I liked this run last year because it was a good run and they had some great homemade cakes at the end, so I was keen to try this again.
The race information arrived a couple of weeks before the event and I noted with despair that I had again entered the 50k and not the 42k but there was no going back now (well there was I don’t really do that).
After a long hot summer the weather had just broken and the journey their took us through torrential downpours and flooded roads. It was raining during registration and until just before the start of the race so I kept my coat on.
Within the first 2 miles I had to stop to tie up both my shoe laces and then to take my running jacket off because it was too hot. Immediately after removing my jacket it started to rain but it’s only with great reluctance that I put on/take off my jacket and fortunately the rain only lasted a few minutes and after that is was dry, sometimes hot for the remainder of the run. The 50k route takes a wide loop out before returning to join the marathon trail at Old Sarum, an iron age hill fort. I can’t remember a lot about the remainder of the route but it’s mixed terrain, sometimes fairly big climbs up the hills and pretty enjoyable.
At the end I was very disappointed because there were no homemade cakes this year.