Chuzwoza '09

The 09 competition is fast becoming a one-sided affair, as a result of some impressive race wins and training by the England Team. However, the 1/2 marathon presents a real opportunity for the Aussies to get back in the comp. With 20 points up for grabs, a win would get Australia right back in the competition.

The rigorous October training regime is geared entirely for this purpose, hopefully picking up the weekly total km points along the way.

Another few weeks of little chuzwoza action. However the competition is about to be reignited once more as the competitors resume hostilities. Team England are confident that their new impromptu elbow redesign will reap rewards in the coming months. The new design was unveiled this week, although it turns out the Aussie team have been using the a similar design for a few years.

Race 3 will now be held end of August, with Race 4 end of September.

Whilst the Aussies spew forth with blogiarrhea, Team England focus on a repeating their June performance. Even with a totally broken elbow, they set a new 10K PB of 37:55.4 taking them past the 250KM mark for the competition.

The broken elbow has since swollen up and is quite painful, but with a near 3 minute difference in the 10Km PBs, the English team are confident that they can be competitive with the Aussies using just one arm.

With 3 wickets falling in the morning session, looks like underarm bowling is all that is needed! :p

Well that was June, and what a month it was for Team England. Having taken out the 200Km milestone early in the month, they then focused on setting PB times for all distances. The Aussies put up a fight in the 500m and 1Km distances, but this resistance was crushed on the last day of the month when both Aussie PBs where smashed in a single session. The 6Km was a formality, taking the English points tally to 17 for the month. With Aussies not scoring, Team England have taken a commanding lead in the overall competition.

In a cakewalk this evening, the Aussie Team posted a 1000m PB which affirms their superiority in the short distance events. Barely raising a sweat, the team coasted past the humorous 3:19.6 set by the England Team to post a 3:16.6, leaving the door slightly open for a re-challenge. But with plenty more left in the tank, the England Team would be foolish to dual at this distance.