Andy Cox grass sledging at Grasmere!

Andy Cox was racing at the annual Grasmere Lakeland Sports in the Guides Race.  At 1.3 miles and just shy of 1,000 ft it’s one of the classics in the history of games hill/fell racing and was a highlight in the professional calendar in the days of when there was a split with ‘amateur’ racing.

This is what the website says:
The Grasmere Guides Race to the top of Silverhowe was first introduced in 1868. The current Grasmere Guides Race record of 12 minutes 21.6 seconds over the Butter Crags course, was set by Fred Reeves in 1978 and is still unbeaten today. Reeves won the Grasmere event 8 times altogether. £500 is still being offered to anyone who can beat Reeve's record.

There were 120 runners and the race was won by Nick Swinburn of Northumberland Fellrunners in 13:28 in the rain in very wet and slippery conditions. Andy finished 20^th in 16:59 having been wiped out on the descent by another competitor who slipped over, but luckily for him Andy was there to take his fall but came off much the worse as a result!

Full results: http://grasmeresports.com/index.php/results/2018/guides-races-2018/senior-guides-race-2018
Race Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IrzCe3s7Ko&feature=youtu.be Moorfoot fame at 2:30 and 7:30