193 intrepid runners took part in the 2nd staging of Cheddar Running Club’s challenging 15 mile trail race, “The Big Cheese” on Sunday 8th March. Running conditions were perfect- cool with a slight drizzle that, thankfully for the marshals, didn’t amount to anything heavier.
Off road-Hilly-Merciless-CAKE! Image courtesy of Celia Boothman
1st male: Matthew Battensby
1st Female Angela Jones
The clear winner of the ladies’ race was Angela Jones of Fairwater Runners Cwmbran (2:01:17), followed by Jo Taphouse of Minehead running Club (2:05:28) and Celia Boothman (2:07:31- you can read a fantastic write-up of Celia’s Big Cheese Experience here).
The top runners were rewarded with 1KG cheese each, while all runners were treated to a custom-made cheese wedge-shaped medal and lots of cake of course!
Cheesy medals!
Lots of free images taken by the lovely marshals are available here , while images from the professional photographer are here.
Thanks to all who made the race a great success, especially Race Director Andy Rich, who put in an enormous amount of work behind the scenes to make it a fantastic day for the runners.
