"Northern XC Blackburn"

Mud, hills and driving hailstorms! The Witton Park course already resembles a fell race but with the added weather problems it ended up like Napoleon's retreat from Moscow and the toughest and almost worst xc ever!

Week 4. Weekly mileage 26. Annual mileage 110. Sessions 24. Races 4.

"Lamb's Longer Leg"

Back for this tough little three and a half mile race. It was unusually mild but I still struggled to get under forty six minutes for the 1000ft of climb. I hung on and with a fast descent to the finish managed not to be last in!

"More Like XC At Heaton Park"

A return to Heaton Park on a cold and frosty ground which made for some slightly faster going. Six miles in 55.20.

Week 2. Weekly mileage 22. Annual mileage 61. Sessions 14. Races 2.

"Hill Climbs Over Swanscoe"

Recovery run after the cross country race the day before. Some Road running with faster hill climbs to stretch out the legs and the breathing.

Week 1. Weekly mileage 21. Annual mileage 39. Sessions 9. Races 1.

"Reaseheath Mud and the Cheshire Champs "

Back for the annual cross country championship on a waterlogged course that was far from everyone's taste! Three laps and six miles of mud and pain run in 53.52 and a 9.33 pace.

"Middlewood Way In Torrential Rain"

First run of 2016 and in addition to a cold and chesty cough it is torrential rain and gusty wind ... again!