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# Snow adds to the Xtreme Challenge for athletes in Lichfield
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/snow-adds-to-the-xtreme-challenge-for-athletes-in-lichfield/
- Published: 2012-02-06T11:00:21.000Z
- Updated: 2012-02-06T07:36:29.000Z
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Sport, Alrewas, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 21:41

An extreme challenge for athletes in Lichfield certainly lived up to its billing as competitors battled through snow and ice.

[![Athletes brave icy water in the Xtreme Challenge event](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/xtreme0212water.jpg "Athletes brave icy water in the Xtreme Challenge event")](//lichfieldlive.co.uk/2012/02/06/snow-adds-to-the-xtreme-challenge-for-athletes-in-lichfield/xtreme0212water/)

Athletes brave icy water in the Xtreme Challenge event

More than 200 brave runners took part in the Xtreme Challenge at the Catton Hall Estate near Alrewas yesterday (February 5).

The course featured steep gradients and declines, man-made obstacles, tunnels, 12ft high hay bales and icy water – as well as the deep snow!

The first person home was Uttoxeter RR athlete Robert Hall who finished second last year but went one better this time around as he clocked 39:15\. He was chased home by Alistair Gorrie who finished in 40:29 with Jacob Fry coming in third in 41.21.

First of the many women taking part was Stafford Triathlon Club’s Jen Seager in 50:49 who finished in front of Hallamshire Harriers’ Emily Morton in 52:46, with Joanna Rooney third in 53:24.

Kevin Wilson of organisers KP Events was delighted with such a good turnout on such a bitterly cold and snowy morning.

“On Saturday night before as the blizzard raged we thought about postponing it but people were calling, texting, emailing us and everyone said to carry on with it if we could,” he explained. “It was, after all, an Xtreme event and boy the challenge was Xtreme indeed.

“We are seriously looking at another similar but even more extreme event at the same venue, so watch this space”

A full set of results of the Xtreme Challenge plus more pictures are available at [www.kpevents.net](http://www.kpevents.net/?ref=lichfieldlive.co.uk) .