Results - week ending 8th September 2019

Another busy weekend of racing for South Devon AC runners with local races and overseas adventures.

Kevin and Laura Ashworth teamed up to take on the Budapest half marathon which runs along the river Danube taking in the city sites. Finishing in 01:36:26 they were 41st out of 943 teams and 15th in their age category.

Saturday was the City to Sea marathon running from Exeter to Babbacombe – four South Devon runners ran the marathon with Steve Hookins first back in 05:07:41. Steph Bartlett took on the 34 mile, ultra-version of the race finishing in 10:26:54.

Sunday was the next wildcard in the clubs GP series with the Dartmoor Volcano run by Puretrail. A tough 10.5 mile tour of the southern Moor, with over 500 metres of ascent. It visits the high points of Pupers Hill, Snowdon, and South Dartmoor’s highest point – Ryders Hill and of course the infamous Red Lake Volcano. The race is a bit hilly but you’re rewarded with great views over Dartmoor and the local area. Two SDAC runners - Alex Magee and Colin Peters made the top ten with Alex just pipping Colin to be first back for the club.

City to Sea Marathon: 32 Steve Hookins 05:07:41, 70 Rick Martin 05:46:10, 81 Mark Holman 05:59:34, 92 George Holman 06:07:05

City to Sea Ultra: 53 Steph Bartlett 10:26:54

Budapest Half Marathon Team Result: 41 Kevin Ashworth (40:54) + Laura Ashworth (55:31) 01:346:26

Dartmoor Volacano: 7 Alex Magee 01:29:15, 8 Colin Peters 01:29:34, 34 Antony Waters 01:43:40, 47 Dani Waters 01:49:10, 76 Lorraine Henderson 02:00:09, 78 Guy Henderson 02:00:22, 112 Rachel Irish 02:15:08

Torbay parkrun: 10 Alex Magee 19:56, 14 Marc Jones 20:38, 19 Stuart Batten 20:48, 78 Lauren Carr 24:30, 88 Hugh Slater 24:56, 89 Neil Hayes 25:00, 118 Michelle Coles 26:35, 135 Hannah Carr 27:25, 136 Emma Magee 27:29, 163 David Cubberley 29:26, 211 Alison Ford 31:20, 229 John Drennan 32:24

Torbay Junior parkrun: 1 Theo Glew 07:48 New Pb, 3 Lauren Carr 08:17, 6 Hannah Carr 09:10, 10 Evie Rowe 09:33