May 2013

[Sweder]

Not much to tell, certainly no running to speak of. Ah well. Life has other things in store for me just at the moment.

I've entered the Seaford Half in early June. That will start a sequence that ends on top of Mount Wellington on 17th November. P2P may only be a half but I'm treating it with all due respect. I plan to train as hard as I would for a marathon, with more hill work thrown in. Even then I won't really be ready for it. I don't think you can be, really.

Anyone not sure what P2P is all about, here you go.
Not for the squeamish.

On the football front both Lewes teams survived the drop. The men on goal difference alone, going down 3-2 to Bury on the last day of the season, with Carshalton winning their last match but coming up four goals short. Simon Wormull, the young, affable Rooks manager, got the bullet two days later.

The ladies have pushed on in some style. Fearing a relegation dog-fight they beat QPR (now relegated), Yeovil and, much to my delight last Wednesday evening, flattened Gillingham 3-0. Naomi Cole, our star midfielder recent signed by WSL side Chelsea, signed off in style, netting on 8 seconds with a remarkable effort from the halfway line. The Rookettes play West Ham at home this Sunday. A win will guarantee finishing above QPR, Colchester, Gillingham and Tottenham Hotspurs in their debut season. Four wins on the spin would also mean first team coach Dave Cole getting his legs waxed. On the pitch, after the game. By the players.
Pray for Dave.