Run Report by Kate
It was in the lovely evening sunshine we set off with ‘excitement’ up hill from the Hughenden car park, unfortunately ‘excitement’ abandoned us half way up the hill (she had obviously had enough) and we all arrive breathing heavily and sweating at the top! (Well some of us!) Numbers this week were good, ‘virgin’ runners for the 2008 season included Presso, Spider and Richard, welcome back gentlemen, and they were joined by Brett, Jerome, Jules, John, Duds, David, Selwyn, Amanda, Susie (no Chris), Doug and myself.
Once the hill had been negotiated and we had regrouped, we set off into the woods, a certain amount of ‘catching up’ was taking place amongst the back runners. Brett mentioned his gout, the reason for his absence the last couple of weeks, to which Susie sympathized and said her father got that too! (Is there a comparison?) She then went on the ask David about his sheltered housing!
Lots of up and downs, some in woods some not, the back runners continued with their ‘male bonding session’ at one point splitting from the main group entirely only to have us find them later and gleefully overtake them! 40 mins and we were back into the car park, good pace, but quite a short one.(Enjoy boys, it will not always be that short!)
Once watered we retired to the Harrow, why is that pub always empty? Could it be the smiling face behind the bar? Usual high spirits and banter ensued, topics of conversation included Freddy and Oliver winning the Rugby tournament in Belgium, well done boys and a special congratulations to Chris who coaches the team! Susie,
Amanda and I set about trying the remember as many terms for gay people as possible, apparently, according to Brett, ‘bum bandit’ is very 80’s, (How does he know?) ‘pillow hugger’ is actually ‘pillow biter’ and I have at last learnt the meaning of the phrase ‘uphill gardening’. We were all very impressed with Doug, he bravely sat between Susie and Amanda and engaged them in conversation, please note that from now on each male runner will be expected to do this on a rotational basis, husbands are excluded, as they can talk to you at home! (Rotational does not mean every week, John!)
No chips this week, just numerous packets of crisp, peanuts, twiglets, mini cheddars and pork scratching, I can’t help thinking that despite my comments last week chips might have been healthier? No spoofing for the report this week, thank god!
Next week, the Jolly Farmer at Cookham Dean, 7pm. If I remember last year we finished by running through the bottom of the pub garden, perfect run!
It was in the lovely evening sunshine we set off with ‘excitement’ up hill from the Hughenden car park, unfortunately ‘excitement’ abandoned us half way up the hill (she had obviously had enough) and we all arrive breathing heavily and sweating at the top! (Well some of us!) Numbers this week were good, ‘virgin’ runners for the 2008 season included Presso, Spider and Richard, welcome back gentlemen, and they were joined by Brett, Jerome, Jules, John, Duds, David, Selwyn, Amanda, Susie (no Chris), Doug and myself.
Once the hill had been negotiated and we had regrouped, we set off into the woods, a certain amount of ‘catching up’ was taking place amongst the back runners. Brett mentioned his gout, the reason for his absence the last couple of weeks, to which Susie sympathized and said her father got that too! (Is there a comparison?) She then went on the ask David about his sheltered housing!
Lots of up and downs, some in woods some not, the back runners continued with their ‘male bonding session’ at one point splitting from the main group entirely only to have us find them later and gleefully overtake them! 40 mins and we were back into the car park, good pace, but quite a short one.(Enjoy boys, it will not always be that short!)
Once watered we retired to the Harrow, why is that pub always empty? Could it be the smiling face behind the bar? Usual high spirits and banter ensued, topics of conversation included Freddy and Oliver winning the Rugby tournament in Belgium, well done boys and a special congratulations to Chris who coaches the team! Susie,
Amanda and I set about trying the remember as many terms for gay people as possible, apparently, according to Brett, ‘bum bandit’ is very 80’s, (How does he know?) ‘pillow hugger’ is actually ‘pillow biter’ and I have at last learnt the meaning of the phrase ‘uphill gardening’. We were all very impressed with Doug, he bravely sat between Susie and Amanda and engaged them in conversation, please note that from now on each male runner will be expected to do this on a rotational basis, husbands are excluded, as they can talk to you at home! (Rotational does not mean every week, John!)
No chips this week, just numerous packets of crisp, peanuts, twiglets, mini cheddars and pork scratching, I can’t help thinking that despite my comments last week chips might have been healthier? No spoofing for the report this week, thank god!
Next week, the Jolly Farmer at Cookham Dean, 7pm. If I remember last year we finished by running through the bottom of the pub garden, perfect run!
