On Sunday 16th October, energized by the club's success at the Parrett Trail event the previous day, 4 Harriers crossed the River Exe to Newton Abbott where they tackled the Dartmoor Vale races. Fortunately for them, none of them opted to run in the 10k event as this apparently went slightly awry with marshalls misdriecting runners, with some ending up completing 12k and finishing a good 8 - 10 minutes down on their usual times... ooooops. Our four runners though were entered into the marathon and half marathon events and managed to escape this fiasco!
In the full marathon - which forms 2 loops of the half marathon course, around the Teign Valley - David Wright stormed home in 31st position overall but, impressively, taking 2nd place in his male V/50 category in a time of 3h26m10s. A new PB for David on what is an undulating course: very well done!
The second Harrier home in the full marathon was Nicholas Brown. Nicholas ran 4h25m29s to claim 97th spot. There were 132 finishers and the race was won by Alan Ryder of Erme Valley Harriers in a time of 2h53m35s.
Meanwhile, in the half marathon event, Dennis Gildea was making a rare appearance on tarmac - off-road trail events usually being his preference. This did not seem to bother him though as he cruised around the course in a new PB time of 89.21 and claiming 18th place in the process.
Caroline Pleaseance was there to make up the female Harriers contingent. Caroline has been running very well of late and was clearly not feeling the effects of having run a strong 2nd leg in the Parrett trail relays the day before as she tore around the course in a time of 92.59. This was good enough for the 4th female spot and 31st place overall. There were 318 finishers and the winner was visiting runner Benjamin Mukherjee of Scarborough RC in a time of 76.24.
Exe-rated runners!
The successful Harriers team, en masse, at the Erme Valley Relays, July 2013
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