It might not have escaped your attention but I am not a natural athlete. I don’t really do sport. I never have. I was the last one to be picked for a team in school. In fact I wasn’t picked. Technically I was “allocated” to a team as I was always left over at the end. I vividly remember still having a lap to do at school’s sports day when I was told to do the 800m. Everybody else had done their two laps as I started my final lap.
So yeah. Running in public or in fact doing any kind of sport with an audience is not high on my list of priorities. But when Tara announced that the theme for the Gallery this week was “sport” in recognition of Sport Relief I just had to get involved.
PS, thank you Tara. You have always been hugely supportive of the Team Honk antics and it is very much appreciated.
But where do I find a picture of me being sporty? There are no such pics.
The above though is what sport means to me this year. That is Team Fleet who completed a four mile walk as part of #TeamHonkRelay this year, in the pouring rain. It was a great day and we were all hugely proud of our leg. It was Andy’s birthday and he celebrated by pushing Sarah in her newly acquired wheelchair by way of celebration. At the end of our leg were bacon sandwiches and a stroll into my daughter’s school to the sounds of Chariots of Fire that Andy was blasting from his portable speaker.
Or there are the below two pics. The one on the left is me on a treadmill. An actual treadmill. Not that it was turned on but I am technically standing on it. Taken by Sophie at Franglaise Mummy when we went up to see Jo Wiley do her bit for Sport Relief. The one on the right is indeed Ms Wiley with the bottle of Jack Daniels I took along as she mentioned she was looking forward to a whisky at the end. That pic was taken by Vanessa at HPMQ.
Athlete of ideas you are 🙂 I finally got an email 😉 x
I can’t ruddy wait for next years Comic Relief now! Tara is a complete love muffin #fact as are you 🙂
Did you call me a love muffin Mammasaurus? *feels all warm inside*
Brilliant post T – I will remember that day forever. It was great being a part of Team Honk but even better doing it with you. You’re all awesome x
We have the same love of sport, and your 800m sounds like mine 🙁 So proud of you getting up on that treadmill, I know how much you didn’t want to!
Also massive hats off to you #TeamHonkRelay ladies, you rocked Sport Relief this year x
By the way, in case any of you missed it, I’m a Love Muffin (I’ve added the capitals as it demands a level of importance)
Oh and high five. You’re awesomesauce . . .
Tanya i cannot even comprehend how you, Annie and Penny must be feeling after all tnhis Team Honk business. it must be surreal and amazing and humbling all at the same time.
thank you for all your hard work in getting Team Honk Relay off the ground and well done for all your hard work x x x
i just cant thank you 3 enough for all of it. I pushed myself way out of my comfort zone and event the subsequent 4 days of pain were worth it!
Here’s to next year!
Do you own a ‘if you see me running run like hell’ t-shirt?! Well done for getting involved, if it doesn’t come naturally it’s 10 time sas hard.
You did an amazing job organising this year’s team honk baton relay.