Andy H reports..
This morning, athletes including yours truly, pounded the roads around the small village of Arlingham. In the years that I have been living in the Gloucester area I have never done this race before so I thought I had better get on and do it. I was also using this race as a final sharpener before the Oldbury Power Station 10 which is this coming Sunday
The race started at 11:30 at the Red Lion pub and we did a small loop around the lanes of Arlingham before running back through the village towards the River Severn. This part of the race was quite hard work as there was a strong breeze coming off the river. The road finishes just before the river bank so we turned around a cone and then retraced our steps back towards the village. On reaching the village again we did another but different loop before finishing back at the Red Lion pub.
I did 25:27 and came fifth (I won a box of Cadbury's chocolate cookies). There was a reasonable turnout with decent quality up at the sharp end. Overall an unusual distance (4.4 miles) but quite a pleasant race to do.