My first off-road race

Yesterday I took part in the Cloud 9 Hill Race, an off-road running race from Congleton to Bosley Cloud and back.

The distance is 9 miles or 14.5km over trail, road and boggy! fields.

As it was the first time I'd entered a running race and knowing the terrain and ascent in advance! I set myself a time of under 2 hours to complete the course with a mixture of walking! and jogging.

With support from the marshals around the course and members of the public out walking I managed to finish it with a time of 1 hour 56 minutes (419/432 place).

Thanks to the other runners I spoke to along the way who helped keep me going.

On the way back I thought I may loose my running shoes in the muddy fields but managed to keep them on!

Some photos taken on the day by taken by Bryan Dale and Michael Escolme. (Thanks for being able to download them for free :) )

  

Will I be doing it again next year? The answer is Yes!