NINE members of Okehampton Running Club ran the Torbay Half Marathon on Sunday. When the day arrived the sea looked very tempting!

The actual race course was a traffic free two-lap route which started and finished on Paignton seafront, taking in the stunning coastal views across Torbay. The weather was very hot but still some excellent times were achieved on the undulating course.

Hugh Robinson in 1 hour 26 minutes 38 seconds, achieved a club diamond award, Hayden Bond 1.30.30, which was a personal best while Jackie Dawes finished in 1.51.49, Liam Keen 2.17.45, Paul Evison 2.05.02, Cameron Whitelaw 2.16.26, Ed Dumpleton 1.36.42, Mike Westland 2.08.02, and Gaz Williams 2.06.02.

n Okehampton Running Club’s Jo Page continues to find out local races whereever she is working and this week she competed in the Run MediaCity 10k held near the Manchester area. The course was a multi-lap race taking runners past the BBC and ITV television studios. This midweek race Jo completed in a new PB of 44 minutes 24 seconds, and she was second female over all.

Jo completed her week competing in Saturday’s Exeter Inflatable race which was a fun packed race combining a variety of inflatable obstacles, no PB but a whole bunch of fun.

n The 2018 Father’s Day Half Marathon in Guernsey saw three ORCs take on the race challenge. The race started towards south west corner of the island in the L’Eree area. The runners follow the main coastal road north before turning east across the top of the island then south to finish in the main town of St Peter Port with the finish on the Crown Pier in Town.

Jean-Paul Quertier came in first of the ORCs in 1.36.47 followed by Jason Ewing 1.40.50; Keri Quertier ran in with 1.44.42 (a PB by nearly three minutes). Keri was accompanied by former ORC Rebecca Ewing in an impressive 1.44.42.