Do Nothing Fatal

After stopping me at Thursday runclub session, Tim sent me home to rest and with strict instructions not to do Striders. But at work on Friday I ignored my own good advice and doped up on some stronger meds so I could give the 10k a go.

On the way I confessed to Gnome that I probably shouldn't run but he just asked me my race plan. 'Start and hopefully finish :-)'. He suggested I do 5.05's which would mean a 40sec PB. The first 4 k's were all 5.06 and felt alright. The next k I knew I was losing it and when at the 5k my split was 5.16, I told Gnome to go off on his own. He suggested we go slower and forget the time but I said no I was a DNF. He gradually pulled away and I nearly yelled "forget it I'm coming" but for once I listened to the wise part of me. Coughed and shivered for the next half hour or so but got to watch MadGuz do his 30.06PB and many other CRs finish strongly. Gnome found a new girl to run with and came home in sub 49.

We enjoyed breakfast with about 15 other CRs and then went home to take MicroTA to his AFL Grand Final. They were in command from the start and won their third priemership in a row.
The team has had the same coach for the last four years and he has developed each boy individually yet created an amazing team atmosphere. Micro used to only play 2-3 quarters a game and each year his review praised his fullback skills but commented he needed to work on running. So last October we took him to RunClub with us. This year he has only missed 2 quarters the whole season and today played the full final. This proud mum's heart soared when he outran the full forward constantly and kicked, handballed or punched the ball back up towards his team's end.

Even better is, he finally admitted he enjoys RunClub and as a result intends to keep coming because one day he wants to play senior AFL.

TA