. . 200m to go . . how welcome is that! . .

. . and when you had finished, these three lovely ladies from Sue Ryder were there to hand you your t-shirt . .

. . and these three lovely ladies were there to make sure you got something to drink afterwards . . although they couldn't understand why the orange had all gone whilst there was still so much gin left . .

. . this youngster seems to be in training for the 46th (ish) Sandy 10 . .

. . and once the results were in Nigel Bush, the Race Director, was able to start the Prize Giving . .

. . the Mayor of Sandy, Councillor Susan Sutton, presented most of the prizes . . here are the two winners, Sally Onn from St Albans Striders, and Will Green of Serpentine Running Club . .

. . and some of the age category prize winners . . congratulations to all . .

. . St Albans Striders and Trent Park Running Club won the Team prizes . . whilst Bedford Harriers won the prize for being the best-represented club . . obviously more than two of them took part in the race . .

. . and the race was also the Bedfordshire 10 mile Championship Race . . with some by now familiar faces receiving their County medals . .