Speedwork, sleeping in meetings...all in a days' work.

I got through those practice exams and was actually OK with the results. The kids made an effort and most passed, with errors being lapses rather than fundamental stuff.

A senior administrator today dished out one of the finest sprays to a group of kids I've seen. It was nice to see leadership show a bit of passion and anger towards a group who might still be in la-la land and metaphorically bitch-slap these kids out of their apathy and "handout" mindset. What was just as impressive was a student standing up for herself and whilst accepting all that was said (note: the spray didn't really apply to her as she's a worker) she threw the onus back on some staff not doing the right thing by their kids. It's all about caring, man!

Last few notes on the working day - last night's lack of sleep caught up with me at approximately 3:38pm during a meeting, and required a wake-up pen thrown at my head by Lefty Brad to save me from snoring and getting caught.

Lefty Brad (a reference to his strong political leanings) dropped me off home and we had another of our regular discussions/arguments about how to change the world one piece at a time. Today's discussions were Barack Obama and public health, tomorrow he'll have a go at me for being a snob (???).

Rightio, now for the running stuff. Ran to the gym and back. In between doing that I fit in some speedwork on the treadmill. 2 sets of 5 x 600 at about 2.02 with 90 rest, and 3 minutes between sets. Felt good to be able to belt out something a little quicker than what I've done of late, but I've sweated out a packet due to a newly acquired head cold so with a bit of luck I'll manage to avoid having a head full of snot tomorrow but I know now, as I type, that this is improbable. Ball park kms for the day about 14.