I'd be happy with 70lbs these days. I bailed on the gym about 6 years ago & now it would be depressing to go there and have to start again.

You're legends. thanks for the offers.
Didn't lose any power tools though, just Sydney's probably most stacked box of plumbers hand tools. Everything top of the line, and being plumbing tools, worth a fortune.
3 tube cutters=$250
Pipe expanders with 5 heads=$600+
Multigrips and spanners=300+
drill bits alone=300+
My beloved estwing, the first hammer I ever bought
14" gilbows, wisses, pipe benders and on and on and on.

Working in the city, I hate having to go back out to the van for that one more tool, so I literally had the most in there I could possibly carry. Thing weighed a ton.
I've put signs up, asked neighbours, checked the cops, nada.
I'll give it til Monday and then I guess it'll be the mother of all shopping sprees. Whose got the best hardware discounts?
Bugger. I'd struggle to change a tap washer at the moment

Hey BBW, any other tradies around as you were leaving? Odds on, it's in the back of someone else's ute (and not necessarily for safekeeping). I'd rule out your average emaciated druggie, coz if the thing weighed a ton, there's no way they would be able to take off with it.

Anyone with access to Foxtel, might want to check out the Adventure channel - there's a thing on right now about a woman riding a bike from Beijing to London. (called "Breakdown in Siberia)

committed to calga now, gotta get some official duties done at the same time... and then my girls may come up to watch me pull of a "Robbie" in the final sprint.

Only 5 coasties at DGV tonite - p!ss poor effort.

Cass & Graham T won their one lap screamers, Richard P pulled a wheel but was given a restart - in my heat! He won, I struggled to get over 92 (WTF??!?) and crumbed a pitiful 3rd. The Rev led the snowball for a while before getting run down. My snowball sucked. Won the first two sprints, rested then lost the 5 point sprint by a bees dick, then exactly the same thing happened on the 9 point sprint. Got jammed out of 3 other sprints Goddammit!! Heaps of fun tho. Oh yeah, broke a spoke too. Very sucky.

End result: 1-3-~6-DNF for a massive 2 points. cr@p.

Ed has assured us many times that he's a bit over weight, but he might modest.

I've also pretty much bailed and weights. I do about 3 workouts a fortnight at home; everything on the same day (no legs), half the weight and sets, and 3 times the reps I used to do. I basically just go through the motions, and end up rushing the workout so I can get on my bike.

that is all.

I'm doing weights on Tuesdays and Thursday nights. The coaching Nazi has me do a 2 1/4 hour session from hell. Start in the pool with a 2K swim which includes 1K of intervals. I then get straight into the gym gear and work all of the main muscle groups. Relatively light weights but PERFECT form with 3 sets x 15 reps. Legs sre quick squats using the 25KG bar, 3 x 20 sets.

After this I do a 40 minute cardio either on the bike or run on the trail beside the club or boxing (focus mitts). After this a warm down, vomit and go home.

I'm exhausted just reading that wattsy

Update on self-loathing: phone call last night=hopes up. Young fella from across the road 'yeah I saw the box on the footpath, thought you'd be back for it. It was gone by 5pm' Hopes down. Fair enough, thanks.

I like this one better... THE WOMAN WHOSE HOUSE I'D JUST BEEN WORKING ON- 'yes I saw that there, didn't realise it was yours' Ahem

I'd better go for a ride

This kind of thing always intrigues me - if that had been me, I would have immediately assumed it was yours and I would have either dragged the thing back into the house (assuming I could move it) or been on the phone to you so fast, the phone lines would have been scorching.

I mean, really - plumber just worked on house + plumber just drove off + large box of tools sitting on footpath = someone else just pulled up and left their toolbox in front of the house???

Was she blonde by any chance?

no but she is an architect!

So stupid and arrogant then?


Bwahahaha!

Geez wattsy....I don't think I'd ever ant to train under your coach!

And I have to say...GO ROBBIE!!!!!!

Apparently it is all part of a plan. My weekly regime at the moment is:

Monday: Run 11K's (warm up 1k, 80% HR 8K, warm down 2K)
Tuesday: As above
Wednesday: Lunch time recovery run 40 minutes (HR no higher than 135 BPM), 50K ride (just go for it and have some fun)
Thrusday: As Above
Friday: Run 11K's (per above)
Satruday: 100K ride, usually early (6.00am), preferrably alone, HR between 150 -160.
Sunday: Rest

It seems to be working cause My resting HR is dropping, my riding, swimming, running are all improving, my weights dropped from 103 to 91 and I feel really good. The funny thing is he tells me that August/September are going to be difficult months cause we're going to do lot's of track interval work with running and riding. I told him it couldn't get any tougher surely...He just said..."Don't call me Shirley!" and smiled.

BBW, words can't explain how p*ssed off for you I am. What really gets up my nose is that only another plumber could know what to do with your tools let alone use them properly. So, if they were lifted by another plumber they should be taken out the back and b*ggered angrily, otherwise they're going to sit in someones shed for years, taking up room and not being used.

Oh yeah, GO ROBBIE!

Anyone know anything about PVR's (hard disk recorders?) I'm thinkin bout making a purchase...

Go the All Blacks! I'm pleased I'm watching from the comfort of my couch in front of the heater. It'll be barely 0C tonight in Christchurch at the game BRRRR!

The Wallabies will get handbagged

Apparantly I'm an arrogant prick. Some seppos have no sense of humour

And in the continued sprit of winning ( TDF, Ra RA ) HDT walked away with his 1st road win this afternoon at Calga

Long story short 50 K race, about 12 or so starters. Wary of how the field fractured last time i raced there, but also of how i got nailed at oakville 2 weeks ago i kept a keen eye and tried to stay mid pack. a 1st lap attempt by myself to break things up one of the climbs proved fruitless as well.

1st time up blood and the contenders showed their hands. I pulled a nice easy pace in the 25 while one little whippet in particular put in a stellar climb to come out 100 meters or so in front. I fiigured hed be one to watch come lap 2

lap 2, i took a pull before going down blood, just nice and easy, wasnt going to burn my matches. think i took a pull somwhere else as well. main thing is i managed to stay on, which was a small miracle in itself and shows my group riding may have finally sorted itself out. thanks for the tips climbo

anyhoo, last time up blood i pick up a wheel of a guy i know is a good climber but not Mr Whippet whos dropped back a little. 1/2 way up and we have a gap so i ask him if he wants to work togeather and make a break for the finish? he says yes and i indicate ill take 1st pull, up 2 gears and away we go, 10 seconds later i look back for him to come around and ive dropped him.... opps.... non intentional. I figured this was my chance and hit it hard to the finish. in the drops, HR never under 185 and definatley not looking back!

commiing rounfd the last corner to the finsih straight i was having nightmares of Kloden getting caught just short of the line so picked up a gear and just rode the vomitron for the last 200 meters and managed the win! about 5 - 10 seconds back was my short time dropped climbing partner and Mr whippet whod put in an effort togeather to catch me....

Robbie it was not, but good enough for me


Also was keeping a keen eye out for an errant STI or shaguar!

And the issue is?...

I'm going Evans Rogers 1 2
go boys.

A few hours dawdling around this arvo surely helped.
Had a go at accessing every bit of public waterfrontage possible from Clovelly to the Cross this arvo
Can highly recommend the chapel at HMAS whatever at South Head, the surf looked gorgeous nearly everywhere, Nice crit/cyclocross off Vaucluse Rd. there
Parsley Bar and Lavender Bay were picture perfect.



Ok how bout a 24hr verse competition?

The Funky Plumber has lost his tools
He's in the running for Dux of fools
neglected on the footpath they sat
while he drove off and that was that.

So if in Castlecrag you did spy
perhaps you were but passing by
My poor departed Black Stanley (he's a large toolbox)
and his contents ...

Forsooth ye shall be rewarded
0410342233

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WINNING SUBMISSION recieves a new pair of Lin socks of their choice for their efoorts
and perhaps a go for Column 8?
Sob story? Come one come all.

That now that Armstrong has retired the strain of no clear TDF winner is obviously taking its toll.....

Good effort! Do you get a yellow jersey?

The STi and the Jag were confined to quarters today - their owner had "helping hubby work on vintage car" duty.

However, if you want to put in some really blistering times at Calga, I'll bring out the STi next time and chase you up and down Peats Ridge Rd - nothing like a screaming turbo up your clacker to get you motivated.

you sure you dont want a second husband?

Im much more a Rogers fan than an Evans fan, but if either of them hands it to the field ill be happy.

Rogers to have a screamer and be lookin all 80's in Pink and Yellow.....