The Weekend (part 1)

I broke a cardinal rule of running this weekend - I consumed far too much alcohol on a Saturday to be at my best for a long run on Sunday. In my defence it wasn't my fault, I was doing it for my children! On Saturday afternoon the Gardner clan and our friends Dom, Polly and Maisie walked down to something called BabyGroove - a private members bar that was set up for kids to ru naround and dance/cry/fight while parents could drink alcohol, essentially a pub/club where kids were welcome (especially as it cost £7 a head for anyone over 1 years old). So from 2.30 to 5pm George and Maisie ran around with 30 other kids, Claudia was passed around some tipsy drunken mums and Dom and myself ruled the Fusball table like the Brazil team and then knocked out a few ankle biters in an effort to play pool. All this was done whilst drinking many pints of Red Stripe. We then got home in time to watch the rugby and drink more beer. By early evening a weaned myself off alcohol as the prospect of 16 miles of dehydrated pain loomed into my mind.....................