MEMBERS of Okehampton Running Club took on all sorts of roles at the brand-new Dartmoor Beast.

On Sunday, September 27, Pete Roissetter, Lou Duffield and Eddie Bragg all ran this trail race through North Dartmoor, with proceeds going to Hospiscare.

The 20-mile route traversed challenging moorland terrain, multiple tors, stream crossings and boggy ground with 1300m of ascent. The Dartmoor weather didn’t disappoint with rain, wind and mist.

Eddie finished in 4hrs24 followed by Pete in 4hrs33 and Lou in 4hrs52 (unofficial times).

Thanks also go to ORCs Mike Westland, Ben Ranson, Claire Thompson and Garry Wallace who were out on the course marshalling and sweeping.

Elsewhere on Sunday, Lucy Gooding, Jo Page, Laura Venton, Mark Peck and Sophie Casavieille-Lacaze tackle the RUN Barnstaple event - a fundraiser for Children’s Hospice South West.

Three distances were on offer with the flat courses all based in and around Rock Park and along the River Taw.

In the 10k, Sophie (suffering from a nasty bike accident last week) finished in 47:56 and Laura in 1:02:34. In the half marathon, Mark finished in 1:29:37 and Lucy in 2:10:27. Jo ran the marathon and was delighted to finish as 2nd female/1st FV40 in 3:10:54 (new course PB).

Also, Pearl Barnes joined thousands of runners in Scotland for the Loch Ness Marathon. The route follows Loch Ness through stunning Highland scenery and across the River Ness to finish in Inverness.

Pearl said the course was downhill for 10k, undulating for the next 20k and then relatively flat into the finish.

She said the descents were brutal on the legs but the views across Great Glen and Loch Ness were stunning. She was delighted with her finish time of 4:42:11 for her first road marathon.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, Rob Gooding was in the Lake District for the Five Valleys Ultra, part of the Altra 13 Valleys Ultra races.

Starting in Ambleside the course covers 58km with 2300m of elevation before finishing in Keswick. The route traverses valleys and fells including the summit of High Street and Sticks Pass.

Rob thought it was a stunning route and had a great run finishing 32nd overall (out of 900 runners) in 7hrs14.

Mary Roberts headed to Bristol for Saturday’s Trail Pursuit Bristol to Bath Marathon. She discovered the route, though beautiful, was actually 27 miles long!

Although completely flat for the first 18 miles as she travelled through fields, along disused railway lines and The Cotswold Way, there were some “evil hills” before the descent to the finish in Bath. Recovering from a recent illness, Mary was pleased to finish in 5hrs53.

Finally, Keeley Phillips (running as part of her birthday celebrations) and Lorna Critchlow were in Cornwall to run Hayle Runners’ Marazion 10k.

Part of the Cornish Grand Prix Series, this popular single loop road race has a challenging uphill finish.

Keeley and Lorna ran together finishing in 57:02 with Lorna achieving a new PB!

Okehampton Running Club boasts 150 members of all age and abilities who share a love for running.

They meet at the Pavilion in Simmons Park at 6:20 every Tuesday and Thursday with new members always welcome. There are six groups for different abilities running each night.