Four Axe Valley Runners took part in South-West Fell Runners’ Meldon Skyline fell race, which was a 12.5k hilly route across part of Dartmoor with more than 600 feet of climb.
First home for AVR was Tim Lenton who was seventh overall and first M40 in 1:00.23 with James Green hot on his heels finishing in 1:00.35, eighth and second M40. Patrick Devine-Wright was 15th and second M50 in 1:07.06 with Rik Tumber just behind him in 16th overall in 1:07.15.
The four AVRs together secured the team prize for their efforts.
There was a 10k, half-marathon and a 50k ultra on offer at Winding Paths’ Total Coastal races held on Saturday.
In the 50k, which started in Kingswear with the finish in Shaldon, Patrick Rosello completed it in an amazing 6:35.33 placing him a brilliant ninth with more than 100 finishers. All the more fantastic given a staggering 6000 feet of elevation. Bec Davey and Carolyn Nation ran the half-marathon.
Four AVRs tackled the Yeovil Half Marathon and first back was Duncan Staddon who came in in 1:17:53, first M40 and sixth overall. Matt Hewer was sixth in the M40 category, 32nd overall in 1:25:13. Angela Kerr romped home in 2:10:19, fourth in the F60-69 category and 522nd overall just before Mandy Harris, 602nd, who finished in 2:16:42.
Richard Jackson ran the Greek Tagetus Challenge, finishing in 71st. The race was 37km over a highly technical terrain with 2154m of altitude difference.
Feighan Fury – remembering Mike
This new race has been created by SWRR (South West Road Runners) in memory of a much-loved member of their club, Mike Feighan who sadly died in 2021. Five-time winner of the Grizzly, Mike was well-known in the Devon running community having also been behind the creation of the Exeter Riverside parkrun.
Incredibly, Tim Lenton and Patrick Devine-Wright ran again fresh from their success the previous day at the Meldon event. First home for AVR was Tim Lenton, who had clearly recovered well, to take fourth overall and third M40 in 1:14.36. Patrick Devine-Wright was tenth overall and nabbed the first M50 prize in 1:19.53. A fantastic weekend’s work for these two!
Other AVRs were Cory Schultze (96th in 1:41.22), Jeremy Slade (114th in 1:47.26) and Darrell Farley (127th in 1:51.47).
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