Cross country running in high school
A shock to the system to say the least as it was always done for the first three PE lessons after the New Year, the least favourite time of year for the whole school.

Back in the 1st year I came in with an overall time that placed me a credible 25th out of about 140 fellow pupils in my year. Remarkable really as running isn't my thing and never has been.

Time passes as it does and eventually I reach 5th year and complete the run for one last time. Upon checking my time it is pretty much identical to what I posted the previous four years. As I got older I didn't get any quicker and this had the effect of placing me in 125th position.

I'm quite sure that if I done the run today I'd post an identical time to what I did 20 years ago.
(ParaSitius is an Optimistic Pessimist, Tue 24 Apr 2012, 9:34, Reply)