Tapering fun

Things this apex week's taught me so far: Sleep is sacred, at least 7h; I can't sustain two intense workouts a day, one needs to be footling; Hit the sack prepped for morning training before breakfast for keenest results; A week's plan laid out in one go is really easy to follow; If you miss a session, let it go, don't bollix up your schedule trying to cram it in.

Yesterday's swim was the third helping of cream on this week's cake (after a tough brick on Monday and a gorgeous ride of the Tivvy Triangle into work on Wednesday). Two sets of 250m - 10 lengths - nonstop using Hutch's breathing advice. Some warmup and footling too. Left me feeling like I could sustain that trundle for as long as I needed to, so my stroke is finally (after what, 6 months?) going aerobic. Happy happy joy joy! Celebrated by buying some fish fingers :)

PM run was a write-off though and today is listed as rest day. Argh, wanna go run... but no, rest is training too.

Memo to all training types: check which towel you pack to public changing areas. Scurrying across the mixed change area from the men's showers to your locker past the morning's clutch of littleolds clutching a face towel to your nuts is not ideal. They squawk like baseball turkeys.

Crikey redux

The BBC are running a poll on whether or not the footage of Steve Irwin's fatal stingray attack should be aired.

With the entertainment media already a glorified freakshow and part of the appeal of programmes like Crocodile Hunter the vicarious thrill of the risk, isn't it hypocritical to say that the one time the beastie got lucky, it's inappropriate to show it?

It's definitely hypocritical for people who furtively scoped out the Nick Berg beheading video to say this is inappropriate.