I am so SO sorry to do it to you; you really have been awake nights haven't you? Fretting away over the outcome of the challenge to run 201.2km between 1st June and 12th August. If you recall - which of course I know you do...hanging on every word arentcha?!! - prior to last Rundays sun (?!), success was a matter of a few kilometres away and the delight is mine to tell you that the aforementioned km's were comfortably ko'd; challenge succeeded and last box on the chart ticked!
Puffed up with pride, I went to ask - purely out of curiosity you understand, not really bothered either way......ahem - what we get for passing the challenge; sadly no medals (am I becoming a prize 'prize snob') but a certificate will do very nicely thank you. Then I made the ultimate error, asking whether I would get a distinction for finishing two weeks early. Why oh why oh why did I not keep my trap shut? as I was then told that 'any people who finish the silver challenge early move on to have a go at the multiple-bronze challenge' (running 20.12km in the same allotted time) 'and try to complete it as many times as possible'.
As he talked he walked over to yet another chart and more bloody boxes to tick. The name 'Val' appeared on it four times over; meaning not only has she done the silver but has gone on to a total distance of nigh-on 300km...with a fortnight still to go, and she is still ticking not only boxes; but me right off I can tell you! 300km in ten weeks???? Do me a favour!! Apparently - according to the guys at the gym - she is a 'plodder' (someone who just takes her time and gets there eventually) but between you and me, she must be a cyborg. I am totally convinced one day I she is going to walk up to me with a blank expression and say 'I need your clothes, your boots, and your Skoda Octavia'.
So by a week on Sunday I will have one silver and two bronzes; which currently makes me the Denmark of Haslingden Leisure Centre! Could be worse!!
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