HENRY HART overcame horrible conditions to smash the course record at the Dartmoor Discovery ultra marathon race on Saturday.
The international distance athlete, who competes at the top club level for Belgrave Harriers, finished the tough 32-mile event in three hours, 18 minutes and 53 seconds, which was more than 10 minutes inside the previous record set by John Ward in 2014.
It was an impressive run considering the appalling weather on Dartmoor during the race.
Second place went to Joshua Hasson, who finished in 3:31.57, with Exeter Harriers’ M50 veteran Steve Adam taking third overall in 3:59.51.
Ryan Snell (Axe Valley) was fourth overall and first M45 in 4:00.15, while Ross Portass was fifth and second M45 in 4:02.34.
Elizabeth Barry-Bradshaw (Clc Striders, F40) won the women’s race by 10 minutes, coming home in 4:22.04.
Second place went to Teignbridge’s F45 runner Helen Anthony in 4:32.02, with DSFRS’s Kirsty Prowse third in 4:44.16. Exmouth’s Hannah Brown and Abe Marshall were fourth and fifth women.
An impressive 172 finished the race, which has strict cut off points at 13.1 miles, 20 miles and 26.2 miles.
The race, 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.
Full results can be found HERE.
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