Number 10: Run the 100m in less than 15 seconds.

One thing I learnt at Finsbury park athletics track yesterday morning was that 100m is a lot longer than it look on the telly, or in childhood memories. As I stretched out my pasty hamstrings and looked at the finishing line in the distance it began to seem less and less of a good idea. The plan had been to make a race of it and get five or six of us down there so that I could comfortably finish in the middle. As it turned out due to late weekend trips, distance from finsbury park and enthusiasm for the task it left just myself and my younger, fitter former international rugby playing brother to race it out. At least both our girlfriends were there to watch as well as our Dad. I face the risk of losing pride, the respect of my lady, the challenge and my fathers love all in one fifteen second swoop!

With timing being the main issue,the problem was having to give Georgina the responsibility for stopping the watch as I crossed the line. I know myself that stopwatches can play up, if she was to press the wrong button I could be left with the appalling dilemma of having to turn around and do the sprint again. This could NOT happen. So it was down to the kindness of Erran a sprinter who was training down at the track and agreed to jog(yes jog!) along beside us and press stop as soon as my feet touched the line. With all this arranged there was nothing left to do but assume starting positions, try not to look at my brothers superior leg muscles and just give it everything I had, once.

Seeing as this is my blog and none of you were there I could say that I swept past my brother and waited for him to trundle home. As the picture above shows although  that wasn't the case, I was not in any means disgraced and most importantly I crossed the line in the time shown below:

That's right, make way Usain! If the Olympic champion should somehow become five seconds slower and start hanging around finsbury park on a morning that I didn't have a hangover...............I reckon I'd have him!
Challenge completed and the knees held on magnificently!Pic below of the sprinters post race!

Thanks again to Tim Naylor for getting up on a Saturday and sprinting despite having a cup final to play later. oh yeah and also for easing off a bit at the end.Cheers bruv!