The Bristol MoRun is held in Ashton Court and follows the same route as the St Peter’s Hospice 10k. The car parking postcode is incorrect, but the pre-race email flags this up and points you to a car park which is very limited in size. You need to get there early otherwise you’ll be parking outside the grounds.

Picking up my number was easy but it helps if you know your number in advance. I didn’t realise I needed to but they sorted me out quickly. There were about 10 toilets for hundreds, so pretty big queues but they moved quickly.

The compère on the day was great, really got everyone laughing and smiling, even in the rain!

The race, a two lap course through the country park, starts near the registration tents and heads downhill on tarmac before a left turn and a climb. After 500m it turns into a gravel track that weaves up into the woods. The track is muddy and gravelly and all under autumn leaves so can get a bit slippy. The climb is about 1.5 km before levelling out and carrying on for another km before emerging onto tarmac where there’s a dog-leg before 2km of fast downhill. At the bottom of the downhill section the track turns right to redo the loop again. The water station was handing out water cups at the start of the second loop. 

At the finish line I got a great looking medal and a bottle of water and managed to get to the massage tent too which was great. It was pouring with rain so there was a quick escape afterwards!

Great event for an important charity and despite the hills I’d love to do it again!