The Sun Does Shine Here

After a week of basically being sedentary, an early Friday night was definitely called for. A few knock off drinks with the work crew and that was shot to hell pretty quickly. And I’m told that our Kangaroo Rat isn’t a marsupial - drunk English aren’t too bright it seems.
I got home around midnight, and Saturday was a slow start...

Sunday morning, the sun up and a pleasant hour and a half run ticked the box for easing back into training. The afternoon then belonged to football and the visit of West Ham to White Hart Lane. You may recall my earlier post ‘West Ham Away’, well this time it was the turn of the West Ham fans to be marched to the ground by the cops.
A beer before the game, seated next to the BBC cameraman in the front row of the upper stand and the arvo was looking good.
Within 11minutes of the start Spurs were two goals up, (see the pic below) and the west ham fans were singing “We’re gonna lose four nil”. Having lost their last two games 4-0, you couldn’t say they didn’t have a sense of humour, and we duely applauded them.
Before half time they were singing “You’re sh*t if you don’t score 4”, as not only had one of their players been sent off, but Tottenham had had a few misses that could well have made the score 4-0!
Early in the second half and Spurs third goal was scored. This time it was our turn to sing “You’re gonna lose 4 nil!”. To which their lot clapped us. Clearly losing interest in the game, they were soon taunting one of the stewards whose job it was to get people to sit down. Poor sod had no luck with getting them to sit, and foolishly showed them five fingers when they were singing “two pounds an hour! You get two pounds an hour”. He was moved to another section of the ground, which prompted a chant of “sacked in the morning! You’ll be sacked in the morning”. A little later and there was a fight amongst the west ham fans - rather funny to see them fighting themselves and the ensuing fracas with the cops.
Tottenham’s fourth goal brought our attention back to the game and that the Spammer fans had predicted the 4-0 scoreline correctly. Quite an entertaining day all up, and the game wasn’t half bad either!!
Over a hundred years of football and the English fans know how to create a top atmosphere. Unfortunately, a hundred years of Aussie rules/AFL and still the best they can do is “Bombers! [clap clap clap] Bombers!”.
Anyway, it made for an interesting Monday morning - the boss is a West Ham supporter...

It’s been pretty much back to normal this week. Nice to be back on the bike after just over a week off bussing it to and from work. A run along the Thames at Friday lunchtime with a group from work was good fun in the intermittent sunshine. But Friday night was the same “mistake” as last Friday...
The best part of the week? Easy - watching the sun come up during 6am runs!!

Four weekends left til the Marathon. The pack arrived this week with all the info about the event, starting zones, race number and how to register at the expo in the days before it. Unfortunately, you can’t cram for a sporting event, so it’s just a matter of continue as you go - knowing that I’ll be underdone for the event for my target time. Then again, after the Reading half marathon the other week, anything’s possible...
As for the £1,000 I still need to raise for the Spinal Injuries Association... http://www.justgiving.com/aussierunner