Mercia Fell Runners Club

A fairly nice day on the Longmynd if you could have seen it!  Strident kit check were going on, happily everyone was playing by the rules and 212 souls set off on what was the 24th running of the Longmynd Valley's Race.  As usual a few had to retire for various reasons but luckily no incidents to marr what was a good days' racing.  The finish was a close call with 8 seconds separating the winner Andrew Davies from Simon Bailey, Pete Vale was a further 5 seconds behind Simon making it a one, two, three for Mercia Fellrunners, also in the leading group within a minute of the Winner was Hugh Aggleton MDC, Richard Roberts Eryri and Steven Cale of Shrewsbury Athletic Club.  Nine minutes passed before the next runners began to appear, and a trickle became a flood. 
The combined event bringing together two races of Tittestone Clee and the Longmynd Valleys in a challenging back to back weekend of racing was won by Tim Werrett of Mercia and the top 25 runners who took part in both of these events received one of the much sought after T Shirts, well done to all those who took part in both of the races, the special challenge of the combined event adds a flavour to the Longmynd Valleys Race that is hard to find elsewhere.
20 outdoor staff and 10 indoors made this a splendid weekend with no hiccups, praise is not great enough for all the help received - thank you!
Next year will be the 25th Running of the Longmynd Valleys Race, are you man (or woman) enough to take on both races?  As it is a special year there will will plenty of surprises, don't miss it, put it in your diary now