A New Year and a new start for Chewy who decided three months ago that this would be his first race back. He knew that it would be a fast and furious race, having done it five years ago. It was quite boggy up to the giants tooth summit. On the approach to the summit, there was a leading group of six, led by Joe Crossfield, who had pulled away from the rest of the pack. Ali Burns from Valley Striders made a decisive break on the descent, taking the lead which he held until the finish. There was only about 40 seconds separating the top 5 which made it a good competitive outing.
This was Shaun & Stephen Chew's first outing since the Calderdale Way relay last May and Stephen is happy being up there again. Shaun had a good run to finish 8th and Nick Kendall also had a good run to finish 27th.
Thanks must go to Ian Lewis and Caren Crabtree for putting on a well organised race.
1 Ali Burns 18:02
4 Stephen Chew 18:31
8 Shaun Chew 19:27
27 Nick Kendall 21:10