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TEAMS OF HIDDEN Heroes

Aid stations. Without them and the people who man them, we’d be a mass load of hot and bothered crazy people stalking the lands for any food we can find and finding the perfect rock to sit down on for a breather.

Okay, so many trail runners have raised their hands to inadvertently claim as being ‘crazy’ anyway, but that doesn’t make my point any less truthful. If you’re someone who hasn’t taken a back seat yet at an event to volunteer at an aid station – you’re missing out on so much!

Firstly let’s start off by saying there are aid stations, and then there are aid stations.

Many of you have run a road race where the drink stops are exactly that – volunteers lined up on the

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