More Irish (and American) Running

International cross country this time, having been selected for Wales in the V70 category we flew over to Dublin. Not that we saw much of Dublin this time round since we caught a shuttle bus straight to our hotel and, the following morning, walked to Santry Park where the event took place. Back on the midday flight the following day. Still it was a good trip enabling us to meet old friends and make new ones. The run was a bit of a blast round Santry Park, no hills, no mud, wind or rain so none of the elements that usually work to my advantage. However I was the first Welsh V70 runner and ahead of all the English runners in the category.

Greetings from America! (Heather in the purple - her favourite colour.)

 And here's a happy trio  of ladies at the Lillee  parkrun in Ann Arbor,  Michigan, USA. Vicky  and Teresa visited from  the UK to introduce  Heather to parkrunning  at her local event. She  was clearly pleased to  be taking part. (Gosh  this sounds like a local  newspaper report  doesn't it!) It was a  scenic course which  involved several  crossings of a lake on a wooden bridge which I guess might be a bit of a hazard on a frosty morning. What fun!

So just by way of highlighting the latest stage of Vicky's international parkrunning career here are her stats for the last 10 events. This lists two runs in Namibia, one in South Africa, one in the US, two in Wales, two in England, one in Northern Ireland and one in the Republic of Ireland. How's that for park globe trotting?