Welcome to the Official Photographs of the 2nd Dirt Half Challenge, a half marathon starting and finishing on the outskirts of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, that takes the runners north along the Grand Union Canal for 5 miles, up into Great Brickhill, across through the woods in Rushmere Park, and down the Greensand Ridge before 3 more flat miles along the canal, and the final climb up around Tiddenfoot Pit back to the finish. .

The bright airy school hall was a great place to register and prepare for the event . .

And it was a cloudless sky that awaited us at the race start area . .

I found four places to take my photos . . shortly after the start . . across the canal at Old Linslade Road where I saw the first half of the runners . . up in the woods of Rushmere Park where I waited until Clive, the tail cyclist, came by, to be sure that I got photos of everyone . . and then back down near the finish, where I saw the final 80 or so runners approaching the end of their Dirt Half Challenge . .

And whilst I was taking photos of all the runners, there were a few other things that attracted my attention too, like this Ladybird keeping warm . .

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