Steve said "Apocalypse 50 mile Ultra, 50 miles of hilly trail (about 10,000 ft). Race consists of four "loops" of varying distance and climb. Loops are pleasantly called Famine, War, Conquest and Death. Each loop starts and finishes at a school in Church Stretton which is surrounded by the Shropshire hills. You can run each loop in any order and direction you like. All self guide, no marshalls on course (you carry a "passport" to clip different boxes at various unmanned checkpoints to prove you've done the proper route. Despite it being much wetter and muddier than last year I knocked 44 minutes of my previous time to finish in 12:14 (15th place). So a well deserved rest tomorrow ? Err no, I'm doing Excalibur Marathon (slowly) and of course the ace Wallasey AC support team (Kareen) was there all day to look after me."