City to Bay

[El Gordo]

Great run MLCM, and excellent report. Classic race strategy, but unusually, it seems to have come off. It's the sort of thing I aim to do, but can't usually sustain it. Good point about the need to have a clear run at the finish. This can sometimes work against you in these crowded fields. We had our own biggest-race-of-the-year today, the Great North Run with somewhere over 40,000 people taking part. I have mixed feelings about these mega-events but they do encourage people to start running and get involved in races.

On the subject of which -- Well done to Mrs MLCM both for finishing the race and putting up with your 'sense of humour' for 25 years .

The piano player is a new one on me though the other characters seem to be part of this international army of runner-types.

Hope you're taking advantage of this most perfect of excuses, and opening a bottle of something decent. I'm on the wagon at the moment () but am raising my cup of lemon tea in honour of a great performance.