We can't go through our core sessions without giving tribute to the Olympics out there in Rio. This evening DiscoRich had planned our own little mini Olympics. There were 12 of us this evening with DiscoRich being leader, referee and scorer.
As usual we did the obligatory two laps around the rec followed by the warm up drills. And then it was getting into the Olympic spirit. DiscoRich had two races planned. The first one was relay racing. We were put into teams of four. Team Yellow, Team Green and Team Red. I was in red team, It's not like the the par luffs we do, this is the real deal, DiscoRich even had a 'Hand over' section where we could hand the baton to our team member. And there was no running just half way and then handing over the baton, we were to run the entire rec and then hand over to our team member.
DiscoRich had placed us all in our teams, so it was fairly equal, with faster runners down to me, the not so fast runners! You can feel the eagerness to win for their team mates, in a fun way of course. The faster runners in each team started off and then after that it was any order after that. The faster runner in my team was Viral. All four fastest runners set off, Viral was hanging around in the second position, just biding his time, then with just the last 50 meters or so he kicked up into top gear and just raced past the leader and then handed the baton to me, the slowest runner in the team!
Well at least I had a bit of a head start, but soon the other teams were all chasing me down. I just tried to stay focused as I followed the white line around the perimeter of the rec, got to the half way point, where we usually hand over the batons to our team members doing the par luffs, but I had to keep going all the way round. I did it, and handed it over to our third member in the red team, IlustriousLeader. She continued all the way around the rec running really well, (read faster than me!) and then handed the baton to Michael who had to do the catchup!
The next Olympic discipline was brilliant. We all took it very seriously, and this time we were teamed up in two! I was pleased that I was teamed up with Viral (he did just whizz pass all the others in the relays!) We were handed our apparatus that was to be used in the race. the course was well marked out earlier by DiscoRich. Viral was practising using the apparatus, figuring out which is the best tactic to go for, positioning and handling! And then passing on his findings to me, quiety so as not to let anyone hear!
Then DiscoRich cited the rules, no holding the egg with your thumbs or fingers, no holding your hand under the spoon to catch the egg if it falls off. If it falls, it falls to the floor! You may hand the spoon and egg to your partner with both hands once you have reached them. Yes it was an egg and spoon race! And no matter how fast Viral was on the cricket field, that had no bearing on how fast he was on the egg and spoon course! He dropped the egg several times trying to run with it! No this race was all about how long your legs are, how fast you can walk! Well that's me out of the game again! What with my short fat hairy legs.......ok maybe not hairy! But such good fun! Me and Viral were eliminated in the first leg.
The finals of the egg and spoon saw two very worthy winners, Carole and Fiona! Their handling of the spoon and the balancing of the egg were superb! Much deserving of the medals, here, I took a picture!
 |
| Fiona and Carole |
So just for relaxation, after the competitiveness of the Olympic games we just done, we had the par luffs. Teams of equal ability were quickly sorted, faster runners together, middle paced runners etc, and then us in the slow lane.
It was a great session today, much fun! Thanks DiscoRich!
No comments:
Post a Comment