Water shed top performance

It could be the convergence of the stars or a perfect storm.

The Bigman hopped off the train and hopped into the car and made the epic journey to Cowdenbeath for the last time this training week and to rendezvous with The Ironman. A brucey bonus was the appearance of Waverider.

It had been quite a day with the news filtering through that Wingman and Mrs Wingman have given birth to Budgie, a bouncing girl and contender for young posse member of the year! There may be stiff competition with Junior IV already three months closer to moving off stabilisers.

It was the usual start with 30 minutes and 400 calories burnt on the step machine whilst watching the ladies giant slalom.

Onto the bike for 45 minutes of interval training working at level 15 at 60+rpm for 5 minutes then stepping up the rpm to 80+ for 5 minutes up until 35 minutes gone. The plan was then to step up to level 20 for 5 minutes and hold at a steady 70rpm. The bike had climbed to level 20 and then it hit shut down mode. It went down to level 1 and refused to move. Bigman was unhappy. After a few tries he jumped off the bike wiped it down and went to the spare bike insistent on completing his personal challenge. And so it came to pass, he completed the interval training.

The puddle under bike number 1 was monstrous. It was a record. Never in the annuls of history has so much been shed by so few, in such a short time. With no wind, the reflection was amazing on the ever increasing pond.

By coincidence, Bigamn received an email from Cape Epic organisers advising him that a band called Watershed would be playing at the finish line on the Lourensford Wine Estate. He already feels very well acquaint with WaterShed!

As a form of wind down he then moved on to do the obligatory 220 situps.

The Ironman is looking like a cool customer, breezing through his paces without a hair out of place. Two fat and forty ( well one fifty) lardies should not be able to perform at this level however they are fit, they are ready, and they are motivated.

The email announced that picnic hampers and picnic blankets will be provided at the end of the race in Lourensford. Another incentive to make it to the end.

It is going to be cracking.

Only two more weeks of hard training and then tapering down for a week and then rest that body. Cape Epic hear we come!!!!!