The Ken Trickey Memorial Event : report from Josie Ratcliff The Ken Trickey Memorial Event is one of the season’s opening events for young athletes across the South West, from U11 age group upwards, organised by Exeter Harriers. Torbay Athletic Club Juniors produced very promising performances. Despite the weather being cool and windy. Rebekah Roots […]
Taunton Marathon and Half Marathon Outstanding performances were achieved by the three Torbay AC entries, in the one or two lap course options, of Taunton Half Marathon or Marathon distances from Naomi Flanagan, Pete Monaghan and Anthony Raine. In the Marathon Anthony Raine M45 recorded a new PB with a (3:25.06) result, running the first […]
Fast Friday Photo of some of the TAAC team after enjoying their eggs! L/R Mark Luscombe, Ian Hayward, Debbie Drake, Sara Crozier, Ray Wilson Eight Torbay AC members ran on Good Friday in the Fast Friday 10km Road Race at Exwick Exeter. There were several category awards won by the team, led home by Pete […]
Liverpool Half Marathon Pete McCaig traveled to Liverpool to run in the cities Half Marathon, where Rock laid its Roots! “running in the steps of the Beatles”, as runners discovered Liverpool’s rock/ pop history along their half marathon journey. Peter McCaig’s finishing time was 1:43:44 on Gun, with his Chip time 1 min faster in […]
Only the modified Grizzly and the Parkruns reported this week due to the adverse weather The Grizzly Torbay’s Darren Maynard ran in the reorganised Grizzly event at Seaton, due to the adverse weather conditions the usual “twentyish muddy, hilly, boggy, beachy miles of the multiest-terrain running” had to be reduced to a modified (10m) CUB […]
The National Inter Counties Cross Country Championships Nine Torbay AC runners represented Devon at the Inter-Counties cross country championships at Loughborough on Saturday; an event where the best athletes in the UK represent their county in one of their most important cross country races of the season. Despite facing the muddiest conditions they’ve ever experienced! […]
Cyprus Marathon Two Torbay AC couples Andy and Linda Philippou with Paul and Linda Frissen ran in the Logicom Cyprus Marathon which welcomed 3000 runners to the sunny island from more than 50 countries. With the temperature around 22 degrees, the Marathon started at Petra Tou Romiou Aphrodite’s Birthplace, following an undulating coastal route beside […]
Hameldown Hammer. Ten TAAC members completed Hameldown Hammer on a bright sunny 0.5 degree morning starting and finishing at Widecombe in the Moor. This challenging trail race had a 13.1 mile Half Marathon or Seven Mile distance to choose from both designed to be a serious test of endurance. The Hameldown Moor has a […]
The Hampton Court Half Marathon Debbie Drake claimed a Personal Best time at the Hampton Court Half Marathon which is run over a fast, flat and visually interesting course that borders the river-side grounds of Hampton Court Palace, including a loop around picturesque Thames Ditton and the historic Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, with […]
The Exeter Half Marathon Chris Billing finished an excellent 4th in (1:25:52) in modified Exeter Half Marathon, a new 3 lap course along the footpaths and cycle tracks around the River Exe and Exeter Canal, which provided a fantastic opportunity to see how your Spring Marathon training programme is going. Sidmouth 4 Trigs Challenge […]