NINE Chepstow Harriers travelled to the north of Cardiff to run up, down and around Craig yr Allt hill at the fell race on Saturday.

Paul Dodd won Male Veteran 50 category, and his wife, Joc won first Female Veteran 60 category. Niki Morgan was second female.

Other Harriers taking part were Andy Stott, Gareth Jones, Vanessa Lawson, Karen Elvers, Colin Prosser and Rob Brown.

The race was part of the South Wales winter hill series. There are eight races in the series, and just two races remain; the Hatterall Hammer in February and Dare Valley in March.

The route of Saturday’s fell race took the most direct route to the summit of Craig yr Allt before traversing off the path towards the north. The runners then had to run a long muddy flat section, then make another ascent to the ridge, before descending towards the Taff Trail via a technical descent.

All competitors finished the race with refreshments back at the Mountain View Ranch centre, where the prize giving was held. Chepstow Harriers thanked the marshals, helpers and race director Gary Davies for staging the event.

These Harriers were not the only ones challenging themselves in the fells on Saturday. Chepstow’s Andy Creber travelled to the Howgills to take on the Marmot Dark Mountain Marathon, an intensely gruelling night, navigation event. Starting at 9.30pm, he and his mountain partner Bryan Stadden visited a series of controls, navigating by torch-light, and completed the course in just over nine hours. They won their class, beating their nearest rivals by half an hour.