Teignbridge Trotters hosted the Newton Abbot Ladies 10k at the Dornafield Touring Park, near Two Mile Oak, courtesy of owner Peter Dewhirst.

Most south west running clubs were represented in the race on Sunday, however the undulating circular course even attracted a runner from the Clydesdale Harriers of Glasgow.

Twenty two Trotters ran the race and came away with four individual and two team awards, in addition to a number of personal bests.

The popular event saw record entries of 320, which resulted in a donation by the club of £640 to Peter Dewhirst's nominated charity, Bowel Cancer UK. There were 286 finishers, which was a huge increase on the 2008 figure of 175.

First to cross the line was Revis Crowle, of East Cornwall Harriers, in 39:38, followed by unattached runners Catherine Philp (41:47) and Rachel Langdon (41:57).

Leading the Royal Blues home in eighth overall position was Clare Youngman with a time of 44:17, improving on her 2008 time of 45:15 and scooping first FV 40. Hot on her heels was Tracy Elphick, ninth in 44:27 and third FV 35.

Cathy Burgess (46:29) was also in line for bronze when she raced across the line in 13th position, which was anything but unlucky as she had gained third FV 40 and a vast improvement on her 2008. Gia D'Aprano secured silver as seven FV 50, in a time of 46:49.

Other runners were: Belinda Collins, running her second race for the Trotters, 22nd overall in an admirable 48:17, followed by Sue Brown (48:18), then Sharon Bowman (49:38), Steph Ross (52:24), Sarah Schutte (52:27) and Eleanor Taylor (52:41), Caroline Hayes (54:3659:30), Tina Caunter (54:51), Eyvol Aston (57:45) and Amanda Milverton (58:32).

Completing the team were Victoria Ratcliffe in (59:05), Jo Becker (59:56), Sarah Ross with (1:00:31), Vicky Hales (1:05:59), Cindy Brookes (1:06:14), Julie Crump (1:07:55) and Pauline Newsholme (1:26:03).

First ladies' team as Clare Youngman, Tracy Elphick and Cathy Burgess, with Gia D'Aprano, Belinda Collins and Sue Brown crowned fourth.

Thanks are, of course, extended to all the club members who acted as marshals, timekeepers and to those staffing the water stations.

Graeme Baker, meanwhile, travelled to Newcastle for the Great North Run. He was one of the BBC featured runners on the build up programme, before joining 54,000 other competitors on the course to South Shields.

Baker had a good result in the hot cconditions, coming home in 1:49:19, 5,445th overall and 17th out of 191 in the MV 65 age category. He also received pledges of more than £1,000 to assist his nominated Gambian village.

In equally sunny conditions, Graham Penn was running the City of Truro Half Marathon, sponsored by Skinners Brewery and organised with the help of Truro running club.

The hilly circular route starts and finishes on Lemon Quay and, for the vast majority of the time, is run on quiet rural lanes.

Penn battled cramp in the closing stages of the race to post a disappointing 1:57:27 and was 255th out of 437 finishers.

A couple of events from the previous weekend illustrate the versatility of certain club members.

Vaughan Lindsay competed in the Accelerace Extreme Triathlonin Teignmouth.

Advertised as one of the 'Ten Toughest' Tris in the UK, the event started with a 2k sea swim of two laps from the pier, followed by an 88k bike ride to the River Dart Country Park and a challenging 23k run, incorporating several Dartmoor trails. Lindsay finished second out of 32 competitors, in a total time of 5:47:10 (swim 24th in 12:02, bike 3rd in 3:15:02 and run second in 2:17:42).

Meanwhile, James Henderson attended the Torrington Back in 5. The undulating five-mile road race starts and finishes at the rugby club and takes in the villages of St. Giles and High Bullen. Henderson was 21st past the line in a field of 76, with a time of 34:19.