After feeling so out of sorts the last few weeks, culminating in the ‘race too far’ at Wing XC, I’d made the decision to take a very easy week, which meant no speed-work and no Stevenage 5k Series Race 2 tonight. Seeing that conditions were much improved from Race 1, I almost toyed with the idea of doing it, but instead gritted my teeth, looked at the big picture and went to watch and cheer on my club-mates.
This was of course the right and sensible thing to do, but watching several of my Squirrel friends run about 30s faster than 2 weeks ago proved quite difficult viewing and left me in a self-pitying what-might-have-been mood. I should own up and admit that I am rather good at that sort of thing! Sincere congratulations to Pete 'born-again' Sibbett for smashing the MV45 5k Club Record - it couldn't have happened to a better man, well almost!
Anyway, enough magnanimity, the plan of course, is to come back refreshed, re-focused, re-educated…re-made. At times like this, you have to turn to the classics to find the right words.
“Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first V-bionic-45 man. Statto will be that man. We can make him better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster."
Well done Statto - think you made the right call. Your time will come, although fantastic to see Sibbo rise like a phoenix from his injury flames.
ReplyDeleteI was cheering on too - the marshalls said I was at the last underpass, but I don't think I was - prob about 1km from the finish. My main observation was that there were lots of flashing stripey women out there this evening!