Race The Light

This was a tough year due to torrential rain all day and high water levels. The organisers did an amazing job of getting everyone back safely! Marshalls standing waist deep in water for hours!! Head torches are a must unless you are super speedy!! Nice to see how far you can get on the course before having to turn your light on though!! Lovely route through privately owned woods not normally open to the public. Have a hot drink ready for when you finish as in December that last water crossing can feel pretty bracing!! Nice buff as a memento.

loved the idea, the experience was great fun and bonus credit to take advantage of a brief moment during the day to share with people. you cant book the weather, but that makes it more exciting. I have organised my own event which does that in essence and will look further for creative ones like this.

Really enjoyable individual event. I have not been a part of any other events quite like these apart from other pure trail races.

Make sure you're ready for that river crossing with all the rain we had it made it deeper tigh deep, its then uphill and then weaving through woodland trail so a decnt pair of trail shoes.

Make sure you have your own drinks bottle. It was in the conformation email

This was the most fun I've ever had with my running shoes on. The current was strong, and so my advice would be to just keep going in the water. Do not stop!My first trail run at night, and I enjoyed it so much I'll be finding more for the coming season.

As with every Puretrail event they are well organised and always a challenging course. Having run before, I was aware of what was to come and the comm's from puretrail fill in the blanks of any queries you might have.

In 2018, the weather was awful, but it just made the race even more fun. The two water crossings were very cold and the current was quite strong, but don't be put off by that, the organisers would not let you go if it was not safe! Wear trail shoes that are NOT Gortex, so the water can come back out. Your feet and legs will soon warm up as the course is fast and fun. There is a lot of mud and it can be slippy, so the grippier the better.The aid station is well stocked at 4 miles, but you have to bring your own cup, as they do not provide bottles/cups (and rightly so!!). However, I found that hydration was not an issue, as long as you get plenty of water in before the race. Take some warm clothes you will need it and love it at the end.

Put more emphasis on being self sufficient for drink in the race. The jelly babies were brilliant at the turn around point