Milton Keynes Social Run Nov 2011

"A colder start with a bit of cloud cover, so for some , it was hats and gloves to start but our happy band of runners met at the store to register and gained free entry into our monthly draw for £100.00 worth of Sub4 clothing. It was good to see some new faces and after a quick warm-up we set off on our newly marked 10K course which takes in two parts of the 2012 Milton Keynes Marathon course - Grand Union Canal and Linford Wood. The gradual incline at the start made for a good cardio work-out and then it was all down hill to the canal. After that the terrain was fairly level. The wood proved eventful as I seemed came across a kamikaze squirrel who was not intending to move out of the way for anyone but my quick reactions saved a visit to the vet for the squirrel! The ground based markers worked much better than the race tape and the front runners made it back to the start in under 51 minutes (no, they didn't get the bus). The different pace groups meant that everyone finished within 90 minutes. After a short debrief most took advantage of 10% off at Costa and it was decided to change the date of the next social run as it would fall on Christmas Day!! So our next run will be on Sunday 1st January with registration from 11:15am (to allow for the night before) and start at 11:30am. We will then revert to the last Sunday of the month, so we will have 2 runs in January. Well done and a big thank you to all who took part in our run".