"And they're off!" as the time honoured phrase exclaims.
As the rain lashed down and the wind howled, Alex and Christo donned their Lycra and contemplated the sanity of galumphing around Wimbledon common.
As they wend their individual ways to the starting pistol for this, the opening event in the Evoking History calendar: The 3000 metres Cross-Country run. A deity of sorts, fate, fortuity and happenstance all smiled upon their thinning pates and gifted them a fresh but sun-kissed galumph. And so it was that with little pomp or circumstance, the number of events was whittled down to 84.
A wise man once said that a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. Our journey has begun. 3000ish steps have been taken. How many more will be taken between now and 31st December? Answers on a postcard!
The next event will be a 5000 metre galumph through altogether less of a morass. Watch this space, facebook and www.sportstarts.org and indeed twitter. There will be events to join should you so wish.
85 disciplines.
1 calendar year.
1 sporting dogma: To win without swank and lose without grousing.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Monday, 2 January 2012
On your marks. Get set.
A few hours from now and the first of the 85 will have been done. We will, indeed, be minus one. The box marked 3000m Cross Country run from the Modern Pentathlon will be ticked and things will be well and truly underway.
The festive period has been focussed exclusively on festivation and, in the name of equality and fairness, neither of us has achieved anything more swift than a gentle amble. In preparation for this race Alex has spent a lot of time squelching through mud in Scotland while Christo has been assessing the course from the comfort of an armchair and through the bottom of a large wine-filled glass.
This was always meant to be a gentle warm up to the insanity that is to follow - thank goodness it is!
Pics and film footage to follow.
If you'd like to join us in any of our endeavours details can be found at www.sportstarts.org
The festive period has been focussed exclusively on festivation and, in the name of equality and fairness, neither of us has achieved anything more swift than a gentle amble. In preparation for this race Alex has spent a lot of time squelching through mud in Scotland while Christo has been assessing the course from the comfort of an armchair and through the bottom of a large wine-filled glass.
This was always meant to be a gentle warm up to the insanity that is to follow - thank goodness it is!
Pics and film footage to follow.
If you'd like to join us in any of our endeavours details can be found at www.sportstarts.org
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