I know what you're thinking. "Bron, you charismatic stallion, it's been over a week since the Great Gorilla Run. Why haven't you Blogged anything?" Unfortunately, despite having a blog, I'm not the most frequent of bloggers. Regardless, the past week has been filled of it's own distractions to derail my focus from blogging (as infrequent as it is).Well, what can I say about the event? It was a not un-windy day, and somewhat cold. Despite this, the gorillas still removed their heads to reveal they were actually sweat-drenched humans afterall. There was a substantial amount of supporters, mostly gathered around the start/finish line up Mincing Lane (close to Monument), where Bill Oddie awaited to hand out medals to each runner as they crossed the line to the sound of an all-gorilla percussive band.
I'm not entirely sure what else I can say about the event!A thousand people hopped into some gorilla costumes and went for a run around central London, leaving pedestrians and drivers baffled. Most amusingly was the bloke out for a casual run, completely oblivious of the event, suddenly being overtaken by a band of gorillas. I sincerely hope he still doesn't quite understand what went on to this day...
Oh, and a most gratuitous thank you to Bill Bailey for posting about this event to his followers on Twitter - the Animal Ledger website received so many views from his tweet that the bandwidth had to be upgraded! Bill Bailey is a supporter of both the Sumatran Orangutan Society and International Animal Rescue, and we really appreciate him publicising this event in the hope of gaining more sponsors.
