31 Harriers and friends braved the dark streets of East Kilbride for our annual Pub Run. An approximately 7 mile circular route was planned around 6 bars/pubs starting and finishing at the Sports Club. Head torches and hi-viz gear were to the fore although there were also a few Ninja Harriers in almost complete black outfits who hadn't read the safety briefing! It was unseasonably warm though with temperatures nudging double figures so the need for running jackets was marginal.
As always, the evening becomes a bit of a blur to most as the miles tick by (or could it be due to the pubs rather than the miles). However, I can report that all were having a good time although unfortunately one heavy fall in a poorly lit section of footpath sidelined one of our closely grouped pack early on.
Once again our arrival at some of the venues was met with incredulous looks from the regular clientele as we provided an unexpected boost to the night's takings and a sudden spike in temperature and humidity! Fortunately we had a highly capable team of three taking the strain of driving ahead and getting the drinks orders in so all we had to do was run and drink. So a huge thanks to Frances, Davie and Hannah for volunteering for that high stress task. When all the running was done and we arrived back at the Sports Club (there may still have been some drinking to be done though) we were extremely grateful to Alison Searil for organising pizzas to soak up some of the liquid consumed over the preceding 3 hours. And so another very successful and well attended Harriers Pub Run rounds off 2019.
Happy New Year and here is to another great year of Harriers in action!
Alan
2 comments:
Yes it was a great night. My favourite race of the year ;)
Sounds like great night- looking forward to next year already ;-)
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