OK, I wasn’t racing hard this week. My ankle has been giving me grief for about two months and all of a sudden last Friday I woke up and it was better – much to my delight. However, following my race last weekend in Bognor, my right foot is now *really* sore, so it was touch and go as to whether I was going to run yesterday or not. In fact, I was planning my “drop-out” point should it get too much. Anyway, long story short, I didn’t drop out and running fairly gently down the finishing straight, with a big gap between me and the woman in front so there wasn’t much need for a storming finish. Until that was I heard a little stampede behind me.
I didn’t know whether or not it was a woman behind me, so decided to increase my effort in case I was about to lose out a valuable place or two. As it transpired, it was three little men – but I didn’t know that until the end!! It was quite a sudden increase in pace…note the determined look on my face :)
…and there you have it…
Thanks to Angela for the photos. I hope it made you laugh whilst you were taking them!
Ha ha ha ha! It made me laugh looking at the pics! I like that determination, much better than pics of you waving whilst racing… :P
LOL – if its not me chasing you down at the finish its my son! You can run but never hide Sharon Rowe!
Tim is the one in white and his mate George came with him – an after sleepover treat! The boy in grey just joined in their fun!
Actually a funny tale is that unbeknown to me they started the race hiding in the big tree stump behind the coffee caravan – to see if the ground shook – and claimed to have climbed out and then joined in! So it was good to see some photographic proof! I have suggested it to WW as a great spot to film the start from – see I’m getting good at this web blog stuff!