This year my club, Walton Chasers, finally spiced up its winter Thursday night training runs with a series of street score events. Trouble was I’ve been injured and haven’t been able to run in them. Well last night I thought I’d walk round and perhaps have a joggle and see how things went. Although the weather had been foul, by the time we had the mass start it was quite a nice evening. I started being a good boy and patiently walked, concentrating on control flow at to keep things moving (pin punches so it doesn’t matter if they get nicked as we’ve got hundreds of the things spare)
Then I started to joggle a bit on the down hills. Then I joggled a bit on the flats. Ray had set some viscous penalties for being late back and I started to realize I was going to be proper late if I didn’t get a move on. The red mist descended and the competitive instinct took over. I ended up pegging it for the last 3 controls, running pretty much at near full race pace !
Getting back a minute early I hadnt done too bad considering I had walked 2/3 of it. These simple street score races are a great way for adult beginners to get into the sport and I had a fantastic time those competitive juices flowing nicely, even when I was walking, working out a strategy to clear as many as possible in the 45 mins available. Trouble is I’ve got to plan the next one from our house in two weeks. Lets hope my over indulgence doesn’t have any ill effect on my back…..
