The Forest Flyer Fifteen Torbay AAC members dodged the rain clouds and donned the trail shoes to take on the Dawlish Coasters Forest Flyer,nearly 5 miles of completely off-road running through the Haldon Forest Park this route was not flat! all were delighted to conquer the nearly one mile hill at the end! First home […]
Totnes 10k Nineteen TAAC members ran in the Totnes 10k, on a mostly flat course following the beautiful River Dart on tarmac, grass, and trails from Borough Park in central Totnes. There were many outstanding performances Pete Monaghan finishing 6th (38:36) to claimed 1st MV50 award, Ray Brown (57:26) 1st MV70 award Irene Hewings (59:07) […]
Redbull 400 On Saturday Debbie Drake completed the Redbull 400 at Titisee-Neustadt, Germany. This is an extreme 400 meter race which starts with a steep grass down hill then goes almost vertical where competitors have to crawl. Debbie knocked 23 seconds off last years time in 07.44. Debbie reported that it was a party atmosphere […]
Chudleigh Carnival 6 Twelve Torbay AC members ran in the Chudleigh Carnival 6 which started outside the Bishop Lacy Public House, completing a small loop around the town centre before winding its way up (a mile long climb) and along the Chudleigh ridge, dropping back down into Chudleigh where there were 187 finishers. Leading in […]
Otter River Run Torbay’s V50 runner Pete Monaghan claimed a win for the second year in a row in (36:46) at The Otter 10k, on the mostly flat route which heads downstream alongside the River Otter, through Harpford woods, along the old Sidmouth railway line, back towards Tipton St. John. Rosskopf-lauf Mountain Run In Germany […]
Erme Valley Relays It was hot, hot, hot running from the Team Torbay at the Erme Valley Relays on Friday evening, with the Mercury as high as Team spirit as ten Torbay AAC teams gathered at Ivybridge Rugby Club for the annual relay races. Every team gave their all, in the hot humid conditions, racing […]
MUSKIES MADNESS Torbay AC’s Steve Weeks ran the Muskies Madness on a 10.02 km route in Saltash, The race started and finished at King’s Tamerton Community Centre, a multi-terrain undulating course on woodland track, riverside paths and roadside pavement total ascent being 161.86 m. Steve Weeks finished 13th from 233 runners in (45:38) claiming 2nd […]
Torbay Half Marathon At the Torbay Half Marathon with 1520 finishers on a very warm day Charlie Arnell knocked 5 minutes off her best half time to claim the second lady prize in (1:18:44) with proud Dad Tony said afterwards things have just got serious!! 4th Lady Naomi Flanagan (1:26:46) also had a great run […]
Run Exe Relays Thirty six runners from both the Junior and Senior ranks of Torbay AC competed in the 4K Run Exe Relays held on Exeter’s Exwick Playing Fields. Torbay’s 9 Teams of 4 runners produced many outstanding results with four Teams taking first place in their age categories, (F Juniors U15) Iona Farquharson Mia […]
At the Dash! Nineteen Torbay AC members made a dash to Dawlish for the return of The Dawlish Coastal Dash organised by Dawlish Coasters, back for 2018 after missing a year due to work on the groynes and beaches at Dawlish Warren. Cassandra Harrison claimed the 3rd Lady finisher spot, with 170 finishers on the […]