Break Your Limits

…’The final Countdown’ (For those 80’s long haired pop trivia freaks). So, as the days reduce heading into the final week before ‘Worlds’, the nerves increase exponentially. Why? – Probably because I’m a ‘crap’ swimmer, that might have something to do with it. Anyway, no point in complaining about it in true Pommie style.

The end of last week saw my new Zipp disc wheel arrive. Something I’ve had my eye on for sometime now and kindly financed by my Dad. I don’t know whether it’s the look, the claimed time savings, or just the great sound they emit that got my attention (it’s the latter if you really must know – honest Ray), but either way,  it sits very nicely on my bike, along with the new (To me) 3T Brezza carbon Tri-bars that I bought off Mr Raymond.

Last week also saw the arrival of my GBR team Tri-suit. Not a bad suit for $105. It might not be a cool green and gold 2XU number (It’s actually Adidas), but it certainly looks ok for the money. No sooner had it arrived, it was off on another journey to have the familiar ‘Break Your Limits’ tattoo permanently etched into the fabric.

As for training, definitely not as hard a previous weeks, although it did culminate in the ATTA ‘Grand Prix Des ‘Gents’, which is a 28Km 2-up time trial. My accomplice and I came 17th out of about 60 pairs. Doesn’t sound too good I know, but I was actually reasonably pleased with our result, completing the course in 42:18, not quite averaging 40Km/hr. FYI (As they say in the world of ‘texting’), the winners did it in 38:32.

So that’s it really for the time being, except a big ‘Well done’ to the BYL Team who competed in Melbourne, a great effort from everyone (Even if Paul did get beaten by Elmo)