Bail Fail

THERE’S A TIME TO STICK IT OUT, AND A TIME TO STOP.

- Bruce Pinnock

“IF ONLY RUNNERS WOULD BAIL before they do themselves serious damage,” lamented Ferdie’s physio, Sue. We were at a race; and Ferdie had ignored all the warning signs his Achilles tendon had given him, by limping 20 kays further than he should have – and in the process, had buggered his ankle beyond all recognition.

The Back Of The Pack were gathered around, ‘helping’; which consisted mostly of inane comments, such as: “Hey, Ferdie – does it hurt when you laugh?” and “Be a man, Ferdie. You’ve got four other working limbs, one of which will never get tendonitis…” and “Do you need Sue to massage your leg… all the way up?”

Sue reacted fiercely to the last comment: “There’s a time to stick it out, and a time to quit while you’re ahead!”

She had a point.