Folksworth 15

I'm trying to cure my addiction of entering races every single weekend, but I've been at it again... this time it was the Folksworth 15, one I've always fancied doing. And I wasn't disappointed, despite a longish drive out to the A1(M) from Suffolk. The race HQ consisted of a village hall and school, nice facilities. Again, an impressively well organised race drawing entrants from quite far away, it consisted of 2 x 7.5 mile laps around scenic but quiet undulating country roads. The hills were not steep but were long, and into the second lap were beginning to thin out the field as people began to tire. Conditions were cold and overcast, with a slight headwind on the higher ground in parts, but way better than in past years which have seen grim wintry conditions. The winner broke the course record in under 1 hour 20 minutes, a bit out of my league sorry to say! But there were a lot of fit runners at this race, possibly using this as a progress test for their London Marathon training. The number of runners I spotted from other Suffolk clubs was very low, not surprising given the distance from home. You could get your race photo printed straight after the race, they had great bacon sarnies, and the now famous long-sleeved T-shirt. Yaxley Runners are a very friendly lot which made the day even better; how about it next year Striders?

Ker Macrosson