Today’s race at Paxton House, near Kelso was the penultimate in the Borders Cross Country series for this season. I was chatting to Hilary just before the start and her last words to me were, “Hope you’ve got good knots on your shoes.” Knots on shoes? As we started running, it took a second or two to sink in (mentally and through the mud) and the next I heard was that someone has lost her shoe. Yes, fortunately, I had good knots on my shoes, although I think webbed feet (and wings!) might have been useful today, too. This must rate as the muddiest cross country race for a while. On the other hand there was only one river crossing (I remember five from last year) and this gave our shoes an opportunity to lose some of the accumulated mud. Many thanks to the organisers and the marshals who made this a great race.
Race results will be available from here.
Margaret