Hog's Back
ERIC Beck admitted he should have stayed in bed than head up the A3 to take part in the 49th staging of the Hog's Back race near Guildford.
A total of 643 runners took part in the race which was won Hassan Raidi from Belgrave Harriers in 41min 38sec. The first woman home was Barbara Yff from Winchester & District AC who was 27th overall in 48.09.
Eric finished 239th with 1hr 1min 13sec. "This course is a bit mixed," said Eric. "The first three half to four miles was all uphill and the last mile was a slight incline. The rest was downhill.
The weather for this race was not good. I should have stayed in bed. We had freezing, thick fog and it was very cold, but we soon got warm doing those hills."