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. The record field was in 2010, with 809 runners completing the course.

In 2008 the decision was made to change to pre-entry only, with no entries being taken on the night - and this continues for 2011.

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