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'It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.' Theodore Roosevelt 23 April 1910

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

Still Feeling Tired - Time to HTFU!


My legs were still tired and aching this morning but I couldn't afford another slack day. I was working in Bedord and had a late start/late finish so to make the best of it I decided to run to the pool, swim, and then run home again. So, 28 min run there, 35 min swim session including 3 x 400m in 6:52, 6:42 (drafting) and 6:43, and then another 28 min run home for a good hour and a half session. The second run was hard as my legs really wanted to stop, but I wouldn't let them, oh no, it was HTFU time and so I gritted my teeth and just got on with it.

When it was over, I felt really good. I know I'm not swimming as fast as last year but I was barely out of breath doing those times which means I should be able to get on the bike and really nail it. Which would be a really good thing to do. In my opinion.

2 comments:

Sags said...

Those legs are not the pistons of Turbo Man! For a start, there is no stubble on them; secondly, you can distinguish the difference between the calf and ankle. I am having easy week dude. That said, I am losing out on sleep due to family illness.......again!

Kelda said...

Those swim times look good to me, I did my 400, 300, 200, 100 test set today (after about 2k) and managed 6:51 off 8 mins 5:08 off 6 mins 3:21 of 4 and finally 1:38 off 2. Just outside a test done 6 weeks ago.

Best I keep improving my biking or you'll beat me in Ireland :-0

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