Out for a LSR this morning, having got up too late for Parkrun (it was raining anyway...).
Who am I kidding...don't think 10k counts as 'L' does it?
But it was certainly S.
At least it was an R, and it had stopped raining by the time I got out, quite pleasant in fact.
After the half I did a few weeks ago I was seriously worried that I would be disqualified - at some point around 14k a race marshal on a bike came past and took a photo and noted down my race number. When I got home a little later I looked to enter next years' race and read the rules, which highlighted all in ear headphones were banned (even though the roads were closed) - anyone wearing headphones would be disqualified. Then I read this years' rules - the same, clearly highlighted. My fault for not reading the rules when I entered, but thankfully I didn't get disqualified.
I have always run with music ( wired earbuds from a MP3 player a while back, now BT earbuds via Garmin watch).
Anyway, to the point of my rambling - it was my birthday last week and the kids treated me to a pair of 'AfterShokz' bone conduction headphones (after a hint). You are allowed to wear these in races.
I was a little skeptical and tried them out first time this morning, but in fact they are wonderful. Comfortable and good sound. You can hear the birds tweeting around you....and more importantly cars. Very strange at first but am very impressed.
Wishing I was headed to Malaga...