It was an early start for the family to catch a 6.30am train at Bondi Junction to Town Hall. There we parted company with Jackson & I heading off to Milsons Point and The Bride & my daughter to the Opera House to see the finish.


This was by far the biggest race Jackson has entered and the sheer numbers and location is something that he will remember for some time I'm sure. We arrived at the start just in time for the start of the marathon and Jackson (on my shoulders) was sending his cheers to all the CoolRunners & Stiders he could find. Soon we were lining up at the start and Ooh Aah Glenn McGrath set us on our way.


We spent the first 500m weaving our way through prams and walkers. It was hard to find a rhythm when you had to stop to a walk because Aunty Pat, Uncle Frank, Rachel and Craig with the twins in the pram all needed to do their walk/run thing side by side creating a 5m impassable barrier *rolls eyes*. Once we were on the Bridge however things got easier and we ran at a pretty good pace. We got down on the Cahill and both upped the pace and then cruised down Macquarie Street to the Opera House where The Bride captured the Hollywood finish on video. It was a solid run by the little tike with a time of 24:xx by my watch. As I said to him afterwards - that's better than my marathon pace ! Very proud of him.


What's next ? Race 2 of Shri Chinmoy around the Bay in a few weeks for Jackson and October Striders 10km for me (now that could be ugly !)

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