Bodmin Five Tors Challenge
DARRELL Milner couldn't resist the opportunity for a spot of racing while on vacation in Cornwall over the Easter holidays.
The weather wasn't great, but that didn't stop Darrell from trying his hand at the Bodmin Five Tors Challenge. "It wasn't much fun, but very character-building," said Darrell afterwards.
"The weather was horrendous. I stood at the start in a t-shirt, Stubby vest and shorts with the other hundred plus competitors in the pouring rain and gale force winds wishing I had stayed in bed.
It was that bad that the registration staff actually wrote my number on my hand in permanent ink in case my number dissolved in the rain! The terrain was pretty difficult as well. Running up tors, through bogs, over rocks and through cow fields, knee deep in mud and at one point it started to hail."
In the end, Darrell's devotion paid of with a creditable 16th place. "I managed to finish without spraining or breaking anything, which started to become my priority as conditions worsened," added Darrell.