Race for life

My wife and her friend did a local 'Race for Life' 5k on Sunday. There are a ton of these events up and down the country to raise money for cancer research. They are women-only events specifically aimed at breast cancer funding.

They took our 3yr-old daughter with them and she was very pleased to be in a race wearing a number like Daddy does. My wife had to carry her up some of the hills but, she was beaming when she finished and proudly showed off her medal at nursery yesterday.

My parents came down for the day to cheer them on and my wife's friend's husband also popped over. The weather was nice and sunny too so all in all it was a good day.

As expected at these charity runs, you do see some strange entrants. There was a women running in a bra, feather boa and the tightest, smallest hot pants I've seen outside of the Aussie gay mardi-gras. As no men were supposed to be running there was one guy in drag, mini-skirt, stocking, stilletoes and a wig. He must have walked the whole course on tip-toe to stop sinking the heels into the grass.