I can jump puddles
Yesterday a cool change came over Melbourne after two days of 35 degrees.
We had a huge thunderstorm roll through just as I was finishing work at 2pm.
We normally get a few firecalls during and after storms. Car accidents due to the changing road conditions and fire alarms being set off by a flickering power supply. I sat the storm out at the Fire Station waiting for a call but luckily there wasn't any.
The family and I were going to a friends place in the evening so when the storm cleared I headed home. I had ran to their place before on New Years Day and decided it would be great to do it again.
Oscar and I set off racing the family in the car. They passed us after 5 minutes just as we left the estate. With cheers of "Go Dad!" ringing in my ears I set out to beat my previous time of 32:30 minutes.
It is a mostly concrete footpath with around 2km of sandy trail. The sand surface was very wet and I could feel the mud flicking on my legs. With the splashing in some puddles and jumping over the bigger ones it was a very fun session.
On arriving at our destination We found we had stripped over three minutes of our previous time completing the 6km one way trip in 28:50 minutes. A thrilling result after having a couple lazy days.
Last Friday I registered my entry for the Run for the Kids. $20 of the $25 entry fee is a donation to the Children's Hospital and even tax deductible. My wife is going to be walking the 4.5km with a few friends so I entered her registration as well. Good luck Sal!
We had a huge thunderstorm roll through just as I was finishing work at 2pm.
We normally get a few firecalls during and after storms. Car accidents due to the changing road conditions and fire alarms being set off by a flickering power supply. I sat the storm out at the Fire Station waiting for a call but luckily there wasn't any.
The family and I were going to a friends place in the evening so when the storm cleared I headed home. I had ran to their place before on New Years Day and decided it would be great to do it again.
Oscar and I set off racing the family in the car. They passed us after 5 minutes just as we left the estate. With cheers of "Go Dad!" ringing in my ears I set out to beat my previous time of 32:30 minutes.
It is a mostly concrete footpath with around 2km of sandy trail. The sand surface was very wet and I could feel the mud flicking on my legs. With the splashing in some puddles and jumping over the bigger ones it was a very fun session.
On arriving at our destination We found we had stripped over three minutes of our previous time completing the 6km one way trip in 28:50 minutes. A thrilling result after having a couple lazy days.
Last Friday I registered my entry for the Run for the Kids. $20 of the $25 entry fee is a donation to the Children's Hospital and even tax deductible. My wife is going to be walking the 4.5km with a few friends so I entered her registration as well. Good luck Sal!
posted by Spark Driver at 11:30 AM
5 Comments:
Wow, congrats on the great run. 3 minutes faster is awesome. Must've been the mobile cheersquad that gave you a boost - how cute :-) Gosh, Oscar must be loving this!
That's fantastic that so much of the entry fee goes to charity. I'm sure in the Aus Day run it was just $1 out of our $25 or so.
Congrats on a big PB there Spark! Wish I could make the Run for the Kids run but unfortunately I will be away. I'm sure its going to be a great run!
Well done mate - I was talked into doing the R4TK this morning after doing the Sri Chinmoy 10k at Princes Park. apparently the CRs are thinking of planning some kind of get-together afterwards so everyone can catch up. Should be fun!
anyway keep it up, cheerio
alisonjc
Nice run Sparks - I always enjoy a good splash about! Nice training PB too ;-)
Nice to have the whole family running in the same event!
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