in July I was in Oxfordshire, at the Addenbury 10k and Half Marathon, where the smiley people at the drinks station instinctively knew to pose with the windmill clearly visible behind them, with no direction from me . .
Later in the month I was at the Buckinghamshire village of Mentmore, where Leighton Buzzard Runners held their Club Duathlon . .
and then I popped over to Bedfordshire, to Bedford Park in Bedford, for the Doug Anderson 5k, where I struggled with the Wednesday evening light, but still got some interesting photos . .
August found me back in Oxfordshire, at the 15th Abingdon parkrun, beside the River Thames at Pye Meadow . .
and then closer to home in Buckinghamshire, for the Bearbrook 10k at Weston Turville . .
and they've all been good fun, and I must thank the race organisers for having me along, and the runners for their smiles and waves and kind words as they run past me . .
Now September is upon us (how did that happen?) and it's my busiest month, starting with the Dunstable Downs Challenges - 13.1,20 or 26.2 miles of beautiful Chiltern countryside . . with hardly a marshal in sight and some navigation required . . so there are often groups of runners from the same club running and racing together . .
although not everyone feels the need to hold hands as they get closer to the finish . .
The following weekend I'll be back in Abingdon, taking photos at the town's 20th parkrun on the Saturday, and next day I'll be in that London, at the inaugural Credit Suisse Beckton Park Challenge, where there'll be a 3k Junior race, and 5k and 10k races for all ages . .
and then it's one of my favourite events on the calendar, the JW Ultra - 30 miles of canal from Stratford-on-Avon to Bournville in Birmingham . .
This cluster of races is completed early in October by the Ridgeway Run, 15k of running over beautiful Hertfordshire countryside - a lovely event organised by my own club, Tring Running Club . .
Do please keep popping back to www.theracephotographer.com to find my photos from these events . .
