Sock it to me!

After a late night at the Harriers Awards Ceremony (great puddings!) drinking and dancing I woke at 7 to drive to the Fred Hughes 10mile race, lovingly created by the St. Albans Striders. I picked up the very nice Rebecca Fleckney and off we set. Not far into the journey I remembered that I'd forgotten my socks - oh dear, this will be the third time I've done this, I was facing running ten miles sockless, not a delightful prospect. My fears were quelled when we reached the venue, they had a running shop selling, yep, socks, I purchased a pair - wow £10! But apparently they are 'very good socks' (hilly?) they didn't even have any cool colours, still I probably would have paid even more if need be! 

All socked up and after a brief chat with some very nice Ampthill and Flitwick Flyers and our own equally lovely Ian Hammet we walked to the start, brrr pretty chilly but still ok for shorts :)

The course was sort of one and a half laps of undulating road, a few twisty turney bits and a few cars about but otherwise reasonably pleasant. The Marshall's were pretty good, lots of encouragement and water stations aplenty. The sun was shining and I ran a fairly decent time for me. We were given a nice bright t shirt and a bag containing - yes, socks! A pair of pink socks to be precise, they are super soft and infused with aloe, how decadent...not sure about the colour but I will definitely try them out, I'm imagining they will make my nailess, rotten old runners feet all soft and beautiful yes?

Not everybody wanted their socks so I came away with three pairs, plus my super pricey ones, that's four. I'm still stunned that I started the day sockless and ended up with four pairs! There were also crisps and bananas (ate banana and didn't have another but I'm pretty sure you know what a banana looks like)

Overall a nice race, well organised and marshalled. Thanks St Albans Striders.