Charvil 5K

Charvil is a village just off the A4 between Maidenhead and Reading, and on Sunday they had their first ever 5K fun run. It was organised by Alice, a friend Alison has made through a thread on Runners World magazine. There were only just over 100 runners, and only two men over 60 (one of whom may have walked it), so it was pretty obvious that I would win the trophy for the first male 60 plus. I thought there were only prizes for the first man and woman home, so when my name was called it was a huge surprise.

Apparently Alice is a friends of Teresa May, the Home Secretary, and it was she who started the race, gave out a medal to everyone who finished, and presented the trophies at the end. It was all quite surreal.

After the race we wandered over to the village fete that was also taking place on that day. A Pims and a burger is not the most likely combination, but they went down very well.