The race started and finished in The Rose Gardens, which lies just above the ancient Parish Church where Charles Darwin’s daughter is buried. The initial target for the runners was to reach the Worcestershire Beacon which is the highest summit of the Malvern Hills. This involved a climb of well over 1,000 feet following pleasant tracks past St. Anne’s Well. The climb is fairly gradual until the last mile when a sharp climb up a rocky path took the runners onto the final climb to the Beacon. Having reached this target the runners descend a hair raising grassy slope to reach the track to West Malvern where at the bottom of North Hill a 200 feet climb up a steep rough track brought them to a spectacular view over the whole surrounding area. The final part of the race also involves a heady descent past St. Ann’s Well back to the finish. Overall the race involved climbs and descents of about 1,500 feet.

Kenilworth Ladies stole the show with Lucy Aphramor winning the ladies race to finish in 1st position in 55 minutes. Nicki Maritz (time not known) and Pauline Dable (84.00) had excellent runs. Pauline even shrugged off a nasty fall to complete an impressive run. Richard Green and Paul Buckanan also had good runs but their times and positions are not known.