On a weekend of mixed weather, Teignbridge Trotters were in action everywhere. James Saunders travelled to Oxfordshire to run the supposedly quick Abingdon Marathon. Persevering despite gales, showers, inconsistent surfaces and unhelpful turns James powered through in a splendid 03:01:27 winning second MV60. 168th out of 991 finishers. Whilst not the sub-three hour he was hoping for, a brilliant performance. A highly recommended event with great marshalls.

Michelle Doherty and Lucy Evans took on the undulating Eden half marathon, Michelle reported "When I joined Trotters back in the summer, I was training to complete my first half marathon, which should have been the cancelled Torbay Half at the end of September. I signed up to run the (very hilly) Eden Project Half Marathon and am thrilled that I completed it today in 2:22, Lucy 2:38. The weather was atrocious first thing. Still, thankfully, the rain stopped shortly after the starting gun so conditions improved. The off-road section was MUDDY and at one point, I very nearly lost a trainer to a bog but kept on smiling throughout. There were 992 finishers. A huge shout out to superwoman Lucy Evans who also ran despite only recovering from illness in the last couple of days.

Kim Knight reported from Yorkshire "Me and my gang ran the Yorkshire 10 mile this weekend. Duncan ran the marathon and managed his Pb (3.28 ). I managed 1.26 for the 10 milers (delighted) and both our kids ran it too, Ben pulled it out of the bag with a hot 1 hour 4 and our daughter ran her first race and also did a fab time of 1 hour 33.5

In very pleasant and warm 25c Palma, Stephanie Ross ran the 9k, in 55:32, In the Half M Nicky Swann ran 2:35:34 and Susanne Westgate ran 2:25:49 in the Half M, having a great time away from the UK autumnal weather.

The latest round of the Club Champ's took place in warm, windy, conditions for a half marathon staged near Exmouth on the cycle path by Running Events Devon. The initial rain stopped for the runners who had a multi-lap course to complete for 13.4 miles.  

First Trotter home was Ian Langler, 1:34:20, followed by Andy Gillson 1:36:15, Elizabeth Nuttall 1:37:54, Jacki Woon 1:43:56, Tim Synge 1:51:45, Paul Sharples 2:00:41, Sue Tremlett 2:09:54, Sarah Blanchard 2:15:30, Samantha Galvin 2:18:32, Shaz Sharples 2:20:57, Cheryl Dunn 2:42:09. Vicky Hales completed the Challenge distance of 6.55 miles in 1:21:44. Roger Easterbrook