This week we are back to being very active with a variety of events to report.
The weekend began with White Star Running’s Crafty Fox event. This Dorset-based event consisted of a full Marathon on Saturday and a Half Marathon on Sunday. First in for the club on Marathon day was Bev Collins with an impressive time of 05:04:19. Bev was 23rd overall, 3rd lady and 1st in her age category. Next in was Ian Bawler 05:09:43, followed by Rob Murr 06:45:44 and then Georgina Brice 07:04:00.
Our only competitor in the Half Marathon was Claire Allison who came in at 03:58:11. There can’t be many races that Claire hasn’t done – we are certainly very proud of all her achievements!
At 1610’s Chard Chaser 10k Simon Rowland was first across the line in 54:39, followed closely by Val Perigo 01:05:19 and Bryany Beale 01:10:11
In a final fling before disappearing off to university our very own Chris Brown WON the Ash Excellent Eight event organised by Yeovil Town Road Running Club. This is a challenging 8-mile multi-terrain race and Chris came home in 53:48. Our next club finisher was Ben Timpson in 01:05:31, followed by Sally Tuer in 01:18:47.
Five runners and one volunteer marshall from the club visited Tamar Lakes parkrun near Bude where they received a very warm welcome. Other parkrun tourists from the club visited Exmouth and Killerton, while 30 club members made it around Longrun Meadow.
Finally, mention must be made of Shelley Clothier who ran the iconic Great North Run in 02:47:49 and Tanya Lewis who completed the Tenby Ironman event after 13:04:44 of swimming, cycling and running!
We are immensely proud of all of our competitors. They range very widely in terms of age, speed and stamina but the one thing they all have in common is determination – lots of it!