Exmouth Harriers carry on racing in rough conditions

Josh Sale and Lisa Boyd ran in the Exeter Trail races at Escot Park near Honiton. Josh ran a great race in the 10kmn finishing in 4th place overall in 40.58 and he was the 1st finisher in his age group. Josh said afterwards: “It was horrendously muddy and boggy for about 7km.”

Lisa and her dog Ruby were 1st overall in the 5km Canicross event in a fabulous time of 23.58. Canicross is a sport where a dog and human run together in a team with the dog running in front and the runner guides him/her from behind. Lisa said afterwards: “Ruby made me take the racing line today through all the mud and puddles.”

Louise Hempstead and Susan Hill took part in Climb South West’s Dartmoor Winter Transverse 30km starting at Princetown and finishing at Meldown. The route is mainly across wild areas of open moor without any way markings. Louise and Susan ran together and finished in 4 hours 24 minutes and were placed equal 2nd Women finishers. Susan said afterwards: “We had rain, sunshine, snow, a blizzard …. all the weathers.”

Chris Murrin ran his 124th marathon in the Morph Marathon along the River Thames in London (8 out and back laps of 3.3 miles) and finished in 4.20.33. 

Then on Sunday, due to a bit of knee trouble, Chris decided not to run the full Marathon again but ran in the Phoenix Spitfire 1/2 Marathon also alongside the River Thames and finished in 10th place in 2.26.18. Chris is hoping to run his 125th marathon at the Grand Canal Canter along Tiverton Canal on March 10.

Also in London on Sunday, Steve Morgan ran in the sunshine with over 17,000 other runners in the London Winter 10km Challenge through the heart of the capital. The event was delivered in partnership with Cancer Research UK and since its inception in 2015 over £5.7 million has been raised for life-saving cancer research. Steve was really pleased to record a fabulous time of 45.12 (his fastest 10km time since 2011) and he was 5th out of 60 in the M65-69 age category.