Cupar 5 Mile Road Race 11/3/06
Hard = Good
Ever since I was at school I've been more drawn to the things I can't do than the things I can. Back in those days we used to get a separate grade for attitude and for attainment. Usually I got a higher grade for attainment than for attitude. (I used to wonder how they measured my attitude but in retrospect, not doing my homework ever may have been a factor.) There were two striking exceptions to my attainment to attitude ratio. One was PE, which I thoroughly enjoyed but never particularly shone at. (Though I always felt I was slightly undervalued.) The other was technical drawing.
I was particularly bad for talking during class but in technical drawing I was all concentration. I could have sat for hours trying to visualise in my mind's eye how to draw a 3d shape in 2 dimensions. I was always more than satisfied by the results I produced on paper and was puzzled when my tech. drawing teacher told me they were "a bit scruffy".
The point of all of this being; why is it good to drive all the way to Cupar on a cold, grey Saturday, through small bursts of flurrying snow, to get changed in a hall with a load of men, to go out in sub-zero temperatures in a vest and shorts, and run my lungs out for a bit more than half an hour? The fast and flat road was undulating; of course it was...and the icy, sharp headwind on the return stretch could have flayed muscle from bone. Afterwards I felt sick for a good 20 minutes. Then, getting changed without a shower felt good. Sandwiches and two cups of tea was very good. Driving home in a nice warm car felt good. The results going up on the net just hours after the race was very good, and I even got a mention on the Fife AC Bulletin Board under "leading ladies" as 9th lady and 4th F35. If there'd been a spot of techy drawing afterwards my day would have been perfect.
Thanks for a thrawn date Fife AC!Peter Buchanan 29.15
Mary Hunter 36.07
Full results hereReport Mary Hunter (leading lady).
Photos Peter Buchanan
