After a very long lay off a special race to report upon - in fact this is regarded by many runners in the UK as a Race that needs to be on their CV - The Dartmoor Discovery known as the DD - the longest single lap road Ultra Marathon in the UK.

The race started and finished at Princetown Community Centre and it was brilliant to see 8 Harriers make it to the start and also be in the 211 finishers..

The race is a very tough circular route from Princetown through Dartsmeet and Poundsgate - 13 miles rincetown through Dartsmeet and Poundsgate - 13 miles mostly downhill to Ashburton. From Ashburton then another 19 tough uphill miles on the toughest hills Dartmoor has to offer back to Princetown. This is a race for the best and most determined distance runners. For many after such a long lay off from competitive long races those who had put in a lot of training miles reaped the benefit.</p> <p> </p> <p>First back for the Harriers was Oli Jones and Dave Hannah in the same time of 4.44.16. Ian Trice was next in 42nd place overall with 4.51.48. The resolute Pat Munn recorded 4.59.28. Diane Roy in her first race in 18 months &amp; the only lady Harrier in this race finished in 5.03.45 and was 1st lady in her FV55 age category - another brilliant run and great return. Clive Shute was next in 5.04.30 and recorded his best ever time in this race another brilliant effort from Clive. Shane Caughey was next home in 5.19.19 &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; an excellent performance and Matthew Loughrey-Robinson completed the Harriers team with 6.16.10.</p> <p> </p> <p>Excellent running by all the Harriers after such a long lay off.</p> <p> </p> <p>Special Mention to Nikki Pritchard and her friend Charlotte Oliver who entered and completed the Warrior 24 off road Challenge at Powderham Castle. Not only did Nikki and Charlotte run brilliant legs - of 35 miles but they also picked up 3rd place in the small teams category. Tremendous effort.</p> <p> </p> <p>As more events will slowly come back into the racing calendar please keep me informed if you are racing with event organiser- date and location . From this information I can compile reports.</p>...

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East Cornwall Harriers has been monitoring the COVID situation very carefully and although our race is set for November there are still risks involved in planning a normal event. Many other clubs and organisations have already cancelled their races for this year, however we have come up with a plan to offer an alternative event for 2021, the Anytime Cornish Marathon!

An anytime event must be run on a set course, in this case the Cornish Marathon route. Individuals who enter run the route between a set st s who enter run the route between a set start and finish date. They record their run on a Garmin, Strava or equivalent, then submit the time to the race team, who verifies it and adds it to the results. There will be no single race day, and it is also not the same as a standard virtual race as you must complete the marathon on the Cornish course. The event window will be a month from mid-October to mid-November so there will be plenty of time for those who live outside the area to come down to Cornwall and take part.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>There will be an entry fee, for which those entered will get a memento and medal (these will be posted), and any profits made from the event will be shared between the organisations and charities that we would normally support and who have lost out due to Covid over the last year.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>We have looked at all the options and feel this is the best way for us to safely put on an event in 2021. The Cornish is an important event in the race calendar and although this will not be the same as normal, it gives us all something to look forward to and start training for. Further details will be shared soon including for those who deferred from 2019, we hope to open the entries in early July. Keep an eye on the website and Facebook for more info soon, stay safe, ECH.</p>...

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Membership is now due, part of being a member and covered by your membership is that you are insured on the runs. If you have not paid for your membership you wont be insured. We are more than happy for new members to try us out for a few runs so if you are a NEW member please continue to try us out. I must ask runners that want to run with us on a regular basis pay their membership as soon as possible...

There will be no late joining fee at the current time, as we recognise not all members are yet comfortable with rejoinin able with rejoining or running in large groups. When you feel safe or ready, we will be here for you.</p> <p>You can download the form and hand it in at one of our groups, payment can be made via cash, cheque, paypal or BACs. Ask on the the night for details of the last two.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>...

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Hi. The club are looking for some storage space to store our race equipment. It is currently being stored in my stable. But I now need the space back. So if you have a small garage or shed or barn with some space. The equipment needs to be kept dry. If you can help please let me know

membershipech@gmail.com

Hi everyone, thanks and well done to all those who had a go at recognising the Treplopen Seythyn weekend even though we couldn't actually hold the event. If you did do a run and haven't let me know, then please do.

If you have not had a go either on the actual route or a 10k ish route of your own over the weekend then why not do so during the next week or so - everyone who does will get (eventually) one of the wonderful (!) mementos that we had all ready for 2020 !

The route can be found on the website und ;The route can be found on the website under the 'club races' page ;</p> <p><a>http://www.eastcornwallharriers.com/doc.../Course%20Plan.pdf</a>.</p> <p>See you all at club training !</p> <p>Cheers Rob</p>...

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Please follow the instructions given on the training schedule.

You will need to either sign in via a paper signing in sheet or scan the QR code that all leaders will have. You will need the NHS track and trace app in order to scan the QR code.

Our designated Covid officer will be available on the 30th to answer any questions you might have.

You must contact the leader if you intend to run so we can manage numbers, there contact details are listed on the training schedule.

ALL runs will be social pace dule.</p> <p>ALL runs will be social pace, in other words we will run as slow as is needed, with the quicker runners completing run backs to support the slower runners.</p> <p>Also membership is NOW open to rejoin for 2021/2022.</p>...

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