Day three was another early start but also an early finish.
Today was stadium day. We hired the Senegalese national stadium for day where we held all the track and field events.
SIPS track events are the 100m, 200m, 300/400m, 800m and 1500m races; field events are just shot put and long jump.
The stadium is large but not overwhelming. Most of the seating is concrete terraces, quite like English stadiums 20 years ago. There was more real grass in the middle but the football goals weren't set up so we didn't really get to enjoy it.
The races were very exciting. We did very well today with a few 1,2s and 2,3s. Some of the races were especially tight which meant we screamed all the louder.
There was a constant cluster of red shirts next to the finish line where a large group of BCS supporters were camped, cheering on our runners. Although we're the smallest school represented at SIPS we were definitely the most visible track-side and I think it made a big difference for our athletes.
I was so hoarse this morning that I started the day cheering through the school megaphone which was great fun apart from all the kids trying to play with it every 5 seconds and making horrible squealing noises.
At the end of the day we had relay races (they didn't count in the competition, it was just for fun). BCS entered about 6 staff/parents teams and Adam and I finished second and third in our race (despite being up against loads of sports coaches from the other schools). It was fun to run in such a grand setting (as much as running can be fun at least).
It's dinner time now so I should go and eat.
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