Did parent helper duties at my kids school athletics carnival. Being a small school it was pretty relaxed and everyone is really supportive. I was the starter for the track events but the last 200m race was senior boys 11-12 yrs, only had 3 in it, so the teacher knowing I run a bit asked if I'd join in to encourage them along. So I did. Bugger me I nearly got my ar$e handed to me! 50m in I realised I was going to actually dig in and push. I ran in with the lead boy
who bet his PB and got into the regionals but to be honest if I'd been trying to bet him I'd have only go him by a couple of metres. He came over to thank me for pushing him, but I was flat on my back trying to get my breath back!
The sack races were I bit more laid back as I jumped in to make up a team that was short in my sons age group.
My little girl won two events so she was stoked. I was just happy Byron completed all the events as I was woken last night at 1am with him having a full on anxiety attack about today. Took me 2 hours to calm him and get him back to sleep. So proud of them both for putting in full effort.
It was a good day to be a dad today.