After a lovely Mother's Day breakie concocted by the kids, the Bride, Jackson, Maya and I headed into the city for a morning in the Domain. Jackson & I were doing the 4km Fun Run and the Bride & Maya the 4km walk.


After parking we went our separate ways and Jackson & I soon found ourselves at the start line with about 10 mins before the gun. It was then that I noticed that everyone was wearing timing chips except us. Oh well, we already had received our bibs in the post and I decided after a millisecond of deliberation that time was so unimportant for us in this race. In fact I wondered why the organisers even bothered to go to the effort. It was pretty clear that the participants around us were most definitely there for the "Fun" rather than a serious "Run". I guess that they had the system in place for the 8km earlier in the day, so it was easy to carry it through for the 4km.


Soon the gun was off and the mob moved forward towards Mrs Macquaries Chair for the first time. I could see that Jackson was a tad freeked by the masses so I moved him onto the footpath which gave him a clear run. We passed the CR Cheersquad (thanks guys) and soon after rounded Mrs Macks Chair. As expected, once we left the road and jumped on the pathway around the point, the congestion was chronic. This meant that we had to jog on the spot twice for about 25m until it thinned itself out.


The long hill from Farm Cove back up to the Art Gallery took it's toll on many of the runners and Jackson was no exception. Just before the Cahill Expressway overpass he announced that he wanted to walk. Not sure if I was being a bad Dad or not but I told him to tough it out and keep going. I told him that it was only 800m to the finish and that he would regret it if he walked a part of the race. To his credit he found another gear and pulled through to finish in fine style to receive his medal. It will be a talking point on Monday at show and tell I'm sure.

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