Wix 5

The inaugural Wix 5 was held on 23rd October from Wix village just west of Harwich. Harwich Runners had declared a race limit of 150 people and around 120 turned out on the day. As there are few 5 milers this end of the year, the race organisers said it was an experiment, but they concluded it was a success and I tend to agree. Apart from no showers, the facilities were modern and excellent with plenty car parking; the race started and finished on a sports field; the course was a simple circuit; if you kept turning left at every junction you get back to the start / finish area, so you couldn't go far wrong. The race memento was a dated engraved medal, and next year it will be a T-shirt. There was no team event this year, but next year one will be introduced. The post-race cakes were very good indeed, but not quite as good as the cakes at the last Joe Cox 10 race (naturally!)