The Great Yorkshire Pieathlon 2016

[diglett]

I am from London. I do runs that start in places like Trafalgar Square and take you across smooth, wide roads with not so much as a pothole in your way. If I am feeling a bit reckless, I might go for a bit of “trail running” somewhere like Richmond Park, where you occasionally tread in a puddle, or spend two minutes running uphill. That’s as

Comments

[hazelstitch]

Please do not tar all Northerners with the same brush - the pies sound like the only good bit of that whole experience!

[diglett]

You're from Leeds? Leeds is like a northern version of London, it's quite civilised. I like that pub that is on a barge in the middle of a roundabout.

[hazelstitch]

I am from Leeds, and see that pub every day on my way too and from work ;)

[owlfish]

Were any of the pies the best pies? Were they all provided by the same source, or a variety of different bakers?

Wishing you less running mud in the future.

[diglett]

I think they had a Pie Contract. There were too many pork pies and not enough fruit pies. I could have done with a mince pie to finish off with but it was too late. The steak and kidney affair was my favourite.