I wasn't going to post in this thread originally, as I've had a lot of good moments but really havn't done anything I've been particuarly proud of in 2 years. However there was this one time a couple of years ago when I was coming to the end of my short lived athletics career. I was having troubles with my knee and the more I ran the worse it got. Physios didn't do shit and the club didn't look after us very well.
Anyway there was a state competition cross country meet n I was selected. I was tellin my missus I was going out with at the time that I was going to give it my best shot no matter how much pain I was going through. She told me i was no chance n to help one of the younger guys in the club who also got in to run with me on the day to build his confidence and help him run smarter. I told her there was no way I was goin to do that because I was doin it for myself n I was still better then most of Australia even when I was crippled. She'd seen me stuggling on the track n knew I was a no hoper so she persistently kept sayin let tom run with u.
So on the day I grabbed him n said listen run with me n do what i say. I think he was a bit surprised because I was a bit arrogant at the time n didn't really speak to the younger guys. Anyway we're goin around the course n I'm mentally ticking the kilometres away in my head. I think around half way we were in a comfortable position around 6th or 7th n still running strongg. Then my leg started shaking n I could feel it wanting to give way. I started tellin the dickhead to keep his pace n build it up slowly after every 100 strides. I dunno if he got the message but I fell over n the dickhead looked back as he was runnin n he slowed his pace. I was pretty pissed off that he did that because he lost some ground. I ended up limping off the course n got back after everyone finished. The dude I was running with got second n he came up n said he was really thankful for what i did. My missus was running her course when I got back but when she finished she was beamin at me. N I could tell she was really proud of what I did which made me feel good inside.
I felt better about myself then I ever have in my life.
**** that was a long story. sorry to bore u
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