Double weekend with Saturn Running

After two weeks of being in Scotland, it was time to head south to a) warm up, b) go to work, and c) disperse the stress created by work with some running.

So Friday and Saturday, I spent two days at Saturn Running, on days 1 and 2 of their Ten in Ten Series - it was fabulous to be back and catch up with many friends.

On Friday, I ran with Sarah, and as it had been three weeks since our last chat-athon, and an eventful three weeks at that, there was a lot of material to cover. So we did an chat-tra (an ultra spent chatting) to make a good indent in the agenda (to be continued; there's always more to chat about). It wasn't too cold, but was quite grey and cloudy, and it was nice running weather. We were powered mostly by giant flumps - making it Flump Friday. The medals for the Ten in Ten are butterfly themed, which was very appropriate, and they are very pretty. Mini ultra completed (27.2 miles).

On Saturday morning, I realised I had brought two left feet of my toe socks rather than a pair, which made getting ready to run an interesting, but not impossible, feet. I ran with Sarah, Gavin and James, which was good fun. Highlights included a good dose of northern abuse/ banter/ motivation from James, being pooed on by a bird 1.5 miles from the end (good luck?), more flumps (is it possible to turn into one?), orange and blackcurant mocktails (sadly, lacking vodka) at the aid station, a dog dressed as dinosaur, and it still being warm enough to run in a vest (albeit with arm warmers, now with bird poo on). Another mini ultra completed. All followed by nice coffee with Gavin and Sean afterwards, and thank you Gavin for the lift to the airport.

Thank you Saturn Running and Team for a really fun couple of days! Well done to all runners, and good luck to those continuing with some/all of the ten!