Now in its 78th year, the Victory 5 (mile) at the Lakeside Business Park in Portsmouth is one of the top 5 mile races in the race calendar and offers a flat, fast and virtually traffic-free course.

The Met Office showed rain early on, and by race start, sun and light clouds.  This was not the case.  We had rain throughout, turning heavier as the race progressed.  The course was completely waterlogged, and almost felt more like a XC than a road race.  By the end, the 24 Liss Runners were soaked through.  But we all had massive smiles on our faces.

Loads of PBs from ladies and gents, way too many to mention.  A V60 1st place for Andy Turner.  Debut HRRL races from Leoni, Julia and Rob.  Great to have you all aboard.  A great team photo, which we're definitely better at organising.  But unfortunately without Andy and Polly (again).  We'll get you in one Polly.

Thanks finally to our support team including our very own Liz, who cheered us all, took a load of great photos, whilst simultaneously juggling a load of little Lissers.

Results wise it was another strong performance from Team Liss:

Mens - 1st place and overall top of league A2 after 5 races

Ladies - 2nd place and overall 6th in league A1 after 5 races

Next up race wise, we're back to XC at Lord Wandsworth on 15th December, and the (storm Bert) postponed Alice Holt on December 29th.

The road league kicks off again in the new year at Stubbington 10k.  It's looking like we'll have nearly 40 of us racing there.  If you haven't got a place remember to join the HRRL swaps Facebook page.