This was my second time running this race and really enjoyed it (again), even though it’s quite a work out for an average runner. This is a great off-road race which includes climbing in and out of bomb craters and running through water.
Even though it was almost freezing when the race started, you soon work up a sweat tackling the long grass, muddy trails and uneven pathways through the woods.
This event is certainly a great race for beginners, dipping their toe into trail running, the river crossing around 4 miles in is quite an experience if you’re not use to submerging your whole trainer in sub zero water and then expected to run another 4 (ish) miles.
This was a well organised event including free soup, encouraging marshals and a great long sleeve technical t-shirt as a reward for taking part. Apart from getting lost entering one of the bomb creators (possibly another marshal or more tape may help the situation) I will certainly want to enter this again in the future.