The majority of Exmouth Harriers this week were either recovering from a number of recent challenging races during May or preparing for some forthcoming events, such as the tough 32-mile Dartmoor Discovery on June 11 and the Woodland Relays at Escot on June 15.
But that didn’t stop 30 of them running in seven parkruns in the UK and New Zealand or four of them tackling a couple of demanding off-road events on Dartmoor and the Brecon Beacons.
Anthony Hatchard and Hugh Marsden ran in the Jubilee Fell Race at Peter Tavy near Tavistock on Saturday, May 28. The 10km race was the 2nd in the 2022 Dartmoor Fell Race Series.
On a very hot afternoon, the runners set off from Peter Tavy and climbed up to Cox Tor (443m) for some magnificent views, followed by a steep descent and a climb to the Langstone and beyond towards White Tor (465m) eventually dropping back on a very fast 3km to the finish in Peter Tavy.
Anthony and Hugh thoroughly enjoyed the race and both performed really well, they are now looking forward to the third race in the 10 Race Series, the Burrator Horseshoe on Saturday, June 18.
Results: 8th Anthony Hatchard 47.56 2nd M40 and 20th Hugh Marsden 57.43 1st M60.
Nick Ramm and Jim Comer ran in the Brecon Beacons Ultra Trail Running Challenge (52km with over 6,600 feet of elevation) on Sunday, May 29. The event was based at Gilestone Farm in Talyboont-on-Usk (15 miles west of Abergavenny) and is one of the most popular and scenic events on the trail running calendar in Wales.
The ultra route took the Taff Trail and included running alongside the picturesque Talybont reservoir and forestry, as well as taking in Pen y Fan, the highest peak in South Wales at 2,907 feet and Cribyn 2,608 feet.
Nick and Jim started at 7.30am and finished in 10 hours 44 minutes and they were still smiling at the end. They said it was the hardest event they had tackled but loved it.
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