Nelson ran the recent Melbourne Marathon.
Nelson's goal was to run the marathon in 4 hours.
He finished a time of 3hrs, 15mins which was fabulous.
Nelson came 349th out of 2,517 runners in his age group
and placed 1874 overall of 17,734 runners.
A big smile on his face when he saw
Chloe and Mitchell down by the bay.
One very happy boy at the finish line
in the MCG!
With his proud brothers!
Checking out his name of the wall of marathon runners.
Look who's name is above his.
Apparently Mitchell also ran the marathon! LOL!☺
We then headed to a local pub for a
well deserved celebratory drink.
It was a lot easier than the Ultra Marathon
he ran in The Kimberley back in 2024.
You can read about that one here.
On Saturday, Mitchell made his first 100 after
20 years of playing competitive cricket.
Along the way he’s made 18 50+ scores,
including 3 in the 90s.
He ran out of batting partners when
he was so close to a hundred.
Unfortunately that was the end of the match due to rain.
Maybe he would have made more!
He finished up on 100 not out.
He was playing against his old club
(and team mates) Diamond Creek.
Last year Mitchell had a shocking season.
He even won the award for
"The Most Ducks in the Season"
but he has worked hard over the off season.
The first match this season he was 59 not out.
Hopefully it’s the start to a big season.
Mitchell is in the Second XI and co-captain.
The other captain made a lovely speech
in the club rooms after the match.
Last week we celebrated Austin and Nelson's birthdays.
Lucky Kade was there to help blow out the candles!
