This Sunday saw Peterhead's running festival take place for the second year. Organised by JogScotland, the event combines three categories from which participants can select their distance: a 'school run' for children; the Shell 5k; and the Peterhead half marathon.
To be honest, i don't know much more about it than that.
What i do know is that the half marathon option takes its runners out of town and passes by our house, so i spent much of my Sunday afternoon watching from the warmth of our living room while joggers 'struggled' by with various degrees of enjoyment on their faces.
They'd set up a drinks stand at the end of our driveway (right at the end of our driveway, but the less said about that the better), so there were a lot of awkward trying-to-drink-from-a-paper-cup-and-run-at-the-same-time moments going on, much to my amusement..
And in true Peterhead fashion the rain had to get in on the act.
But still the runners kept coming..
..And i spent the afternoon feeling a) remarkably impressed by the huge variety of people taking part and b) thoroughly ashamed that my own attempts at jogging lasted about two weeks before a painfully swollen knee provided an excuse to give up. (It was hugely swollen and incredibly painful, but the fact i haven't attempted a jog ever since probably says a lot about my commitment to this running lark.)
i am filled with nothing but awe and respect for anyone who can take on a half marathon and conquer it.. and even more-so for anyone who can run and find enjoyment in it.
Bravo to the lot of them, i say!
i certainly took the lazy option this Sunday, but i rather enjoyed my afternoon spent with a camera pointing out the window. Worryingly, though, i couldn't help but feel a bit like this guy..
Oh dear!
xo
3 Comments
I have yet to see a jogger/runner look as if they are enjoying themselves!
ReplyDeleteTell me about it! Why does anyone do it?!
DeleteI could no more run (except for a bus) than I could fly!
ReplyDeleteVery funny video clip. Did the runners see you photographing them?