ISTEAD Rise and Ifield (I&I) Harriers athletes Ray Pearce and Ian Drew took part in the first running of the Cold Christmas to Good Easter multi-terrain marathon and came home with well-deserved silverware.
The race starts in Hertfordshire and finishes in Essex and the runners, who go in pairs, have to navigate their way using a provided map.
The challenging and tough course follows sections of road, woodland paths and muddy fields before arriving at the finish.
Ray and Ian were the fifth pair to complete the course.
But moreover they were the first veteran over-40 finishers so came away from the marathon both dirty and with a trophy.
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