I don't suppose I added anything new when I prepared the feature on Keith Gerrard's national cross country title defence in Sunderland last night. It was a case of recycling previous photos and videos but not everyone had seen them before.
Its 20 years since my one and only appearance in the National Cross Country, at Parliament Hill in London, and I was tempted to go back this year when it is held in Sunderland.
I have run in Sunderland before. It was back in 2008 along the coast that you can see from the photo above on a glorious June morning. We had two trips there that year when we had hoped to get Robbie into a specialist college, but it was not to be. Nor was my return trip to Sunderland this year.
As it is, Robbie is on the agenda today as we have a meeting to review his progress at lunchtime and even without any local athletics this weekend I have plenty to do.
I didn't make any progress at all on the archives last night after attending a budget seminar, wasting time watching football on TV whilst also listening to local politics on the local radio. A heard a few own goals but they weren't on the TV.
Looking forward to hearing that Keith has achieved his own goal tomorrow and brings the trophy back to the Isle of Man.
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