14 Hour Day for Disability Training Diary

Weekend Walk about in Mudgee with Emmi, Sarah & Chelsea

Morning  & Afternoon Walks and Pushups & Ab work

• HRate Max ………• Avg HRate ……..• Calories …… Eddie’s comment.  A nice weekend in Mudgee it was visiting my 3 daughters. I went out there with good friend Melanie who the girls think is fab. On the way there Mel thought the Local police officer was super fab-really cute with a nice voice and he is hot was her description of him. I said Mel he can’t be hot it is 18degrees and it is raining…Der Edward not funny she said... He pulled us over when we in the little Yaris came across a tree over the road and Mel tried to be naughty so she could be taken into custody with him. And I believe she would be asking that bail be refused so she could spend more time at the station. Anyway we went to Emmi’s formal which was great and I ate 3 main meals 2 of them chicken and one big steak as a few   people didn’t show at our table of 40. Yummy it was. The next day I did run around with the girls and when I got bored I did pushups and abs work in the motel. Chelsea and I did a 40min walk on Sunday which was peaceful. The girls I would say know everyone in Mudgee as Sarah works at the Hairdressers and Squeeze Juice bar and Emmi is a sandwich artist she tells me and works at Subway. I saw a few Triathletes out on the roads training when I had flat camera batteries. Mudgee Triathlon Club is one of the States biggest Clubs.  When I go out there next I will be taking my bike as I get bored   easy and Sarah and I didn’t make it to her Gym at the PCYC. On Saturday we had a Nutella and Ice-cream Pizza which was yum. Yes I know I will have to ease up on the eating as I   am now up to 80kg and it looks like KFC is on hold for now. Hey get this have a look what we found on the Mudgee town centre map…Mmm 11dozen different herbs n spices. On the way home we visited Mel’s Gran in Hospital at Bathurst. We then went to Sydney where Mel went to see Sting in concert at the Opera House with her friend Ronelle. I had dinner with good friend Matt Freedman from Sticky Tickets and we then walked from the Opera House over to Milsons Point and caught the train home to his pad at Crows Nest where Mel and Ronelle picked me up at 11.15pm. Unfab…I was tired and poopy by then. 

   

RPM – Spin Cycle Class at Forum Harbourside and Jog

RPM and Jog …Morning – RPM 50mins overall workout time 1hour 19 mins

• HRate Max 93% 175bpm
• Avg HRate 68% 128bpm
• Calories 737 kcal.

Eddie’s comment.  Another top fantastic packed class with Tony. He challenged us as always and we all obliged. As usual this was very inspiring to see everyone respond positively and do their best and reach new levels. We embraced Tony’s motivation and enthusiasm this morning with a lot of smiles on our faces and a bit of physical fatigue too. Anyway I missed the run after this Friday morning class up to Custom house and back with glamour A team ladies…Karen, Anne-Marie and Katrina. Sorry girls apparently Tony announced it but I was talking too much when getting my photo taken with Brennan by Samantha. Samantha also was a bit worn out in class and took a fab blurry pic of me too- that is when I look my best I hear you say. We all stretched down well after this hard class too.

Walk 45mins

Lunchtime Walk 45mins

• HRate Max 73% 137bpm
• Avg HRate 52%  98bpm
• Calories 237 kcal.

Eddie’s comment. I had nice lunch time walk with Samantha along the beach and up through King Edward Park-no relation and down to Strezelecki lookout. Samantha is a pleasant and mature friend and very easy to be around as she is positive, pretty and very polite. We talked about work and life balance and how ever changing life is. We enjoyed the sun and saw a few people out sunning themselves on the beach too. The heart rate did rise as we powered up over the Hills at the top of the park. A great little fat burner for me…oh have I earn’t some KFC yet? It has been at least 3 weeks now. Well that is 1 week too long! I took a pic with the seltimer and chopped off our feet and a passing walker did the B&W one.

Long Run & RPM – Spin Cycle Class at Forum Harbourside.

Long Run & RPM  …Morning – RPM 2hours 43mins

• HRate Max 85% 159bpm
• Avg HRate 72% 135bpm
• Calories 1,660 kcal.

Eddie’s comment. I decided to cut my long run short a bit so I could make it to the last Wednesday morning RPM class for spring. I met up with Cathy rose and did not have enough energy to hide and jump out and scare her as usual. She said groovy dude you tired. I said yep with a yawn. We spoke about life and discussed in depth how some of our own friends have wandered and become more like acquaintances’ and then have pretty well drifted away and we understand why. Cath and I are happy and comfortable with that, we are also grateful to be good close friends after 10years. We met up with Oenone on the track and she shared a story with us of how when training for Olympics and World Cycling titles she would be coming home after 4-5hr rides in Canberra and some commuter would always race her on their bike. She never challenged. All that has changed now after her retirement in early October. She told us how she now rides her heavy cruiser bike to work at Onesteel and got hammered 2 times by a serious male bike rider when coming home last week. He challenged her twice and beat her, she said fair and square. Oenone said she now is training for the commuter Olympics and will be making some alterations to her heavy bike before blowing the legs of others in her King Gee Overalls on the way home. Oenone and I turned and headed home leaving Cath and Samara who had just joined us to tackle Merewether. I had gym RPM to get to and Oenone had to prepare for her ride to work.
RPM…. I had a fun final Wednesday morning class with Shane and 11 others. I even helped a new member to set up her bike when she asked me. Wow I got to use my Cert 3 in fitness degree once again before Shane got to the class. We were there early and keen too. We all had some fun in this small intimate class. I gave everyone a coffee voucher for a free coffee at Café 23 hundred and after the class I went for one there too and it was great as usual. The RPM pic shows me cleaning my bike for the last time in the Wednesday morning class.

RPM – Spin Cycle Class at Forum Harbourside & Jog. Plus a Swim

RPM and Jog …Morning – RPM 1 hour 14mins

• HRate Max 89% 168bpm
• Avg HRate 71% 134bpm
• Calories 737 kcal.

Eddie’s comment.  I had a nice challenging class this morning after some of us put down the freebie Herald papers supplied here at The Forum.  A new instructor for this one, big powerhouse Booby Two Guns who is also known as Tank on Gladiator. He is actually bigger and stronger than a Tank and looks more the size of an apartment complex. I don’t know how he fits in the room with all that muscle let alone sit on the bike. It must be a strong one. Anyway it was a fun class and he is a fab fun young man who really got into it. We all enjoyed this one. I went out for a coffee and raison toast with Linda after the class which was yummy and it satisfied the hunger too.

The pic shows Donna, Linda and I with Bobby. Pic taken by a nice polite regular whom I don’t know her name.

Just before lunch Kaylah Calf said I am swimming a few laps Groover if you are keen. I said cool I will do a few too as it has been a fortnight since I last swam. Wow it was a tad cold. I swam 600m in the freezing 17.5 degree Newcastle Ocean Baths and got Lifeguard Chad to take a couple of pics of us. A long hot thaw out shower followed. Pics by Chad Lifeguard and me of course.

Long Run & Gym Weights Session Forum Harbourside

Morning - Total  Time 2hrs 40mins.

Run time 2 hours - Gym 40 mins

• HRate Max  87% 163bpm
• Avg HRate  70%  131bpm
• Calories 1,539 kcal.

Eddie’s comment.  Yesterday Kathryn Vaughan Secretary of Newcastle Triathlon Club asked me to help out at the Olympic Distance Triathlon Race on the Rego desk at 5,29am- so I did. Oh Shite it was cold too. I finished my duty there at 6.48am and headed off on a long run with Cath in the freezing cold gale force wind. We got sand blasted out on the breakwater. We had to run with our jumpers pulled up over our heads and Cath did this well the groovy unit that she is but I was ungroovy. I could not see as well through my jumper and I ran into a large breakwater block and skinned my little legs. I walked up Hickson Street stairs at Merewether as it was about 12 days ago I ran as the Physio advised me to rest the foot up. Cath and I had clocked up an hour and 18mins and met up with Melanie and jogged slowly with her 19 minutes, which gave her a total run time of 1.5 hours which as she would say is fab ! Fab is Mel’s word I just use it a lot with permission of course-because I am fab too but she is more FAB ! Cath and I then went to the Forum Harbourside and did some weights. Basically we threw our bodies around as well as some steel too. On leaving Cath said come on groovy dude look kiss your guns. I was hesitant and said know I can’t. She said C’mon. So I did and got sprung by a bloke who laughed at me. Tah Cath…Anyway I thawed out at Cath’s place with a hot shower and I used her Garnier Fructis shampoo and boy did I smell pretty. I then said hey Cath I don’t think I am warm enough to go out and have breakie so she lent me one of her partner Jason’s trendy warm jumpers. Boy did I look the goods now. Thanks Jase. Off we went to breakie meeting Melanie there and we were all fab meeting up with some solicitors and detectives and had a fab morning watching the frozen triathletes come in for coffee. I had no camera with me so Cath said no worries groovy dude we will use my phone it’s better than your camera and look I can email the pic straight to you. Great tah Cath…Can you set your contrast up properly cause it is shit at the moment. No detail in the highlights you are Unfab Cath ! Ufab pic taken by Fab Melanie.

Saturday – Fast Bike + Hills Session- BCR Boys & Girls

Morning- Bike session with Avanti Bike Centre Friends

Total workout time 5hrs 5 mins which included Breakie at Gianotti’s, Hamilton
& coffee at Lotus The Junction at Café 16 at Newcastle.

Ride time...2hrs 15 mins   Distance 62.5 kms   Avg speed 25.5kmph. Max 69.6kmph

• HRate Max 98% 184bpm
• Avg HRate 57% 107bpm
• Calories 2,227kcal.

Eddies comment. Rode with The BCR Boys & Girls who were rocking today. I picked up Oenone on the way and we nearly ended up with Zues her big puppy coming along on the ride too. We did the south ride via the Fernleigh Track and numerous back roads through Redhead onto Blacksmiths Beach for our toilet stop and back to Newie. On the way out down Redhead Hill Little Kate and I powered into 69.6kmph. On the way home up Redhead Hill Oenone blew the legs off Andrew and a few of us too. Wow she can ride easy and hard and talk smooth and relaxed all the while we were looking for an Ambulance and oxygen. My average heart rate is low because once again I forgot to stop my heart rate monitor when having numerous breakfast and coffee breaks.

After we had breakie at Gianotti’s I met up with another Kate and Kathryn from Newcastle Triathlon Club. I went to Lotus at The Junction where all the girls –Gail, Wendy and Laura, shouted me coffee as I had spent all my money at Breakie. It turns out that Wendy sold Oenone her first bike many years ago too. Wow I said I just had breakie with her after she blew the BCR Boys legs off. Small world. I got Karen and Anne-Marie as they crossed the road to come over and I introduced them to the girls so they can ride in the Tri Club group soon as well. I then headed into town and decided to see Adele and have another 3rd coffee at Café 16. I met up with Barry Toohey there who is a Sports Journo from The Daily Telegraph and told him how Oenone is starting up a youth Development Squad and he is keen to do a story on it. Another thing that caught my eye was an article in the Newcastle Herald about the Palais being sold for 5 million to be redeveloped into a big KFC. Wow that’s fab !
Pic of us all at Gianotti’s by Mrs Rossi, pic of Kate and I at our bikes by Kathryn I don’t do that side of the camera thank you. Pic of Wendy and I again by I told you I don’t get in front of the camera Kathryn Vaughan Secretary of Newcastle Triathlon Club.

Friday Evening – Fast Bike Race Hunter District Cycling Club

Total workout time 2hrs 5mins

Ride time...1hrs 58 mins   Distance 62.5 kms   Avg speed 31.5kmph. Max 52.6kmph

• HRate Max 98% 184bpm
• Avg HRate 73% 107bpm
• Calories 1,707kcal.

Eddies comment. Gee what a wake up call. I was not quite expecting this race to be super fast and intense, but it was. I was a bit scared before the start with the usual young guys and some well known names flexing some big muscle. I caught up with friend Simon Reye who’s wife the pretty Katrina said go over and ride with Simon he will love that. So I got a quick pic with Si and other good cyclist friend Jarrat Wood brother of Oenone. He is an awesome A Grade rider and all round nice guy. I saw many friends over there and little Kate from Tafe was there and the great Steve Darracott, Scott Lindsay and young John Ebeling who have both become the official Pie tasters for Heatherbrae Pies in their winter retirement. But gee they looked the goods when racing and not to far from a podium position. I raced quite well once I got settled in and had a great effort. After a hard time on the pace at the front I finished third last with the Schneider’s from the local Triathlon club – Tomaree I think they are with. Simon and I rode home together with strong B Grade rider Lincoln Amidy and his mate; oops he may even be an A Grader now.

RPM – Spin Cycle Class at Forum Harbourside and Jog

RPM and Jog …Morning – RPM 50mins  overall workout time 1hour 32 mins

• HRate Max 90% 170bpm
• Avg HRate 71% 133bpm
• Calories 906 kcal.

Eddie’s comment.  Another super fantastic packed class with Tony. He challenged us again with this hilly class as requested by regular Sam. Sam is pretty and also pretty unfab as I was not planning on having my legs hurt with a hilly ride this morning. Well to bad for me and others. As usual a very inspiring, fab class followed. We loved Tony’s excitement and enthusiasm this morning with a lot of familiar faces-Tommy, Anne-Marie, Brennan, mark, Katrina, Karen and Donna, Steve Slick to name a few. The Farraghers were there too and when Tony asked if I wanted to run off the bike with class members, I said yeah but I may have to get Farraghers Transport to truck me home as my legs are gonnne. I have included here a pick from the 14hour day that shows Tony full of enthusiasm on the RPM floor with Tommy and others in the back ground having a big fun memorable class. Anyway we did a run after this sunny Friday morning class up to Custom house and back. Tony led with Karen, Anne-Marie and Katrina. We had fun and chatted and did it nice and gentle except at the end when they all put a move on me and sprinted home. That was fun too. We had a good stretch at Crowne Plaza and a few laughs followed as we talked about life. Katrina and I spoke about how way back in March when I was first training us both ran together for a half hour. We met after passing each other on a morning long run and then I remembered how her phone rang and she had to stop at Estabar for a coffee. Now she and Hubby Simon have become good friends and I said to Katrina I might cycle race with him tonight. She said that would be great with you two having a good go. I went back into The Forum Harbourside and I had another stretch a quick shower and I got the bus home as the legs were keen to rest up. When I got home Kaylah Calf called and said Groover lets go get a coffee at 2300. I said that would be Calftastic and off we went. 2300 Café is new and is located on Scott and Pacific Street corner in the East End. Peter is a lovely man and he and staff make a great coffee with consistency as his is passionate about his quality business.

RPM – Spin Cycle Class at Forum Harbourside and Jog

RPM and Jog …Morning – RPM 50mins  overall workout time 1hour 40mins

• HRate Max 88% 165bpm
• Avg HRate 68%  127bpm
• Calories 902 kcal.

Eddie’s comment.  A brilliant little 7.15am class of 16 with Instructor Shane this wet and windy raining morning. Now we have only 1more Wednesday 7.15am class left before it is gone from the   timetable. We all loved this class with some great music tracks - Trance instrumentals that were relaxing and motivating. Connor a regular and Tommy, along with great cycling friends Steve Slick and Sizzling Sam Francis were having fun. I payed out on Sam big time as usual and he loves to have fun even at his own expense. Sam not known to a lot of members,… was the first GYM Supervisor at The Forum University when it opened. He is a great guy who talks more than me and is funnier because he gets more words in per minute than me. Sam took me onto the weights floor for some personal training that was funny again. Then he shouted Steve and I out to Goldberg’s for Breakie which was yummy. A happy memorable way to start the day.