Isobel's 10km Run, Alton Water, Stutton, Suffolk - 6th May 2018

Isobel enters her first organised race for a while - the Blocks 10K Run, as part of the Alton Water Run 2018 - along with Allyson from Tacolneston. Nosher and the boys tag along to hang around in the sun, roll down hills and eat ice cream.

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Wavy chops some hedge down

Wavy chops some hedge down

A stream of people heads down to registration

A Limnological tower over the resevoir

More entrants and supporters

The boys do a spot of limbo

Some dude sits on the dam

Isobel and Allyson hang around after registration

There's a big queue for the bogs

The boys have a race down the dam's earth bank

A spot of hill rolling

A mass of runners

The race kicks off as over 1,300 runners leg it

The serious runners go first

Isobel and Allyson

Runners and the Alton Resevoir

Firefighter Dale Mason is running 10km in full gear

A flourescent barcode is reflected in the water

The somewhat lo-tech start line

Crowds mill around at the finish line

The boys mess around as we wait for ice cream

A bunch of Laser dinghies race around

A marshall points the way

There's a sprint for the finish

A runner gets a helping hand over the line

The joy of finishing

Allyson comes in

Isobel seems happy to finish

A runner gets a trumpet fanfare on finishing

The trumpeter shakes hands

Isobel meets up with Allyson

The water station

Meanwhile, Fred slides down an inflatable slide

Isobel flicks through race results

Time for a selfie

More sailing out on the water

Isobel does some stretches

Fred on the playground

The boys are on a climbing frame

Fred's on the dam

Fred does a bit more rolling down a hill