Lumphanan Detox 10k - The Hill!

Nearing the top of the challenging ascent which forms the first 2km of the earliest 10k run in Scotland each year. I was getting hot, so a brief stop to take off my my running jacket gave me a chance to take a quick photo. The bloke in the middle distance was one of three who were rather madly wearing full firemen's kit and large air cylinder on their backs. Thankfully (for personal pride) the other two of them were already behind me and I passed this guy soon afterwards. So I managed to finish ahead of all the fancy dress types, in almost exactly an hour. Respectable for such a hilly course and a better time than when I last ran it a couple of years ago. After the high of finishing, a flat tyre on the way home was bit of a low - although if this is going to happen, 400m from the Aboyne garage is a good place to be.