At Loggerheads

Catch me if you can!

This me being chased by Dan and Paul at Joe Cooper's Loggerheads Trail 5K race. They tried hard but couldn't catch me, I finished in 5th place on a fine morning through the woods. On finishing my race (one lap) I ended up doing an extra lap as Joe asked me to go around again, catch up the last 10K runner (2 laps) and tell the marshals they could go home. Vicky was up for the two lapper and was well clear of the tail runner, her technique of going straight through puddles worked very well.

It's quicker down the middle.

 I did manage to get in a Parkrun the following weekend in Nottingham. Took this one steady - there was an absolute gale wafting down the long straight at the Forest Recreation Ground in Nottingham and I was hoping for a good time in the Vale of Clwyd 5K in the morning. I was wearing tracksters, a long sleeve vest, a short sleeve vest and two windproof tops and still wasn’t overheating (that’s me in green towards the left of the photo). But blow me down a snowstorm meant that the following day’s race was cancelled and I could have had a blast here! This was a friendly run in not the most salubrious part of Nottingham and I was particularly impressed at the vast number of Notts Women Runners in their purple tops - all with big smiles on their faces. I only found out after the event that this park has for many years hosted the Nottingham Goose Fair, one of the best known travelling funfairs in Europe. 

Brrrr!