Chanel College student Nick Smith did himself proud in the Gold Coast half-marathon last weekend.
The 15-year-old, who was competing in his first half-marathon, was one of the youngest in the 10,000-plus field and completed the 21km course in 1h 34min 10s, a time which placed him 12th in the 15-17 year age group and within the top 7 per cent of all competitors.
Smith's aim had been to finish about the 1:40 mark and he stuck to a game plan which was all about staying composed over the first half of the event.
And it was a plan which worked well with the second half of the race being completed several minutes faster than the first.
