Shrewsbury AC's Dom Kirby, Steve Turk, Steve Waters and Chris Wakeman competed in the 16th running of the Wyre Forest Multi-Terrain 8 mile race, near Bewdley on 12th February. Having left a snow-less Shrewsbury an hour earlier, they arrived at the venue to find the race route of undulating forest trails covered in ice and snow and a warm up near the start line confirmed that the conditions underfoot were treacherous.

With the usual downhill slope from the start line considered too dangerous, the start was moved a short distance and the race started with a short uphill followed by a frantic 2 mile downhill stretch in which Dom, Steve and Steve placed themselves well towards the front of the 210 strong field. The remaining 6 miles comprised some testing hills particularly in the last mile with a long, uphill drag towards the finish as well as some tricky underfoot conditions. Dom Kirby and Steve Turk ran strongly throughout with the in-form Dom finishing 9th in 51.35 and Steve 12th in 53.27. Steve Waters gave an improved performance on his recent cross-country outings finishing 16th in 54.33 and Chris Wakeman put in a decent performance, 37th in 59.14.






After the race, the guys attended the presentation and were delighted to come away with a haul of prizes, Steve Turk claiming 1st in the V40 category, before Dom picked up his prize for a top 10 finish. The trio of Dom, Steve and Steve were then presented with 1st in the Senior Men's Team category, which was a pleasant surprise and bonus given that they were not aware that there was a team competition during the race itself. All in all a decent day out for Shrewsbury AC.