GALLERY: Two hundred pictures from the Dartmoor Discovery ultra marathon

RUNNERS from around the country braved horrible conditions and some of the toughest hills that Devon has to offer on Saturday as part of the Dartmoor Discovery race.

The 32-mile event, which starts and finishes at Princetown, is the UK’s longest single lap road ultra marathon.

The undulating course sees athletes leave Princetown and head through Dartmeet, Poundsgate, Newbridge, Ashburton, Buckland-in-the-Moor, Widecombe-in-the-Moor and Postbridge before heading back to the start.

If running 32 miles over Dartmoor was not tough enough, this year the weather made it particularly difficult.

The competitors set off in foggy conditions at Princetown before having to face heavy downpours during the event, which saw Plymouth athlete Neil Williams taking part in his 500^th marathon and Callington’s Sharon Daw running her 100^th ultra marathon.

Full results and round-up can be found HERE.

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