The Bideford Half Marathon is run over a beautiful rural course, with the first half following an undulating country road to Great Torrington and the second half taking runners north along the Tarka Trail cycle route. This year the event took place on a clear - but cold - winter day.
Dave Stone, with just 6 weeks to go to the London Marathon, finished a creditable 4th in a pretty decent time too: 1 hour 14 minutes and 20 seconds. Dave was around 2 1/2 minutes adrift of the third place finisher, but he did lead home the Harriers to third in the team race.
In the male veteran 60 age category on one of his rare outings for the Harriers, Life Member Roger Cowd was second in 1:38:24. Again a very creditable time for the half-marathon for anyone, let alone a SuperVet/60 athlete. Great to see Roger going so well.
The other male Harriers taking part were Adrian Kearns (1:26:14), Andrew Kennedy (1:32:09), and Chris Isaac (1:49:34).
In the Women's race, Caroline Precott was the first Harrier home in 1:37:00, which ensured her fifth place in the female veteran 40 age category. The other female Harriers were Gill Saunderson (1:52:05) and Denise Kennedy (2:03:27).
(Andrew Johnson)
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