Honiton’s Sam Phillips recently ran the Taunton Trail Half Marathon which started at Taunton Rugby Club and quickly took runners to the canal towards Taunton.
Sam finished in 1 hour 55 minutes in 43rd place. The race was won by Ryan Palethorpe in 1:23.
Rachel Hennessey and Pete Nichols took part in White Star Running's Ox Half Marathon at the Rushmoor Estate on the Dorset/Wiltshire border. The run included trails around the Wiltshire Chalk Downs and Cranborne Chase Woods with steep climbs and descents and over 1700 ft of elevation.
The sections through the woods provided welcome shade on a very warm and sunny day. Despite a fall in the woods, Pete finished in 17th place with a time of 1h57. Rachel managed to stay upright and finish in 49th place with a time of 2h21. The race was won by Matt Faramus in a time of 1h40 and there were 98 finishers.
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