Carb Loading Proves a WINNER !

Rolled out of bed, rubbed the sleep from my eyes, looked in the mirror and thought "Not a bad night last night great food, great company (except Shane)".
Gave the wife, kids and dog a kiss (in that order)grabbed AC/DC's greatest album ever - Back in Black - which by the way sold over 42 million copies, and i was off cruising down the new bypass to Mandurah for a 400/800 meet.

3 intrepid Redbacks made the trip, unfortunately Kazza was a late scratching as my spies tell me she was seen kicking up her heels until sunrise at the White Stag Hotel in Northbridge.

So without anymore preamble it is time to get the nitty gritty !!!!

Shane finally put his mind at rest after a tough couple of weeks to swim a VERY GOOD 6.51 for a 400 IM..yes this was WITHOUT FINS !

Lea Munyard/McAskey (who in my opinion greatly underestimates her swimming ability) shrugged off an upset stomach to swim 7.03 for a 400 free. It should be noted this was a negative split 400m this means that her 2nd 200 was WAY faster than her 1st 200...In fact her last 50 free was the fastest 50 of her swim !!

Your correspondent had a great time. After enjoying some quality pasta last night and the last piece of pizza from the other table (thanks Kaz), I managed to bang out a state record for each swim 5.15 for 400 back and 5.46 for 400 Fly and also backed up for an outstanding morning tea provided by Mandurah Aussi.

MMMMMMMMMM lamingtons !

It is also worth noting that Des Seery (ex redback, now member of Mandurah) swum a 400 free sans fins,however Des did not hear the whistle so ended up swiming 450m instead...Solid Effort Des, the comfort for Des was that Shane did this exact same thing last year. Although the jury is still out on just HOW MUCH comfort this was to Des.


So as a club we have ONE MORE meet this year on Nov 15th. Everyone has been training very hard and it would be great to finish the season with a big turnout. Details will be emailed soon

Your in H20

Damo

Severino – that’s Italian for ‘good eating’

Well, not really, but the food WAS fabulous. Having searched the southern suburbs for a suitable Italian restaurant, we settled on Severino Garden Restaurant in South Fremantle where a lively group of 19 met on Saturday to enjoy an evening of tasty food and BYO drinks. Delicious plates of various pizzas, pasta with special sauces and well presented salads were brought to the tables and devoured to the last morsel. The restaurant staff were happy to please by bringing out a couple more pizzas for those diners who just couldn’t get enough. Well done to the table of people that ordered a second round of pizzas and who were able to eat all but one slice which was then quickly downed by a certain club captain celebrating his birthday.

Tutto si è divertito. (That’s Italian for ‘everyone had a good time’.)