Tissington Trail Half (October)

If you want a half marathon pb this is supposed to be the one for you due to the pretext that you are running downhill for 13 miles (but not me in the 2015 race!). You assemble in Ashbourne before being bused to Parsley Hay on the Tissington Trail and then running back to Ashbourne on the trail. Given this constraint it has limited numbers (so fills up fast after registration opens) and is run on both a Saturday and a Sunday. As for the course, the first few miles seem flat or actually uphill, so its only the later 7-8 miles that are downhill and due to the gradient don't seem that steep either. Worth a go as most people get a pb...i ran out of steam after 6 miles so was a minute or so slower than my pb!