Thread: General Fitness Upkeep

Tussock you are like my other half. No training, always cranks out a respectable half marathon time. Some days I dream of chopping his legs off from the knees.....

Originally Posted by Dougie

Some days I dream of chopping his legs off from the knees.....

So you can see eye to eye?

I used to be the same. Hadn't been for a run or swim for over 10 years. My twin, who had been training for months, entered me in a mini tri and told me about it a week before the event. After getting some road tyres for the mountain bike and something I could wear to swim in, actually didn't even own a pair of shorts, I had time for one run and one swim. Rattled off a 10km run in just over half an hour and pulse returned to below 50 within 5 minutes. Biked to QEII jumped in the pool and promptly swam 2km (40 lengths); that surprised me as I'd never done over 200m before. On the day I did the 500m swim, 12km ride and 5km run with ease and beat my twin by 40 minutes.

After last weekend I can fully understand your comment on natural vs real fitness Tussock.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

On the day I did the 500m swim, 12km ride and 5km run with ease and beat my twin by 40 minutes.

That would have really pissed him off GM.

Originally Posted by Rushy

That would have really pissed him off GM.

Just a little! The excuse list was as funny as hell.

He was determined to beat me at something. Don't know why he was bothering as he always crossed the finish line before me when rowing; I was the stroke so only the coxswain was behind me in the boat.