HAVING barely had time to draw breath after his superb run at the Leicester marathon last week, Okehampton Running Club’s Roger Voaden took on the Dartmoor Vale Marathon on Sunday — this time in the company of clubmate Paul Carter.

This is a two lap race, starting and finishing at the Newton Abbot racecourse and takes the runners out to Chudleigh and then back along country lanes beside Ugbrooke Park.

The course is relatively flat but has a hill at mile 11 which is then repeated at mile 22.

Both runners were on terrific form again, with Roger coming home in 3 hours 13 minutes 18 seconds to finish second male and Paul not far behind in 3.15.04 for third male.

One of the running club’s more senior members, Mags Jarvis, took on a new challenge on Sunday. Having completed a novice triathlon earlier this year, Mags tackled her first duathlon, held in the grounds of Dartington Hall near Totnes. Competing the Dartington Duathlon at the sprint distance, the race begins with a five kilometre road run, followed by a 20k bike leg and finishes with a 2.5k cross-country run. With her sole aim being to complete, Mags did very well, finishing in 1.49.11, to come second in the ‘vintage’ (60+) category.

ORC Chris Turner travelled a long way to find a really muddy challenge on Saturday at the Rocksolid Race in Milton Keynes.

Staged in Silverstone Woods, this mud run and obstacle course is where the Rocksolid races started and here are some of the most inventive and difficult obstacles to be tackled, most of which involve getting wet and muddy. With choices of 5k, 10k and 15k, Chris opted for the longest route, thankfully finishing unscathed in 2hrs 30mins.