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danieldwilliam) wrote2018-05-14 10:55 am
danieldwilliam) wrote2018-05-14 10:55 am
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On Weekends of Running Around
So, I accidentally did a five kilometer run. I say run, perhaps amble is a better word. Over obstacles.
The Captain saw the set up for the annual Gung Ho 5k run in the Meadows on Friday afternoon on his way back from school. By 3pm he and I had signed up for a slot on Saturday at 12.30pm for the bargain price of £48.
Saturday morning saw us attending football and then preparing for our run with bacon and eggs. We bumped in to a rugby friend at the start. They were in the wave behind us. 12.30 brought a warm up and then we were off - 5k around the meadows and over 10 very large inflatable obstacles. It was fun. The Captain and I jogged a bit, walked a bit, jogged a bit. Apart from the occassional queue to get on to one of the obstacles we kept moving all the way round and did the course in 53 minutes - including several minutes wait to get on to the last obstacles. MLW accompanied us around the course taking photographs and keeping us company. The Captain and I had a joyous time in each other's company. He chatted to me all the way round.
I have done literally no preparation for a 5k run. It's by no means a long distance but I have not run that far since I was doing cross country running in PE. It's the furthest the Captain has ever run. I could probably have gone round faster. Whilst I do go to the gym twice a week I'm mostly focused on balance, strength and the sort of short burst cardio that supports playing touch rugby.
I think we'll sign up again next year.
We were invited to a barbeque at the house of some friends of Jack's. It was really nice. We'd already eaten all the Chinese crispy duck before we were invited but it was lovely sitting in the sun, drinking a little red wine and watching the children play.
We watched Eurovision on Saturday night. The Captain stayed up late to watch most of the singing. It was a pretty standard Eurovision. A few nice songs. A few songs that were novelty acts. A few songs I wouldn't give ear room to outside of the Eurovision voting structure, the usual plucky British attempt to not finish last. The voting was the usual hilarious scattergun of different musical taste, cultural alliances and nationalist rivalry. For a little while I thought we would finish last or that the hosts would finish last.
Sunday saw me lead a P3 rugby training session. We focused on attack and straight running and support play. It went okay - my fellow coaches doing an excellent job of translating my high level vision in to actual kids actually running. Next week we have a joint training session and a game against Linlithgow and the week after is the end of season fun day and BBQ. Then I'm off to be trained up as an SRU level 1 coach.
The rest of Sunday was drama. Committee meeting followed by prompting for one of our current productions. Sadly, one of other current productions is going a bit awry and it sounds like it's an unhappy experience for eveyone involved.
The Captain was a bit unwell on Sunday. He was complaining about his tummy and looked a bit washed out. I think this is probably just the after effects of lots of exercise on Saturday and Sunday. They were hot sunny days and he might be a bit dehydrated. We'll see.
The Captain saw the set up for the annual Gung Ho 5k run in the Meadows on Friday afternoon on his way back from school. By 3pm he and I had signed up for a slot on Saturday at 12.30pm for the bargain price of £48.
Saturday morning saw us attending football and then preparing for our run with bacon and eggs. We bumped in to a rugby friend at the start. They were in the wave behind us. 12.30 brought a warm up and then we were off - 5k around the meadows and over 10 very large inflatable obstacles. It was fun. The Captain and I jogged a bit, walked a bit, jogged a bit. Apart from the occassional queue to get on to one of the obstacles we kept moving all the way round and did the course in 53 minutes - including several minutes wait to get on to the last obstacles. MLW accompanied us around the course taking photographs and keeping us company. The Captain and I had a joyous time in each other's company. He chatted to me all the way round.
I have done literally no preparation for a 5k run. It's by no means a long distance but I have not run that far since I was doing cross country running in PE. It's the furthest the Captain has ever run. I could probably have gone round faster. Whilst I do go to the gym twice a week I'm mostly focused on balance, strength and the sort of short burst cardio that supports playing touch rugby.
I think we'll sign up again next year.
We were invited to a barbeque at the house of some friends of Jack's. It was really nice. We'd already eaten all the Chinese crispy duck before we were invited but it was lovely sitting in the sun, drinking a little red wine and watching the children play.
We watched Eurovision on Saturday night. The Captain stayed up late to watch most of the singing. It was a pretty standard Eurovision. A few nice songs. A few songs that were novelty acts. A few songs I wouldn't give ear room to outside of the Eurovision voting structure, the usual plucky British attempt to not finish last. The voting was the usual hilarious scattergun of different musical taste, cultural alliances and nationalist rivalry. For a little while I thought we would finish last or that the hosts would finish last.
Sunday saw me lead a P3 rugby training session. We focused on attack and straight running and support play. It went okay - my fellow coaches doing an excellent job of translating my high level vision in to actual kids actually running. Next week we have a joint training session and a game against Linlithgow and the week after is the end of season fun day and BBQ. Then I'm off to be trained up as an SRU level 1 coach.
The rest of Sunday was drama. Committee meeting followed by prompting for one of our current productions. Sadly, one of other current productions is going a bit awry and it sounds like it's an unhappy experience for eveyone involved.
The Captain was a bit unwell on Sunday. He was complaining about his tummy and looked a bit washed out. I think this is probably just the after effects of lots of exercise on Saturday and Sunday. They were hot sunny days and he might be a bit dehydrated. We'll see.
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Next year I think I'll do some training for it for a few months before hand if the Captain is up for that (there's no point me being able to run it at 6 mph if he can't keep up).
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