Saturday, November 28, 2009

shield-and ummmm someone needs to be reminded it is NOT little aths

at little aths, the kids all do a MILLION events
..well someone did a million events

i woke up feeling pretty crappy so knew the 800(my pet event) would be very disappointing so i decided instead to do as many other events as possible(some a bit naughty for my back..but shhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
..started with high jump(should be called low jump) did 1.15-no warm up and wasnt overly trying
then did shot and long jump concurrently-running back and forth between...happy enough with 6.42 shot(5cm off my pb) and long jump was only ever going to be a tiddle and a one off..whihc i did and cos i was talking to the lady actually walked back so it was a NO JUMP(yeah exactly what my back needs) next one about 30cm before the line(i dont measure my run up..lol..i go from anywhere) and it was the worst one ive ever done 3.22 but hten i didnt stretch myself as i dont want to hurt my back.... the first one was HEAPS further!!!! anyway glute was kinda sore after this.... still hadnt had time to do any sort of warm up yet..so jogged a bit and realised i was feeling pretty average
time for the 200 and the girl 2 races in front did a standing start so i cheekily asked if i could..(she had an arm cast) and he's gone..shes got an injury...me too..he narrowed his eyes jokingly-got a medical certificate.... can get one...got a double disc bulge and it REALLY hurts from the blocks..he was very sweet,checked with the other starter and he said i could -woohoo..definitely is slower than a blockie but significantly less pain... surprised it was ok 31.46 and absolutely flew home in the last 100.
then off to the 4x4 relay(i tried DESPERATELY to get out of this but NO DICE!!! :( where just as the girls started , it absolutely POURED down, im waiting in the rain and shivering and it wasnt pleasant-with all this rain i wished i wore my spikes. the wet soggy brooks adrenalines felt like bricks(i was not going flat out,but fastish)
..whew is there much time for a breather...nup not really..off to the 3km
..wasnt racing had decided to 'jog' with a lady.i thought she would do 5.15 at the fastest..nup we sat on 5min/km pace so not hard, but i was breathing harder than i would normally..i do HAVE a bad cold... it wasnt tough but i was glad when it was over 15.02
..and ummmmmmmmmmm geeeeee im tired!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i did do a million events...lol
probs not hte best choice..buttttttttttttttttttttttttttt im a silly sausage at the best of times!

3 comments:

Em said...

Wow, massive day, I haven't been game to try throwing anything but Corrie and I are trying to talk each other into giving the steeple a shot, just for fun.

Andrew(ajh) said...

At least you were out there doing it!

Ewen said...

Aren't you a little big for little aths?!

Nice going, but how many points do you get for a 1.15m high jump? I've given up on that event - 1.30m is only about 2 points, which is about my limit these days.

Em, you should try the steeple - it's the funnest event ever - but check how deep the water jump is first.