Wednesday, November 29, 2006

9 seconds

I'm still battling this cold but starting to feel a little better.

Good news today I got the official time for my half marathon and it seems I gained 9 seconds to slip me into 1:28:51. I'll take that! As you know the difference between this and 1:29:00 is huge to a runner like myself.

Now what to do with my extra nine seconds? And don't say it! I'm all too virile for that.

6 comments:

  1. Congratulations Scott. Sub 1:29 is a very good time. Tokyo grows steadily closer huh! I hope you are planning to catch up with all my mob when you are up here for that. We will be having a party or two afterwards I suspect.

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  2. You could try a 60 metre race.

    That Tesso is a card. I should have said 'most cities except Brisbane'.

    By the way, what is 'Ganbatte'?

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  3. That's great. Now you can call it a 1:28 and not a 1:29 :-)

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  4. It's a fantastic time! Isn't it amazing how 9 seconds can be so significant in a race or run, but of little consequence the rest of the time.

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  5. Ewen

    "Ganbatte" means "Do your best" or "Go for it" or something along those lines. You often here it said to people starting something new, like a new job, or to sports people, often screamed out to runners by the crowd. A very versatile expression and somewhat better than the Aussie one of "Go you good thing!"

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  6. That's a great time Scott and 9 seconds makes all the difference as Tesso says..it's a 1.28 something.

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