What's everyone's plans? I'm taking the Friday off work and having a 4 day weekend away with the missus, going to sunshine coast, hopefully there is some swell so we can surf a bit, other than that going to watch the cricket and do all the Aussie rituals (beach cricket, lamb on BBQ etc etc etc)

What's everyone's plans? anything out of the ordinary?

No Plans yet, Wouldn't mind going camping somewhere.

4wd park... or somewhere with a nice creek to swim in.

Haven't set anything in stone yet, Mates are having a LAN on the 24th/25th, though I dunno if I'll go.

Australia day marks the one year anniversary for me and the missus, so will do something special.

With any luck I'll be working.

gf is becomign an australian citizen on australia day, so going to the ceremony then bbq at my folks place after.

going to sydney to destroy it

australia day on bondi beach

I'm having an extra long weekend, starting tomorrow.

I suspect my diet will consist of lamb and beer.

Going to the local reservoir/park with friends for Triplej Hottest 100 countdown. Hope to annoy some families with kids by having the radio up too loud in an otherwise serene environment.

Here & Now!

Have a hens night on Friday night, a cousins 21st on Australia Day.

Woot!

Having a 4 day weekend also! Also going up the sunshine coast with the gf. My parents live up there, so gonna crash their place fri & fri night - go to the beach etc.
Got a friends housewarming saturday.
Nothing (yet) sunday.
Probably some form of party on Monday....

I will be heading out to a friends 1620 hectare property for some motorbike riding, shooting and all that great Australian stuff.

Four and half day weekend! Yew!

Hottest 100 party on Monday. That's all that I'm doing that matters.

No plans, might go catch some Australian Open if the tickets are cheap enough over the weekend. May end up down at St Kilda or Brighton for a late evening swim if the temperature doesn't plummet to sub-zero.

some douche bag I know's gf is becoming an Australian so going to the ceremony then bbq at his folks place. Just going for the free beer.

P.S is there free beer?

Can't wait to turn up to work on Tuesday with a hangover!

I'm hosting a BBQ on the sunday. Looking to have around 15-20 people over for steaktastic steaks and satay chicken on the BBQ.

Apart from that, not much else.

we're having our work xmas party on the sunday, we were too busy to have one last year :/ taking the jetski and tube out for the day :)

Ha forgot about Australia day holiday. Unexpected (kinda) public holidays FTW.

Dunno what I'll do though. Maybe down the coast if mates are going.

working

South straddie in my new boat and jetski with some beers cracking and tunes crankin.

Trying to break my personal record for highest bar tab on Saturday night.

dnb boat cruise & the bug. propa.

Probably BBQ

LAN.

I'll be checking QGL forums like clockwork all weekend.

Originally I was going up to Mt Stromlo (Canberra) to race the Australian National Championships and try to take an Open Men STXC Nationals win, but because of the state I was in in December I've decided not to go up, and instead I'll try to conserve a 3rd place in the National Series the weekend after at Mt Buller.
Myself and another guy are sitting equal third in the series, 16 points behind the leader, 6pts behind second (80pts for a win), and I know the leader isn't going to Hobart for the 5th/final round.

So I'll be resting up bigtime on Australia Day weekend ;)

whats stxc

Sexy Time eXtreme Contest (no f***en idea)

last edited by Reverend at 15:16:44 19/Jan/09

Short Track Cross Country. More correctly known as XCC ;)
ie, an event where you just go absolutely flat out for 20 minutes.
http://zero.racetime.com.au/files/bushypark-090117.jpg
The above is a heart rate/speed/altitude graph from Sunday - yes, that's 45 minutes at 180bpm average (MHR=189). I have a pretty high Lactate Threshold ;p

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Just play some sport game on a 360 dude, much easier.

I'm heading to the invite only lan that's being put on for us old schoolers.
Should be great!

:)

but not nearly as good for you

The above is a heart rate/speed/altitude graph from Sunday - yes, that's 45 minutes at 180bpm average (MHR=189). I have a pretty high Lactate Threshold ;p

That's so Raven.

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6420/thatssoravenshowkh6.jpg

jesus f***ing-h-christ...

that is IN f***ING SANE.. Raven

you must be one fit as fella... do you work out for a profession? such as a body builder or professional athlete or such? thats one bloody insane fitness level dude...

I know somone who is pretty damn fit and at their prime was 160-165 for 55mins (80%max +) but 180+ for that long is... just... insane. big difference between 160+ and 180+...

yeah? well I can eat a whole packet of oreos in one sitting

that pretty sweet i run on average 176 for 35mins

how often do you run and how long for?

he rides bikes I believe

there's a dnb boat cruise 0_o?

coochie, some beer, but you should byo you thirsty bugger.

you must be one fit as fella... do you work out for a profession? such as a body builder or professional athlete or such? thats one bloody insane fitness level dude...

No. I sit behind a desk, sometimes coding, sometimes dicking around on QGL. It's probably the worst possible profession for my legs, constantly contracted...
And yeah, riding not running. At the moment it's down around 7-9 hours a week until I recover. When I'm back into it the norm will be 9-16h/week - the guys racing Elite are doing 18-24 (or more). Minimum one race per week, I was at one stage doing up to 3, but I think that's why I burnt out :P

Actually since I'm not going to Canberra I guess that means I'm free to do other stuff this long weekend. Like get a haircut :P

I'm off to Maroochy for a 3 day basketball carnival. 3 days of drinking, basketball & being stupid. Shall be fun!

you must be one fit as fella... do you work out for a profession? such as a body builder

You are aware that body builders are about as "fit" as chess players? A friend of mine is a body builder and he claims to be allergic to cardio. They worry about burning precious calories. My friend whinges if he has to walk too far or lift heavy things at work (although that is also to do with interrupting recovery time).

Exception might be if they're trying to trim down for a contest..they might do a bit of cardio work..but certainly not enough to get to a point where they'd be considered really fit.

heading to cocos in amsterdam to do whatever it is that they do there

also.. 16-24 hours a week... i ride for 20 hours a week and thats just to get to work :P

hoping to get the chance to install coilovers in my car.