An impressive 100 runners took part in the fourth running of the East Devon Round, a combination of trail running events.
These include the East Devon Round (65 miles and 10,000 feet of climbing), the East Devon Half Round (35 miles and 5,500 feet of climbing) and the East Devon Quarter Round (15 miles and 2,000 feet of climbing) and new to this year the East Devon mini Round on the Sunday morning.
The East Devon Round starts at 5:30am, and the last runners were cheered into Offwell Event HQ at just after 2am the following day.
The event raises money for the Rich Wigram NZ Farming Scholarship, and is also supported by Offwell PFTA, who served up 65 big breakfasts on the Sunday morning for hungry runners and campers.
The event can only take place with the kind permission of well over 100 landowners, and is supported by a whole host of local businesses, including Ganesha, Otter Brewery and Otter Dairy as well as The Ultramarathon Running Store and Supernatural Fuels. Thank you to both Honiton RC and Axe Valley Runners for your support.
For the first time ever, the East Devon Round was won by a husband and wife team, with Justin Montague running an astonishing time of 11:44 (the 3rd fastest time ever on a now longer course), with Melissa Montague winning the women’s race in an equally impressive time of 14:15.
Tom Woodruff and Philip Kirk were not far behind Justin with times of 12:03 and 12:14. Anna Drake took the honours for Honiton, finishing 2nd woman in 15:26, followed by Kate Small in 17:58.
The East Devon Half Round saw the top three males all within five minutes: 1st Adam Hennessey 6:22, 2nd Rupert Warren also 6:22mins and 3rd Jonny Bennett 6:27mins). Jess Watkins (Sidmouth RC), recovered from illness to finish in 7:30, with Jenny Lailey and Harriet Foreman joint 2nd in 7:47.
The quarter was won by Michal Lesniak in a very rapid time of 1:59, with Andrew Shipley 2nd and Frank McDermott and Matthew Olczak 3rd. Stephanie Wade took the honours as 1st woman with Jill Steinberg 2nd and Jo Jones 3rd.
Sunday morning saw a crowd of 40 children taking on the East Devon mini Round compete with straw bales, cargo net and tyre run.
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