title Isobel's 10km Run, Alton Water, Stutton, Suffolk - 6th May 2018 intro 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. imgp0278 Wavy chops some hedge down imgp0281 A stream of people heads down to registration imgp0282 A Limnological tower over the resevoir imgp0283 More entrants and supporters imgp0286 The boys do a spot of limbo imgp0288 Some dude sits on the dam imgp0291 Isobel and Allyson hang around after registration imgp0293 There's a big queue for the bogs imgp0298 The boys have a race down the dam's earth bank imgp0302 A spot of hill rolling imgp0304 A mass of runners imgp0313 The race kicks off as over 1,300 runners leg it imgp0316 The serious runners go first imgp0330 Isobel and Allyson imgp0337 Runners and the Alton Resevoir imgp0340 Firefighter Dale Mason is running 10km in full gear imgp0353 A flourescent barcode is reflected in the water imgp0357 The somewhat lo-tech start line imgp0359 Crowds mill around at the finish line imgp0360 The boys mess around as we wait for ice cream imgp0366 A bunch of Laser dinghies race around imgp0371 A marshall points the way imgp0414 There's a sprint for the finish imgp0424 A runner gets a helping hand over the line imgp0432 The joy of finishing imgp0436 Allyson comes in imgp0444 Isobel seems happy to finish imgp0450 A runner gets a trumpet fanfare on finishing imgp0451 The trumpeter shakes hands imgp0454 Isobel meets up with Allyson imgp0464 The water station imgp0470 Meanwhile, Fred slides down an inflatable slide imgp0476 Isobel flicks through race results imgp0477 Time for a selfie imgp0480 More sailing out on the water imgp0482 Isobel does some stretches imgp0483 Fred on the playground imgp0485 The boys are on a climbing frame imgp0490 Fred's on the dam imgp0493 Fred does a bit more rolling down a hill