Runners tackle tunnels in 10k effort
Newport & District runners Liz and Bernie Holbrook took part in a 10k with a difference.
They tackled the Bath Two Tunnels 10k, a race which offers a new lease of life to railway tunnels which had previously been closed off.
The Somerset & Dorset Railway closed in 1966, and the two tunnels which passed below the city of Bath itself were closed off until 2013, when the Sustrans charity developed them into multi-use paths.
The race makes use of both tunnels, which make up a combined length of around two kilometres, as well as the surrounding roads.
Bernie was walking the race, due to a hamstring injury, but still managed to complete the course in one hour, six minutes, 15 seconds, to finish in 387th place. Liz was 469th overall in a time of 1:11:18.
Bernie said afterwards: “We would totally recommend this run, to anyone. They also do a half-marathon. Great organisation!”
