Wed 13/2 – School Cross Country!

Although not specifically a workout, or one I had planned to do, today was school cross country, and everyone had to do either the full one (effectively 9 people per year) or the “fun run” (or their normal games options).  I’ve never been a good runner at all, and haven’t started “training” for it yet, but I felt like a change from football so I did the fun run.  Quite a few other people decided to do the fun run instead of normal games too, I would guess 30-40 in total.

Last year, we all had to do a fairly long one – I’m not sure exactly how long, but my guess is about 2 miles, and everyone in the year of about 80-100 had to do it.  And, I came 3 from last, only ahead of an overweight kid (more than I was) and one who can’t run (he just can’t, no physical reason, he just… can’t).  This fun run was only about a mile I guess, bit still more than I was used to.

I started strong – I half sprinted, half ran, and after 1/2 hundred metres I managed to get in the lead.  By about a foot, after which time I slowed down and was slowly overtaken by the more fit people (such as those who actively did sport in school and played for sports teams).  I probably ran constantly for about 1/4 mile, before walking for a bit.  This pretty much went on for the whole thing, running as much as I could then walking to catch my breathe back, running again when I was about to be overtaken to avoid the inevitable. :p

I ended up finishing about 8-10 from last (didn’t count exactly).  Unlike I had thought, they all seemed to be trying, probably not as hard as they could (no-one was), but a fair bit.  I was actually pretty pleased with this result, as the last ones seemed to be a long way behind me (one of whom was the one I beat last year (the other I beat didn’t bother doing it)).

Next year I hope I can do a lot better.  Hopefully top half of the pack.  That would really make me feel pretty damn good!