Overall winner Stuart McGeachy passes surfer Dougie Taylor on the expanse of Westport beach.
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ATHLETES braved wind-chill-induced sub-zero air temperatures as they blew away the Christmas cobwebs.
A compact field of two dozen runners assembled at 11am on Boxing Day. It was possibly the best ever 10k race in the Slog in the Sand series in, at times, bright sun on reasonably firm sand, despite the bitter headwind on the return leg.