What a Pig!

Yesterday was the Bupa Manchester 10k.  I never run this race as it's not my bag at all. Firstly it's a road race, secondly there are WAY too many runners in it and thirdly HOW MUCH TO ENTER?!?!?!?  There's no way in the world I would pay £40 for a race where the t-shirt you get isn't even technical.  To add insult to injury I noticed the other day that they charge a whopping £26 for a race photo after the event!  What????  Are you serious???  

For the past four years I have helped out with the race though, with Tony and Brenda.  We are always 'pushers' meaning that we stand between the finish line and the water/chip collection/goodie bag pickup, with the aim being to keep the runners moving so that the finish area doesn't clog up.  Runners were dropping like flies this year due to the heat and the lack of proper hydration so I did a lot of running around finding medics and escorting runners back to their family and friends.  

Despite my dislike of this money making race, I do really enjoy helping out on the day and it's a really good atmosphere.  

The best bit about the day though has to be all the free food!  You get a free lunch and as many free cakes and pastries as you can eat which I obviously took as a personal challenge.  I can't help it, if there's free cakes then I'm there and I feel like I'm missing out if I don't try them all.  I can't believe I'm going to tell this to the world but, during the day this is what I ate:

50g Porridge with syrup 

Mini pain au chocolat 

Choc chip muffin 

Chicken sandwiches 

Chocolate wafer bar 

2 x bags of drumstick sweets 

Bag of crisps 

Choc chunk cookie 

White choc chunk cookie 

3 x homemade crunchie cupcakes 

Sausage pasta 

Pint cider 

2 x cheese, chutney and salad barms

Utterly disgraceful!  There is probably over 4000 calories in that lot and, seeing as I haven't run since Monday, there really is no excuse for my glutinous behavior.  

In a bid to ease my guilt I tried a run tonight with Ruby to see if my foot was any better.  It wasn't.  I managed two miles before admitting defeat and meeting Duncan at Rivington Bowling club for a drink instead.

Total distance - 2 miles.