Car parking and collection of race numbers and chip tags was taking place at the Mountain View Ranch, a golf club and outdoor centre, which was only a short walk from the race start at Fforest fawr which, if you've never been, is a lovely forested area just above Castell Coch, ideal for family walks, mountain biking and trail running.
The race briefing took place at the start line which was on the main gravel path just along from the Fforest Fawr car park, and went along the lines of the course being quite technical in places with narrow uphill stretches where we would mostly have to run in single file, and we may need to walk up the very steep hill at mile 4, otherwise the course was hard packed dirt or gravel.
It was hot, humid and very sweaty, even though we were shaded by the trees in the forest, and those hills were tough in those conditions. So tough in fact that my finish time of 01:10 is probably the slowest 10k run, of any kind, that I have ever done.
My friend Claire Louise of Lliswerry Runners, (who is usually a little slower than me), finished 3 minutes ahead of me 😒. Paul and Charlotte from CRC were also there and also found the course tough, (I'm so glad it wasn't only me!). Rhys Knight who has just left CRC and is currently not a member of a club finished in 2nd place with a time of 49 minutes, an awesome finish for Rhys.
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| From the left is Rhys, Paul, Charlotte, Claire Louise & me |
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