Mel & I took to the hills of
Dartmoor to do the legendary DD 32miler.What a beast of a race it was too but
the beauty of the course was in most places breathtaking, but then so were
the hills which seemed never ending, especially for me with all the Comrades
miles in my legs.
There were lots of memorable moments in the race for me, including nearly
being stampeded by two wild horses that appeared on a bend of a pretty
deserted country road in the middle of the moors, I ran around a bend
and low and behold nearly collided with two wild horses, as though this
wasn't enough to put the fear of God into me, on another section of the
course a farmer went screaming down the road in his John Deere tractor, and
those roads aren't exactly that wide so I nearly ended up in the bushes
whilst getting out of his way ! This I might hasten to say all adds to the
entertainment value of this great race.
In all seriousness, it was very well organised
by Roger Hayes, I would go as far as to say it was probably the most well
organised race I have run in. The atmosphere was electric at the start, the
race kicked off by having a rocket fired into the air (what a novelty) and
we were informed that we could only start running when we heard the firework
exploding in the air - this was fantastic !!
Pre race organisation was super efficient and post race even better as there
was a great little Marquee over the finishing line, we were given
lovely medals to accompany the super technical T Shirt (on
registration). Then the food was dispensed, this included, tuna sandwiches,
cheese, egg, jam or about 6 different varieties of cake (carrot, lemon,
chocolate etc etc) what a gastronomic delight and smorgasbord of delectable
food it was.
In short the race was great, it was a tough Ultra in my view about 8/10 on
the richter scale of Ultras for that distance but if you want a challenge
(which is why we do what we do) then you'd love this race and I highly
recommend it !
Final Race Results were :
100 Club won, 1st Men's team prize.
Individual Prizes :
Adam Holland 4th male
Dave Ross 7th male
Vet Category Prizes :
Dave Ross 2nd Vet 40
Dave Thompson 2nd Vet 45
| 4 |
04:16:13 |
HOLLAND,
Adam |
100
Marathon Club |
SM |
| 7 |
04:25:44 |
ROSS,
David |
100
Marathon Club |
MV40 |
| 21 |
04:48:15 |
THOMPSON,
David |
100
Marathon Club |
MV45 |
| 67 |
05:35:47 |
YOUNG,
Stephen |
Wootton
Road Runners |
MV40 |
| 68 |
05:36:00 |
DAY,
Kevin |
Goyt
Valley Striders |
MV45 |
| 82 |
05:44:08 |
BICKLE,
Andrew |
East
Cornwall Harriers |
MV55 |
| 116 |
06:06:21 |
ROSS,
Melanie |
100
Marathon Club |
FV35 |
| 120 |
06:11:25 |
KING,
Bryan |
Plymouth
Musketeers RC |
MV55 |
| 122 |
06:11:56 |
D'ROZARIO,
Warren |
Sandwell
Valley RC |
MV50 |
| 127 |
06:20:19 |
ZAMMIT,
Arthur |
Telford
Harriers |
MV40 |
| 141 |
06:30:00 |
MCCURDY,
Ray |
100
Marathon Club |
MV55 |
All in all it was a wonderful race and a truly memorable
weekend.
Thanks team 100 Club !
Dave Thompson, Dave Ross & Adam Holland take the men's team prize
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