Lumps..

16 February, 2025 - Mikey Fry

Here we go up the lovely tarmac run Gareth and mark and co disappear off Issac starts to chat to me get a few words out but not much need to breathe it’s winds fir a bit up and down boom we hit the motor bike bumps brutal some walking maybe here etc Stephen in front Bernard passes me at some stage over the humps on to more trail faster guys love this part me not so much Nicola passes by I keep up with her eventually we hit the nearly top bit I fly past Tim Stephen Nicola and nearly pass Bernard but not quite left across and down the slippery lovely bit boom we hit the hard down hill I fly past everyone in front of me then onto flat bit passed again by the lads last flat bit Nicola gets me I’m wrecked over the line thanks again angels and the Bushe for a super race well done to all good day:) mikey

Stéphane Claude

16 February, 2025

Beautiful race, beautifully designed although in such majestic surroundings, it would kinda hard to design a bad course, so only half a kudos to Graham, today's course designer. Anyway, smashing, dry late morning. Angela, today's race director, let's us runners off the leash to tackle the first hill which leads pretty quickly to the second hill and then the 3rd one. The whole 420 meters of total elevation is done within the first 5k. Easy peasy. One volunteer (thank you all of you) is warning us the section ahead is a bit greasy (or was it fairly greasy?), but in reality it was a slippery slope in its purest form. Trying to find the right balance between going down hard and avoid the fall was quite the challenge.
So, as always, good craic, good people, lovely mud, another truly enjoyable IMRA event, pure and simple.