This week in memorable quotes. Brought to straight out of the mouths of PTC members.
“If you hold your stroke count, you can do whatever you want.”
-Said when I asked coach if I could increase my speed if I held my stroke count. The set was 3X8X50 on 1:00, with the goal being to hold 37strokes/50m. My last round were all 33sec/50 (and I held my stroke count) and I felt in control the whole way.
“You need to HTFU.” [harden the F up]
-said by Tom due to my whining about the wind, or having to swim in the hot pool, or the cold, or not knowing the workout in advance, or any other number of things.
“This is what you’ll look back to in the race and think, ‘I can be tough’”.
-said by Coach with one 2k repeat left (after descending the previous ones 6:45, 6:36, 6:34). The last one was 6:30 with James rocking me with 400 to go. James gets an honourable mention for stating, “I had to keep you honest.”
“It’s HIM!”
-said by Angela when Craig heard a high-pitched scream coming from the 60degree lake and rightfully assumed it belonged to a girl. I should point out that there was no sun out, and it was really, really cold. I’ve included a couple pictures because this blog is sorely missing them.
And lastly: “I’m not going to get beat by any juniors!”
-Said by in me in reference to tomorrow’s Milton triathlon. Self-explanatory.
Checkya.
Hey Adrian - good to see the dream never dies - 33 second 50s with 37 strokes sounds familiar for you - let’s make the jump and go 29s!