May 23, 2019
Thank you to Jackie for this write up
On Saturday 11th May a group of hardy adventurers made their way to an event near Market Harborough, Leicestershire for the first Run Rabbit Festival in the area. There was the choice of 3 different challenges or you could combine them all and camp overnight.
We opted to take part in the first, which was 5 x 5k over trails. Each run was over a different course, all starting on the hour. Between each run we had to gather our belongings and walk to the start of the next run. As the day wore on the time to reach the next start got shorter and shorter, so that by the last run we just got there before we had to run again. The courses were all different, some on grass, some on trails and a large number of hills. Fortunately the weather was good because there was no shelter. At the end of each 5k we received a coloured wristband and at the end a carrot shaped medal. – rabbits!!! It was a fun event but exhausting although Ian Cunningham thought that 25k was not enough of a challenge and had taken part in a parkrun first. Crazy! Number Name Gender Club Yellow Green Red Blue Orange Total 265 Barry Allen M Sphinx AC 00:21:41 00:22:29 00:25:52 00:25:59 00:30:12 02:06:13 229 Paul Slatford M SENM AC Sphinx 00:22:39 00:23:00 00:25:18 00:26:48 00:32:38 02:10:23 115 Wayne Broadbent M SENM Sphinx AC 00:22:51 00:24:01 00:27:15 00:27:35 00:29:56 02:11:38 212 Laura Pibworth-Dolinski F SENF Sphinx ac 00:27:07 00:29:00 00:31:40 00:35:10 00:37:58 02:40:55 131 Ian Cunningham M M50 Sphinx ac 00:29:43 00:28:58 00:31:59 00:35:17 00:42:35 02:48:32 240 Jackie Stuart F F60 Sphinx AC 00:29:47 00:31:33 00:33:34 00:37:07 00:39:30 02:51:31 172 Helen King F F40 Sphinx AC 00:29:44 00:30:00 00:33:31 00:36:01 00:42:37 02:51:53 18 Myles Davies M M50 Sphinx AC 00:29:03 00:31:22 00:35:07 00:37:56 00:41:27 02:54:55 202 Graham Nicholson M M40 Sphinx AC 00:33:10 00:34:45 00:42:05 00:28:43 injured for 4 & 5 247 Sally-Anne Tully F F40 Sphinx AC 00:35:55 00:37:57 00:42:24 00:43:53 00:53:00 03:33:09