The 114th North Eastern Counties Cross Country championships were held on December 14th at Alnwick. Amongst the runners representing many regional clubs, Steve Moss lined up at the start line wearing Teesdale AC’s red and white vest. Actually he was also wearing a long sleeved T shirt, and a hat and gloves as there was a bitter freezing cold wind. The courses were set through grassy fields and woods around Alnwick Pastures with several muddy sections, some short tough climbs and two fast descents. Views of Alnwick castle rewarded runners’ efforts multiple times in the three lap men’s 12k race. The weather probably put many runners off as the numbers were lower than usual with 271 senior men running compared to 346 last year and a record of 414 in 2016. Steve took 1:05:18 finishing in 237th position