I have taken part in this annual event 5 times (and run multiple legs twice). Some of the best endurance athletes from across the country descend on Mansfield and a village of tents and club flags are proudly set up (Kev arrived at 9am to set up and lay out the refreshments). The relays run from 11am until 4pm. Events like this inspire me to do better.
Doncaster AC pays the entry fee for the athletes (over £300 this year) and we had 11 teams from the club take part (30 athletes). We are lucky that Mansfield is an easy drive for us from Doncaster.
The team manger was Paul Brown, a job I would not want to do lol.
The highlight performance from Doncaster AC was Bertie Houghton, U20 Man. Bertie was second in the first leg to finish and was 4th fastest of all the U20 Men.
Bertie is a great role model for the club and he will go far.
I ran the 4th leg for the Mens “A” team which suited me well, I had a good run with our team.
| Overall time | Leg 1 | Name | Leg 2 | Name | Leg 3 | Name | Leg 4 | Name |
| 1:13:30.25 | 17:30.55 | Dean Watson | 17:16.10 | Simon Wright | 20:15.35 | Michael Barfield | 18:25.25 | Martin James |
My splits were:
1) 1m – 5:55(5:55/m) 117cal
2) 1m – 5:56(5:56/m) 119cal
3) 1m – 6:13(6:13/m) 117cal
4) 0.07m – 24(5:23/m) 8cal
A good day out, we had lots of new comers to the event and they all had a great time. Doncaster AC will be back stronger next year!