It is the second year the club have held the mile races – and the second time it has been wet and windy.
The rain did ease for the final couple of heats, but, just like last year, conditions were not conducive for fast times.
However, City of Plymouth’s Joshua Blake did improve massively on his time from 12 months ago to once again win the final – and fastest – heat of the night.
There were eight heats in total and in the sixth race, Tavistock’s Ben Neale produced a solo run to win in 4:49.08, with City of Plymouth juniors Finley Eales and Lucas Sweeney second and third in that heat in 5:20.06 and 5:24.00.
Leading junior female runners Elsie Goodspeed and Zoe Bigham also ran in that heat and clocked the top two fastest times by any women or girl athletes on the night. Goodspeed clocked 5:36.06, with Bigham finishing in 5:45.50.
Heat five was mainly a senior men’s race, with David Goodspeed winning in 5:14.04, with Erme Valley’s Peter Allen second in 5:18.50.
Seth Gibbs won heat two, while Lochlan Burns just edged out Erin Burns to take victory in the opening heat.
Organiser Jamie Ingleby was pleased with how the night went, despite the bad weather.
He said: “The race of the evening for me was the second to last one, which was pretty much all the teenage girls. Whether they realised it or not, they slowed the pace and it was a real race. It tactically looked like a race, with the move being made shortly after the bell.”
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