Chuzwoza '09

In a near death experience, literally, the Aussies have confirmed themselves as the short course favourites. In the teams first serious attempt at a 500m PB, the Aussies strolled past the 1:33 warmup pace set by the England Team to cruise to a comfortable 1:29.0 PB. With a 1000m PB attempt set for later in the week ... it could all come down to who is game enough to put their bodies through another 2000m event!

Oop, that's the ambulance at the front door ... gotta go.

After a week of Australian mischief on the chuzwoza blog, Team England have hit back in the only way that counts; by taking the overall lead in the competition by reaching the 200Km milestone some 45Km ahead of the beleaguered Aussies.

After copious amounts of verbal diarrhea coming from the England Camp, the Aussies have hit back with an awesome 50,000 ... not only that, but at 2:00 pace! Obviously a break from training was just the ticket that inspired the evening on the rower.

In some ways it seems such a shame, what now for the marathon? A mere 42,000m seems trivial in comparison! Now the lead that England had so painstakingly constructed has been cut, the Aussie team will resort back to the 6000m training regime ... that is after a suitable recovery period.

With Team England nearly 40Km ahead in the rowing totals, and setting PB after PB at all race distances, the Aussies have responded with...... nothing... Is it all over so quickly? Team England are taking a three day break from training, in order to give the Aussies a chance to catch up, but can the Aussies respond, even with such a daunting task ahead. Time will tell..

This is the headline the Aussie team would like to read over their cornflakes tomorrow morning. If it were true, it would give them a glimmer of hope at winning Chuzwoza '09. Instead, tomorrows headline should read "Team England complete 1/2 marathon in 85:59.3" but the editors have decided to hold this headline back in fear that it would crush any remaining spirit left in the Aussie team.