Richard Bishop

Five Exmouth Harriers took part in the Dawlish Coasters’ organised ‘Oh my obelisk!’ race, writes Dev Eveleigh.

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The event follows a tough, hilly and off-road 11 mile course that takes runners up out of Dawlish to the obelisk that can usually be picked out at the left hand end of Haldon Forest when viewed from the Wast.

Relatively dry conditions made for some very fast times, winner, Michael Ronison of Tamar Trotters, clocking 68:54. There were 239

finishers and the Harriers contingent also produced some impressive performances.

Top of the pile was Jon Garrity. Since joining the club in the summer he has improved no end and his efforts in training and competing saw him place in the top 20 finishers of the race - 19th in 1.19.30, though in a very strong males over 40 (MV40) field, this was only good enough for 9th.

Hot on Jon’s heels was Richard Bishop. On the back of a new Personal Best at last week’s ‘First Chance 10km’, Richard recorded 80:07 for 21st place overall and 10th MV40. David Wright ran well for a top-50 placing; he was 49th in 85:21 and 8th MV50.

Representing the female Harriers were the evenly matched pairing of Jane Macdonald and Sue Hill. Jane clocked 1.47.09 for 171st place and Sue followed a minute later in 1.48.21 for 181st spot.