History

The inaugural Black Rock '5', held in 1987, was won by Gifford Kerr - ahead of 66 other finishers - extremely low by today's standards.

The race has been staged every year since - apart from 1991 - and throughout the 90's the numbers have increased significantly, as did the quality of the top end of the field, with winners including Bobby Quinn and Terry Mitchell.

The new millennium has witnessed domination by H.B.T. with both Phil Mowbray and Don Naylor having taken the spoils, with 2007 heralding a record field of 698 participants of a wide variety of abilities and ages.

The course record belongs to Ian Harkness, also of the infamous Hunters Bog Trotters, in a time of 22:03.