Nottingham City Harriers 2018- Training for road, cross country running, fell racing

Andy Heading holds the lead. He arrived in Carmacks at 23:28 on Valentine’s Day and left at 6:31 this morning. Only his sled is a little worse for wear, with one stay missing and a snow-scooping hole burnt through the bottom.

It's not a laughing matter! This is hard work!

The remaining 460 milers are doing what they should do. They take their time. Andy Heading is currently in the lead by about 6 hours. However, there is still such a long distance to go that it is difficult to say what will happen. Everybody who is still in the race is fine as far as I know at the moment. Again it was a very cold night with temperatures down to – 30 degrees Celsius. For the first time there were great Northern Lights.

Race Report: 'It was – 30 degrees Celsius on parts of the trail last night. Together with the long distance and the many hills this gave the athletes a really hard time. Right now it is - 30 again and I expect it to drop to - 35 over the next few hours. It will be a night the athletes will never forget.'

Andrew Heading leaves CP1 TAKHINI HOTSPRINGS just north of SIR North Ranch, in second place, behind Andrew McLean, Canada