Click to enlarge Honiton Running Club had a great turn out for the second Colyton Rebel Run last Wednesday evening. This is a 10k moderately challenging multi-terrain race based at Colyton Grammar School. The temperature didn’t seem to have dropped at all from the heat of the day which probably accounted for a reduction in numbers from the first running last year. The running terrain was completely different as last year saw runners wading through mud and the scheduled run around the school’s grass athletics track was cancelled. Not so this year; the ground was hard and not a globule of mud to be seen. Matt Clist of Axe Valley Runners won the race in 36 minutes 17 seconds and first home for Honiton was Chris Entwistle in 7th place in 41:20. Richard Harvey led the next 3 Honiton runners home coming 13th in 44:58 with Steve Davey only 8 seconds behind and Richard Harris only 18 seconds behind Steve. Suzanne Spiller was next back in 19th place and 3rd lady overall in a time of 47:02. Tom Bornet put in a welcome appearance having been absent from the club for a while. He had a great run coming 21st in 47:30. He was followed by Bruce Strawbridge who came one place and 21 seconds later. Bruce had overtaken Howard Bidmead in the later stages of the race and Howard finished 24th in 48:09.Judy Davey was next back in 28th place in 48:58. Mark Andow, Steve Briggs and John Burgess had a tussle during the race with the final positions being Mark 33rd in 50:13, Steve 35th in 50:45 and John 40th in 51:19. Esme Wilson struggled in the heat but came 43rd in 52:23 followed by Pippa Westall who finished in 47th place in 53:44. Pete Lyus just wanted to run continuously for 10k and this he managed coming 72nd in 1:03:52 with Wendy Williams taking the next position in 1:04:34. Carol Turnham completed the Honiton contingent coming 75th in 1:05:51. There were 80 finishers.
Honiton Juniors were also out taking part in the 5k race which forms half of the 10k route. The talented youngsters in the form of Iain Ross, Florence Swan and Rowan Westall showed the rest how it was done. Iain won the race in 24:27 with Florence coming 8th overall and 1st girl in 28:38. Rowan finished the line-up coming 9th in 29:04. There were 25 finishers.
Thanks to the PTA for marshalling and providing cakes at the finish and also AVR for helping organise the event.
On Saturday evening four Honiton Runners headed to Dartmoor to run the Haytor Heller run. It is a 6 mile tough off road run that starts halfway up Haytor, heads along and up Hound Tor before a nice but rocky descent. Then a final climb up Haytor leads to a downhill finish. The weather was hot but there was a welcome breeze. Ian Stewart was the first Honiton runner in coming 16th in a fantastic time of 46.58. Howard Bidmead and Steve Briggs had a battle with each other on the downhill finish ending in a photo finish with Steve winning the battle by a second. He came 98th in 60.49 and Howard 99th 60.50. The final Honiton runner and the only female was Olivia Higginson who hasn’t raced since March. She was happy to finish in 72.47 and 176th. The winner was Jamie Parkinson in an amazingly fast time of 39.58. There were 235 runners.
Honiton Juniors were also out taking part in the 5k race which forms half of the 10k route. The talented youngsters in the form of Iain Ross, Florence Swan and Rowan Westall showed the rest how it was done. Iain won the race in 24:27 with Florence coming 8th overall and 1st girl in 28:38. Rowan finished the line-up coming 9th in 29:04. There were 25 finishers.
Thanks to the PTA for marshalling and providing cakes at the finish and also AVR for helping organise the event.
On Saturday evening four Honiton Runners headed to Dartmoor to run the Haytor Heller run. It is a 6 mile tough off road run that starts halfway up Haytor, heads along and up Hound Tor before a nice but rocky descent. Then a final climb up Haytor leads to a downhill finish. The weather was hot but there was a welcome breeze. Ian Stewart was the first Honiton runner in coming 16th in a fantastic time of 46.58. Howard Bidmead and Steve Briggs had a battle with each other on the downhill finish ending in a photo finish with Steve winning the battle by a second. He came 98th in 60.49 and Howard 99th 60.50. The final Honiton runner and the only female was Olivia Higginson who hasn’t raced since March. She was happy to finish in 72.47 and 176th. The winner was Jamie Parkinson in an amazingly fast time of 39.58. There were 235 runners.
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