OKEHAMPTON Running Club’s racing regulars Roger Voaden and Jo Page were in action again this weekend with Jo taking part in the Wellington Monument Road Race in Somerset.

Starting from the Catherine Wheel public house in the village square at Hemyock, the route climbs to, and circles, the Wellington Monument, returning along the same road to finish at the local primary school.

At just over 10k it is quite a tough run, with a steep ascent in the first half before an equally steep but scenic return. Despite its title, it is officially multi-terrain as it incorporates about 1.5k of stone tracked bridlepath. Jo had a great run to finish in 44 minutes 10 seconds and was pleased to be third lady home.

Roger returned to one of his regular marathon routes, the Plym Trail Marathon, accompanied by Geoff Hill who keeps threatening to quit marathon running, before popping up in yet another one! Roger ran his usual good time to come third in 3hrs 11mins 55secs while Geoff was 13th in 4.11.01.

Okehampton runner Angus Farrelly joined more than 250 other runners on Saturday in PureTrail’s twilight run, Race The Light.

This race is a shadowy 8.5-miles, meandering through Flete Estate’s secret tracks and trails along the Erme estuary. Starting at 3.30pm on the sand, the runners immediately get their feet wet as they cross the estuary on the outward leg.

From there they follow muddy paths and tracks on the estate before returning to the estuary for the return crossing and a chance to wash all the mud off.

Due to the heavy rain the river was higher than expected, but Angus managed to cross before the light had completely faded, finishing in 1.20.48.