Trotters not afraid to get damp feet at Dalwoods...........

Lone trotter Gary Clark travelled on Sunday to run the “Heart breaker Marathon” in Fordingbridge in the New Forest district of Hampshire. Starting at Sandy Balls holiday park, the race started after a walk down a steep stony track, which then  had to be run back up and through the holiday camp on to the main road for about 1 mile. From then it was all stony tracks and very undulating with runners having to loop around a cone 3 times each then back the way they came. He clocked 3.32.41 in his 13th marathon and was 21st out of 130 runners even though he found the course uninteresting.

On Sunday Steve Wallace went up to Weston-Super-Mare for the "Tough 10 Challenge", a 10 mile run which starts on the beach, up to the promenade, along a traffic free road and then two laps up and down through the woods. It was a great course and not as muddy as last year. His time was 1-31-21 and was 530th out of 812.
 

Closer to home the hardy Teignbridge trotters drove to the small village of Dalwoods in East Devon to compete in the “Dalwoods three hill challenge” which is a very tough ten mile, off road event around the village and its steep hills, as the title says, which finishes in a stream after running up and down  rutted paths and muddy tracks.

Ewan Walton who is running really strongly was first trotter back and 8th out of 115 runners with a brilliant time of 1.16.34.Alan Boone was next in 20th and was first vet 55 male in 1.22.09.Allen Taylor, use to running marathons appeared as 26th place in 1.24.00 being chased by John Tweedie in 28th (2nd Vet 45) and 1.24.42.Next a trio of trotters finished ,Travis Wood 1.28.50 38th ,Wilfred Taylor 1.28.59 39th (2nd vet 60) and Mark Becker 40th in 1.29.33.Jim Donovan appeared in 58th with 1.35.55 while Jessica Parkes brought the team of ladies home in 76th in 1.43.10.Tamsin Cook was 85th in 1.49.19,Sally Ingledew was 96th in 1.54.07(2nd vet 50) and she was chased by Joanne Becker in 1.54.09 97th and Eleanor Taylor finished in just under the 2 hours with 1.59.12 and 106th(3rd vet 50)

Written By Fizz

photos-top-Gary in action in barcelona (thanks Lance) Middle-The Dalwood Dazzlers (Thanks Sally) Bottom-Sally and Jo in Action at Dalwoods (thanks again Sally)