Colworth Challenge

Liz, Helen Knight and Gail from Group 4 ran. Well done to Katie Godof, 3rd fastest lady! Good luck to her tomorrow and Sunday for the 8 miles and half marathon. Scenic route on field headlands and through the woods. Lovely evening made better by free Magnums courtesy of Unilever

If you enjoy immersing in off road countryside then today would be a highlight of the series.

Some very welcome shade in the woods again, mixed in with plenty of blazing heat in the long grassy fields and a return to that ridged track from the Sharnbrook XC (now devoid of mud and very hard and tricky!) It was a varied enjoyable route, tough trying to race it at midday but a good sense of we’re all in it together!

Less than half the competitors of the 5m, with 144 finishers and the last coming in around 2hours.

More free ice creams, lollies and iced teas were consumed on the comfy garden chairs at the finish and the chat turned from relief at it being over and comparing countryside related rashes to how we will survive Sunday’s finale...

Write up by Liz Conibere and Katie Godof