ON Sunday, Nathan Newton of Bere Alston took part in the Peaky Freaky Duathlon in Somerset.

It was an extremely hard race that saw athletes running the short but steep Brent Knoll, Brean Down and the long but tough Crooks Peak.

Starting on their bikes competitors cycled 30km, then a 5km run then back on their bikes for another 15km and then another 5km run, and once again on their bikes for 15km followed by 5km run to finish. Nathan had a brilliant finish, a total time of 2hr 48min resulting in sixth overall and third in his age category.