I woke up on Saturday morning to see the valley clouded in mist and drizzle. Oh dear! It was lovely yesterday. Not to worry, as the morning fully unfolded it cleared and we had mostly clear blue skies for the race, gee that's better. After the race it clouded over again and started raining. Someone was looking after us that day!
115 runners set off and 115 safely returned. Leading the way in was Steve Cale, and the first lady home was Anna Bartlett, newly of Mercia, and setting a new ladies record! (47:19).

The 'canter' is less than two weeks away and I'm looking for volunteers as marshals. So if you are not going to run it and have nothing better to do on Saturday 3rd March, I'd appreciate your help for a couple of hours. email me at dave.nichols@make247.co.uk, or phone on 01694 725597, or text to 07850 654157, thanks.