This weekend Torbay AAC took on Chudleigh, a challenging hilly road race, starting & finishing outside the church, running through the town before heading out onto the lanes around Chudleigh. There was approximately 1.5 miles of climb to wake up the legs. The Chudleigh road race results as follows: 20th Kevin fine 38:07 32 Martyn […]
On Thursday evening Torbay AAC were out in numbers for the Dawlish Dash. The Coastal Dash is an approximately 4-mile, multi-terrain running race which includes sandy beach, sea wall and coastal footpath. It started at Dawlish Warren in the warm early Summer sunshine, beginning with an out and back section along the beach. The runners […]
Today I had the pleasure of watching some truly inspiring and amazing performances within Dartmoor Discovery in such extreme heat. This is a 32-mile run across some of the toughest hills on Dartmoor! There was 149 runners who completed this challenge. Steve Weeks came 39th in a time of 5:08:53 Anthony Raine came 58th in […]
It was a family affair for Torbay AAC at the Manchester Marathon this weekend. Father and daughter duo Steve and Chloe Weeks tackled the marathon distance after a solid block of quality training together. Steve paced Chloe on her marathon debut and they finished in 3:38:30 Chloe described the marathon as an incredible experience which […]
Torbay AAC athlete Ed Falkingham competed at the Bill Whistlecroft Spring Open at Yeovil on Saturday 8th April in 800m. Ed came 2nd out of 10 with a time of 2:01.32 competing against athletes from across the South-West and Wales. The final 100m sprint was very tight but he managed to hold onto second place. […]
11 athletes from Torbay Athletic Club competed in Sunday’s final Westward League Cross Country Race in Redruth. With little wind and dry ground conditions some speedy performances were achieved by both adult and junior members of the club. Standout performances on the day were Paige Quinn who won the U15 Girls race by well over […]
26 Torbay Athletes took part in Sunday’s final Westward League Cross Country Race at Stover School. Thanks to the heavy rain over recent weeks, the course’s muddy conditions didn’t disappoint the hardy endurance athletes. Great performances by both adult and junior members of the club help to secure a total of six trophies at the […]
Five of Torbay AAC’s Cross Country Team went to the English National Cross Country Championships held at Nottingham’s picturesque Wollaton Park. The organisers did a fantastic job to get the event on following heavy rain and damaging gales brought by storms Ciara and Dennis. Fallen trees were put to good use as hurdles creating additional […]
Torbay AAC athlete Peter Monaghan managed to break a local 5k record in a weekend where running plans were disrupted with the arrival of Storm Dennis. With the Westward League Cross Country fixture and most local races cancelled a few hardy souls braved the local parkrun events. Runners were battered by the wind and rain, […]
On Saturday Torbay AAC’s Christopher Norman took on the Dartmoor Winter Traverse Ultra. It was a dry February morning and an early start to catch the supplied coach transport at 5:30am. The race started at 7:30am in very wet & boggy conditions with fog at the start & strong winds. A bright day emerged with […]