It's been a few weeks since my last update and a lot has been happening on many fronts but the three numbers 15, 4, & 1 are still clear in my mind. They formed the key session of the week at the end of June in my run up to the club champs. On a night where temperatures were up around 27C the coach threw at us one of the season's annual toughies namely 15 times 400m with one minute recovery! I completed the session but was in a total state of exhaustion! You would think that running just one 400m at the end of the week would be no problem. Wrong! At the annual champs I was aiming to beat my son Matt's time of 66 seconds dead set the previous week. He was away in Italy on a school orchestra tour so couldn't run against me and at 350 metres in the 400 I wished I was in Italy as well! I had gone off far too quickly and was holding up well over the first 200 m with a sub 53 second junior to keep pace with but from the bend in to the 300 the wheels starting to come off, time caught up with me and I was in danger of not finishing. However I just held it together in front of a cheering crowd and crossed the line in exactly 66 seconds! Maybe getting the exact same time was meant to be, but the banter with Matt will undoubtably continue. As the first Macclesfield Harrier home however I took gold (although it was a club champs this was an open meet so other clubs could compete).Sarah also had a good afternoon winning the club champs in the U/11 javelin and long jump so we proudly posed with our medals.
This was my last event as a V45 and 50 is just around the corner!
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