Dartmoor Vale Marathon

Listed by BlueWombat
  • Rated 82%
  • 26.2mi
  • Road
Entrants (10) Club PB SB Pred Time WAVA
Blackbird Leys (boy) 100 Marathon Club, Woodstock Harriers AC 3:17:25 3:21:25 3:36:33 61.84
BlueWombat Please don't bet .. not likely to PB here____ Told you so! That hill out of Chudleigh did me in, and facing it the second time around was hard work. This was my birthday treat, and I think I am getting soft in my dotage. Need to build up some mental strength to keep going in the later stages. Will try again on Sunday. Cambridge & Coleridge AC, Cambridge University Hare & Hounds 3:28:13 4:12:40 4:30:10 48.32
Dochart HQ is Newton Abbot racecourse, a great venue and only a short way from the bottom of the M5.  Parking, changing, showers, baggage etc all available as well as a grandstand for supporters to cheer from.  The route is a bit mixed - a two lapper with the first half through a town and along quite busy roads but the police were out in force to assist marshalls at the busier road crossings. The second half of each lap starts steeply but is on lovely, quiet country roads.  There are plenty of water stations along the route.  I hope other race organisers adopt the early start of 9:15am.  Race day was a peach - bright and cold to start with, but soon warming up.  I set off hoping to go around in about 8:30mm and was on course to do so at 25m, where I lost the route and several minutes to finish just within my previous best.  67/116 Stragglers 3:17:21 3:50:26 4:00:00 3:50:26 57.13
Dull Napoleon™ So that's what they call undulations in Devon! Another sub 3 failure due to the course and yet more cramp. Trent Park Running Club 3:01:29 3:03:05 2:59:59 3:09:15 71.99
Kittenheels Kath I am not kidding, this is a PB by 5 seconds.  Am I happy or what?  This is a ridiculously hard course, there are hills throughout, but a sequence of b****** hills from miles 7-10 which come back to bite you in the second lap.  I ran every hill until mile 17, and then chose to march up them instead.  The views across the Moors were lovely, and it was brilliant weather. Unaffiliated 4:16:27 4:33:23 4:35:00 4:33:23 50.86
kstuart Will be a PB after my disatrous London 2007 attempt where i ended up limping home in over 6 hours. A cracking race and a nice big PB. Loads of lovely points. Nice scenic route with a pair of hills, which being there is not much between them could be classed as one big bliddy hill ;) Trail Running Association, FERC 3:58:03 4:45:25 4:45:00 4:45:25 42.59
leysrunner Unaffiliated 3:21:25 3:21:25 3:36:33 61.84
Reg This is part of 7 marathons in 7 months. http://www.justgiving.com/peterperren Old - UKnetrunner - see other 4:35:59 4:35:59 5:30:00 5:15:00 39.10
Self D Unaffiliated 3:13:32 3:23:17 3:41:39 54.85
Shades Maverick Runners 4:24:02 4:49:25 5:49:03 43.81

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