Truro Running Club is again organising its Meet Your Max multi-terrain race to be held at 7pm on Wednesday June 19 from Truro Rugby Club at the top of St Clement Hill.
It will be run over a tough and demanding 6.7 mile course around the Pencalenick Estate and Park Farm, taking in the spectacular woodland and riverside scenery along the Tresillian River valley.
This year's race is again part of the Cornwall Multi-Terrain Race Series which is in its second year and the 'Max' is the fourth race in the Series this year. To qualify for a Series award, runners must complete six out of the ten races in the Series.
Entry fees are £10 for affiliated runners, £12 for unattached runners for advanced entries and an extra £2 for entry on the night.
Entry form and information can be found at www.trurorunningclub.org.uk.
With the help of the Series sponsor, Personal Best Running of St Austell, there will be a free kit bag for every finisher and finishers will also be rewarded with a locally-renowned Mary's pasty.
The course is the same as last year so enjoys a fast opening mile, mostly on tarmac, before heading in to the Pencalenick estate for a muddy trip along the old fish ponds.
The route then follows the rough stone riverside drive to St Clement and further along the riverside path to Malpas, up some punishing steps (only the steely-legged can run them all) and finishes with the grassy tracks on Park Farm. Real variety for a true multi-terrain race.
Neither of last year's winners are running the event this year so the trophies will be going to new homes, a nice challenge for Cornwall's top off-road runners. However the course is fun and varied and welcome to anyone who feels up to a seven-mile hilly off-road run on a Wednesday evening.
