walked through the crowd to the back. On 7 the run started.  I began to jog. 

Around the 2k mark I caught up with her. We ran together for a bit then I took mags and jogged ahead.