Term 2 brought us two visits from afar. The first was Kelsey Sage, who I taught three times at Brentwood and coached for three years in rowing. I also work very closely with Kelsey’s mom Debbie, as she is my boss and one of my co-coaches on the rowing team. Kelsey spent the year (I think she just left) in southern Queensland, Australia (Toowoomba to be exact) as a gap student at a school there. She spent a week with us at the end of the break/start of Term 2 and it was wonderful to see a familiar face and share stories about our Australian adventures.
We can’t wait for more visitors this term. Yeah for grandparents!
We were at the start for sunrise and were done by 9am. Though I was far from breaking any speed records, this was a great experience as the ocean was flat, the surf was breaking, the sun was out and the temperatures were perfect. I was also met by my family and some friends at the finish line and me and Anna Borthwick (who also ran the race, mentioned heavily in earlier posts) had a wonderful walk back in the ocean to Anna and Andrew’s cottage which overlooked the race course and the ocean. There we rehydrated with water, then champagne and filled ourselves with a tasty and much needed lunch. I’m glad I had Monday off… I was hobbling around like an old man!
Now, for some random/cute pictures of the kids. Once gallery for Cormac and Stella each and then one for the family for good measure.