The race website says the course was 10 miles, the entry form says 11 miles and after a bit of investigation on Garmin Connect from last year's race it looked closer to 11.5 miles - my Garmin says 11:53. In preparation, I'd done 4 sessions in the week (6 miles, 4.5 miles, 3.1 miles, 8 miles) all at a very easy pace so I was feeling relatively fresh on the morning.
This is the race profile, and it was very muddy in parts!
There were a large number of my club mates (31 in total) who did the event. Although the course itself was quite nice with good views I did find it tough. The first half is mainly uphill but the terrain on this part had some really muddy sections and I found it hard going under foot. The second half wasn't so bad in terms of the terrain but I still struggled around in 1:44:58. 2 or 3 club mates beat me at this race, who I wouldn't necessarily have expected but it was good fun and it's another race completed which is the main thing.
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