Bang!

And another runner drove into the back of my car.

I knew he was running because, after we’d pulled over, parked up, and he got out, he was was wearing trackie bottoms and a pair of trainers.

“Running today?” I asked.

“Yes,” he said.

“Don’t go too fast!” I didn’t add.

I was only a few hundred metres from the start line when a car in front of me indicated it was turning left into a side road, I slowed down and the car behind me didn’t .

Bang!

Luckily, it was just a minor knock and while he had a crack in his front bumper I only had a couple of small scratches, and I wasn’t even sure if they were new or had been there before and I’d just not noticed.

I can understand why his eyes were not on the road. There’s not a lot of parking near the start and he was probably checking the side roads to see if he could spot somewhere to park. He should have been looking straight ahead!

But no damage done, at least not to my car, so I took his number and carried onto register and race.

This years race was a cold and sharp but thankfully dry. The race always represents a good early year test with some rolling hills at the start and end. However, since work on a housing development meant a change to the route two years ago, it’s not quite as hilly as it used to be.

There was a water station around the halfway point with cups big enough to take an extra large scoop of cinema popcorn. But, strangely, just a mouthful of water. Was the amount of water of in inverse to the size of the cup? Or was the cup so big that the water become small in comparison? There was actually two litres of H20 in those cups, it just seemed like a drop.

As always the race is well organised by Kirkintilloch Olympians and it has a good selection of biscuits at the end.

Thankfully, no one hit me on the way home.