After a successful Ealing Half Marathon earlier in the day, six of of our crew came back to the route to take down warning signs, mile markers and directions.

Two of our number had taken part in the race - Steph Ducat and Harvey, amazing that they still had the legs to get round again! Other had stood cheering runners on - Ealing Half really is a community event and so well supported.

We have become experts in snipping plastic ties, a life skills that could come in handy if ever stranded on a desert island! There was a bit of confusion early on as we went round of our section of the route in reverse, but it was dark and taking the long way round isn't so terrible, is it?!

Signs under our arms, we headed to drop them off at Lisa's house - the well known coordination point (Lisa also has a camper van and delivers the signs to their year round storage, a handy person to know).

At the end of a satisfying day, our team headed off into the night to for r and r (not rock n roll; rest and recuperation!).

Thousands of runners wizzed through the streets of Ealing for the annual half marathon. Loads of familiar faces running or cheering. What a great atmosphere and well done to all. We all went bananas at the end 😀 Thanks to the GG supporters on the route.

Another great session at Paddington Rec Track: loads of VI Runners and guides tonight. was it because there was a picnic after the session or the chocolate cake that birthday boy Breandan brought tonight? We will never know! We formed our usual circle at the track, introduced ourselves and said what each person wanted to do tonight. This is the circlenif trust as both VI Runners and Guides put their trust in each other. Welcome to Ryan for his first guided run and he took the challenge of being shadow to Tom who does nearly 10km with a 400 meter finish sprint!! Well done. Then Lucy didnt just stick to guide running : she joined his small group of 5 for a fitness session with running involved - hats up to her. Veronika, Maria, Harvey and Steph Ducat teamed up with a VI Runner to run around the track. After a great session most of us stayed for a small picnic near the track.