I drove down to the lovely wee village of Durisdeer for my second go at this race on Saturday.
This is a cracking race with a great route over some pretty tough ground, the descent down to the Dalveen Pass is very steep, over heather clad scree. The col around the back of Steygail is also hard going, with a real need to hold on to the heather on the way down and again to pull yourself back up the other side. Much of the rest of the route is over the large rolling Lowther Hills.
The route is 10.5 miles long and has 3800ft of climbing.
This year there were 34 runners.
The race was won by tom Owens of Shettleston Harriers in a fantastic time of 1:28:14, the first lady home was Natalie White of Kendal AC in a time of 1:52:52.
I was 16th in a time of 2:06:03, which is slightly faster than last year.
The famed cake tent was as good as the previous year.
Thanks to Adam Anderson for organizing the race and Moffat Mountain Rescue for providing cover during the race.
