Well, it's the Manchester Marathon next Sunday. I wanted to show my support for Manchester after the terror attack. So, a little trip to the Manchester Shop in town, to get a worker bee tee shirt (unofficial Manchester symbol), in which to run and probably make more of an idiot of myself than normal.
Unfortunately, the shop owners found out the purpose of the tee shirt. They were absolutely full of advice. 'You do know that there's a free bus around town? You don't have to run you know'. 'WHAT???? You paid to run around this place? You could just set off now for a few hours, save some cash' 'you know we're not accepting that top back now if it doesn't fit, don't try and return it if you're running in it, it'll smell very bad'. And so the little quips went on.
All for the spirt of Manchester and running.
Thanks guys. Ahem.