Tattenhall Runners Forum

The Tattenhall numptees team,Doc Martin,Tim Charmley and me will be setting off from the start at Thursaston Country Park at 12 10 on Sunday,Andy Blair will hopefully be there to lend support and take photos,if anyone else fancies coming along to see what their missing then don't hesitate to 'Come on Down'

After experiencing this race last year,what would make you return for more pain & punishment.?Not money,nor the prospect of gently massaging hands from the post race physio,nor simply being under the influence of alcohol, but simply the enthusiastic Tanker Rob's coercion. Team Tattenhall duly turned up , collected the usual fence post & set off over the challenging multi-terrain course along the beaches & hilly hinterland. As before, we got muddy,well very very muddy, tired & generally confused at the mental challenges( adding up & doing jigsaw type puzzles don't feature much on our training sessions). However, if it hadn't been for Rob's keen eye, Tim & I would have ended up in West Kirby( after blundering past a sneaky hidden turn), and we would never have finished in 2hrs 18 mins ( 20 mins behind the winners). Other highlights included Tim crawling under a set of ever lower poles through mud, whilst the marshall applied some additional pressure to the covering net, three unbalanced TR trying to stand together on a minimalist post for 5 seconds( fell off a few times), and that positive surge by us all, through the muddy cargo net at task number 2. Congratuations to Pensby for a superbly organised race, although constant references by marshalls to "revenge" for our Tough Team Race were a bit unsettling, and will be noted for June!! I would strongly encourage members to compete in this challenging test of endurance next year. Doc

Yes really enjoyed this race , crawling through thick mud , running on a sandy beach, on rocks,in knee deep mud up an down steep banks and carrying buckets of water up a steep hill . Wot a great endurence race from Pensby runners and a massive goody bag they gave that must have cost more to fill than the £12 to enter. I will certainly be up for this race next year and can highly recomend it to anyone no matter wot leval of runner you are.

Another top notch day out although i was the weakest link of the trio,how i managed to add 6+24+17 and get 57 is beyond me and that was only the second challenge,running on sand in the sun must have made my brain hurt. We're already plotting ways to get round a bit quicker next year but Pensby are a cunning lot and you just don't know whats in store for each challenge,this time we had to run out from the shoreline to the low water mark through thick gungy mud repeatedly which was why i felt so shattered once i'd got home,another challenge was as Martin had mentioned was a puzzle of bits of plastic triangles which we had to make into a square,very frustrating that was

Breaking news,we came 11th out of 36,thats good that!!!

Brilliant news! Mind you I feel a bit "broken" this week after carrying that fence post!

Just added the official finish photo to "general stuff"-we were certainly mucky & Tim couldn't keep his eyes open-or were they open yet covered in mud??

Must say that there are some cracking photos on the Pensby website,lilly white legs at the start then mud covered from top to toe in the other pics.

Just found some more action photos- now on Flickr & this website