Hellrunner

The Hellrunner is an eleven mile cross country race which has some added extras to make it more interesting; those being loads of steep hills, plenty of muddy puddles, the so called 'Bogs of Doom' and the 'Hills of Hell'.

The weather today was dry and mild which was a bonus for this time of year but the recent wet spell meant the puddles and ditches were brimming over with foul smelling muddy water.

The first three or four miles I found pretty tough until I'd warmed up and managed to get into a steady pace; then it was just a case of trying to keep running - up the hills, down the hills, back up them again, through the mud, through the water, up the sand dunes, through another waist deep muddy bog, up another really steep, sandy hill and so on.....

I finished the race covered from head to toe in a coating of gritty, ochre coloured, smelly mud/sand, crossing the line in an hour and forty three - five minutes faster than last year. So a good result.

And at the end of the day I still had enough in me to spend an hour on the squash court with James and Rich. And won a few games too!

Next Sunday I'll be having more fun in the mud with the Saab Salomon Turbo X race. Looking forward to that.