February came, and we were into the start of the Club’s racing season with the Inca Trail on 13^th February. The recce run on the preceding weekend wasn’t quite as popular as previous years – just me, Richard, Kat and dog! Come race weekend and it was a weekend of two halves – course laying on Saturday was in glorious weather, with a convivial atmosphere and the course was quickly set out before lunch at the Dolphin; all very pleasant. Sunday came, and the weather gods had obviously had a rough night and decided to take it out on us! The 7am run round the course was bad enough – stinging wind and blattering rain making progress around the route tough going (so bad that the jelly baby stop had to wait until the bottom of Knowle Hill as it was too windy on the top!), and the fear was that all of the 50 pre-entries would take the safer option of staying in bed and that we’d have only a handful of entries; in the event, there were about 70 entrants so worth doing, but honestly can’t remember the last time I got as cold and wet as the hour and half time recording at the finish line.

 A week later and it was off to Tintinhull for the first hash laid by Sadie and Hazel; first thing – tell Sadie where Tintinhull is! Good run and report is on the Hash Report section.

February came to a close with a recce run of the new Yeovil Half Marathon course, and an intrepid group setting off from Yeovil Football Club to replicate the conditions likely to be experienced in a month’s time. A good route round familiar roads, making it feel like an extended Club run and although a few dropped out along the way, most made their way to the finish successfully and all boded well for the event at the end of March.

Tintinhull hash photos - https://picasaweb.google.com/yeoviltownrrc01/TintinhullHashFebruary2011#