It's that time of year again already: the night's are drawing in, luring yourself up off the sofa to go for that post-work run becomes more of an effort, you can't find your headtorch and the illuminations on the Exmouth prom have long since failed to thrill you, so what are the alternatives? Well, there is always the Brooks Winter 3k series, held on the first Monday evening of every month throughout the winter at the Exeter athletics arena.
Monday 3rd October saw the staging of round 1 of the series and two Harriers took up the challenge. The number of races depends upon the number of entrants and the races are graded based on predicted finish times, meaning that everyone gets a competitive but not soul destroying race! There were fewer competitors taking part in this opening round than normal, doubtless due to the event coming on the back of a busy weekend racing wise in the region. That said, there were still enough runners - spanning all ages from the under 13s to the 70+ - to be able to stage 5 seeded races.
John Perratt, this time running in Exmouth colours, went in the D race and clocked a very respectable 7th position, finishing in 13:17. (Not bad considering John is a V/70 competitor!!) John was happy with this effort, it being on a par with lasts seasons' times. Dave Eveleigh can be very proud of his opening round efforts. He placed 7th in the C race and his time was a whole half a minute quicker than his best time of 12:53 for last season.
Exe-rated runners!
The successful Harriers team, en masse, at the Erme Valley Relays, July 2013
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