Sunday morning

8.30am I meet up with a couple of kids from my squad, out for a 35 minute run along the Branding Yard Road and then onto a side trail off GCD, over to the Greyhound Track and back to Toynes Rd where the parents were waiting. Well done Hayley & Teagan.

I then ran the same course but at my pace, five minutes faster and then I joined up with Bel and ran an extra 15 minutes, 75 min all up.

Washed and vacuum my car (first time in a month or so), then vacuum and mop the house and do a few loads of washing.

I'm going out to dinner tonight with two fellow coaches, one (Burkie) who has just returned from the Pacific School Games, nine kids from Western Aths were selected for the Vic Team.

• Amy Cashin - Girls 14 years 2000m Steeplechase - Gold Medal (coached by Burkie)
• Courtney Scott - Girls 13 years 800m heat - 4th, did not qualifiy for final (coached by Keith Fearnley)
  Courtney Scott - Girls 13 years 1500m final - Bronze Medal
• Morgan Mitchell - Girls 14 years 800m - 2nd in heat & finished 8th in the final (coached by Burkie)
  Morgan Mitchell - Girls 16 years 400m hurdles, qual in heat & finished 6th in final (note she had to compete 2 years above her age group)
• Hayden Jacobs - Boys 13 years Shot Put - 12th in final (coached by his dad)
• Tom Temay - Boys 14 years 3000m - Bronze Medal (coached by Keith Fearnley)
• Callum Drake - Boys 15 years 3000m - 9th in final (coached by Keith Fearnley)
• Lachlan McDowell - Boys 16 years 400m hurdles heat - 4th in his heat, did not qualify for final (coached by Errol Hart)
• Pierre Van Jager - Men 18/19 400m hurdles - Bronze Medal (coached by me in 2006/7)
• Nathan Doherty - Boys 14 years 200m hurdles heat - 3rd, qualifying 9th fastest & missing the final (coached by dad & John Alchin)
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After some general food shopping and a good long black I came home and decided some stretching and inner leg exercises to get this knee in a better state would be a good idea, so a gentle 2.5k run and then 20 minutes of stretching and core work.