The Haselbury 10K trail race was my first venture in to this side of running. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening. In its 30th running this is a slick operation from the moment you arrive. An unplanned road closure was communicated via the website to pre warn people. A large well marshalled car park was available. Collecting race number was quick and straightforward. Race briefing was held 10 minutes prior to the start before the organisers took a group photo.

The start was on a narrow country lane, my only negative point about the event was that too many slower runners were at the front which possibly cost me about 90 secs on the night.

The route was stunning with varying terrain and was marshalled very well with enthusiastic volunteers who encouraged everyone along. 

On completion there was a momento of a large bottle of apple juice produced from the orchards we had run through, complete with a label to mark the event. There was a bbq and bar available, the burgers were fantastic quality and very much enjoyed.

I will without doubt be back next year and in the mean time I will try and find some more trail races to enter.

Well done to everyone involved in organising this great friendly event 

It’s always nice to get out for a run on a lovely summers evening, and Wednesday was just that, a perfect mix of driving rain, gusting wind and grey sky, Summer at its best!

The Haselbury 10k is one of the oldest races in the area, dating back from the late 80’s, and is a two lap mainly trail course, with one stream crossing and one steep hill on each loop.

Jennie, Rosie, Kim,Charmaine, Mark and I (Neil) joined all the others in the very nice Haselbury Plunket cricket club for the registration, race brief and catch up, it was a good turnout even in the bad weather, as this is one of the Somerset Series, before we were off. It’s a really nice route of mixed terrain, some farmtrack, footpath, a sticky stretch through a cornfield, a small stream crossing, a fair few stiles and gates to get through or past, and a bit of a hill.

It was wet, slippy, and great fun, we splashed in puddles, tried to sing and didn’t take it to seriously. We crossed the line in about 1hr 15mins (some of us in a spectacular fashion!) and dripped off homeward to block our washing machines!

A great well organised race from Crewkerne Running Club, and one for a full club run next year!