NEWS ARCHIVE
MUDRUNNER 2010!
On Sunday 17th October 2010 I completed the Mud Runner - arguably the toughest off road in Britain. The event was held at Eastnor Castle on the very tracks that have been used to develop and test the world's best all terrain vehicles for the past 40 years.
The 10km course covered a variety of terrain and conditions from rolling grassland, to mud, wet mud and sticky mud. The course included hills, water filled pits and muddy banks all of which had be negotiated as quickly as possible. It was a pretty tough race but something I thoroughly enjoyed as I think the photos show.
I would certainly recommend it to anybody who was up for a slightly different challenge!
Ross raises £3,700.00 for charity
Ross raised in excess of £3700 towards the Dallaglio target of £1,000,000 to be shared between Sport Relief, Cancer Research UK, DebRA, the RPA Benevolent and Help the Heroes. This excellent total was raised by organising a charity auction at Farrington Golf and Country Club, personal donations and through his just giving page; www.justgiving.com/ross-elliott. Chew Valley Young Farmers presented a cheque for £500 to Ross at the auction.
The ride during the week started in Paris with a group of 83 cyclists. Tuesday, the first day of cycling, what appeared to be a massive 86 kilometres across France to cycle, the weather, persistent rain. Wednesday morning, fine and dry, starting at the Thiepval War Memorial to the fallen at the Battle of the Somme, where Lawrence laid a wreath. The French countryside was lovely and being flat made cycling a real pleasure. "This was one of the highlights of the week".
Thursday, we would be back in England cycling from Calais to Maidstone. This was not a good day, 3 punctures and 2 split tyres and again the weather was just wet and wetter. Euro tunnel staff joined the cyclists and they all pedalled onto the train, the first to do this, as it is a transport train. Riding off the train, they set off for the rugby club at Folkestone and then to Maidstone.
Friday, the end in sight, off to Twickenham with the novel experience of cycling through central London, past many of the sites, Buckingham Palace, the Houses of Parliament, St Paul's Cathedral and along the King's Road. Arriving at Twickenham the 83 riders were met by Prince Harry who was introduced to all. This last ride was 100kms and was more testing as it was the section with the most hills.
Ross said, "I was thrilled to take part, it has given me a great sense of achievement, not only to take part but also to raise the funds for the needy charities".