The Mo Mud Run, an extremely muddy cross country 10k or mile race was taken on with style by Viceroys Joel and Rory as they dominated the 10k race, coming home with a 1 and a 3 for Viceroys: ‘The Mo Mud run is mostly about fun and there’s a lot of charity runners but, nonetheless, the course is challenging, especially for those of us used to road running!

I grew up running an cycling in Swinley Forest and both Rory and I ran last year (1st and 4th place respectively) so I knew what to expect: soft underfoot, sharp hills, bogs, single track – mind the tree stumps! – and thigh deep river crossings. Rory and I were up front as the fun went so I decided to chuck the race plan out the window and put the hammer down to try to stretch the field. Whilst blowing out of both ends after the first mile, Rory cruised past me and never looked back going on to retain his title and knock a minute off last year’s time.

I hung onto second spot until the last 500m when my legs just couldn’t defrost from the second river dunk and I was taken just before the home straight. Still, I claimed 3rd and took 4 mins off last year so very happy. Next year we’ll go for the Viceroys 1,2 so please join us to try and fill the podium with pink!!’

As raced and reported by Joel Stainton.