SIX thousand people took part in the Total Warrior challenge at the weekend and all enjoyed getting mud up to the eyeballs.

There was a real feel-good factor about the whole event at Shap Abbey Farm as competitors had fun pitting themselves against all the challenging obstacles that organisers could put in their way.

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"The atmosphere created by participants and marshals all weekend was electric and is what makes this such an amazing experience," said Adam Dickinson, one of Total Warrior's founders. "Everyone encourages each other and people are here to push themselves, certainly, but ultimately just to have as much fun as possible."

For the first time on Sunday there was an ultra warrior race which involved participants trying to complete as many laps of the 10km course as they could in five hours.

"It was a phenomenal effort from all the ultra runners," said Mr Dickinson.

Winner Tim Chad covered nearly 40km but finished agonisingly short of four laps when the hooter signalled that the five hours were up.

In terms of the quickest times, Lee Jackson was the fastest man over the 10km (Saturday) and 10-mile (Sunday) routes, in clocking 51-27 and 1-17-57 respectively. Just eight seconds covered the first three competitors home in the 10km event with Kieron Ross, of Edinburgh, finishing just two seconds behind Lee in second and five seconds in front of Anthony McLoughlin.

Nicola Duncan, from Edinburgh, was the fastest female on both days, in 1-03-09 and 1-33-40 respectively. On Saturday, Julie Menzies was second and Siobonne Brewster, from Dalston, was third.

“A big thanks as always to our hosts at Shap Abbey Farm, the Bindloss family and Lowther Estates, and to everyone who has supported Total Warrior again this year," said Mr Dickinson. "Next stop is Edinburgh, for our Scottish event on September 16 and 17."