The Vale of Clwyd 5k Trail was originally scheduled for Saturday, 10th of January and had a car load of Liverpool Goodgymmers ready and raring to go. However, due to weather-related rescheduling, only one ended up able to make the new date – but cancelling without very good reason isn’t the Goodgym way, so it was a solo trip for Bekah under the tunnel and into the valleys of North Wales to the Vale of Clwyd, near Ruthin.

It was a perfect winter morning: cold, bright, and very crisp, with the sun having made an appearance just in time to do its job and start to thaw the ice which remained on the course. The start & end was at the beautiful Llanbenwch Caravan Site & Café, and Bekah just about managed to tear herself away from the resident donkeys to congregate at the start line.

When they said it was a trail run, they weren’t kidding! The route involved fields, country roads, woodland trails, large roots, fallen trees, ice patches, mud piles, through gates and over stiles… a true countryside experience for this city girl. Whilst the countryside obstacles had an impact on finish times, the beautiful views more than made up for it, and it was with a big smile that Bekah crossed the finish line and received her medal. It was a very friendly and very small race event, and the team are already looking at rolling their places over to the next one.