Rare 2nd equal for Westbury!

Following on from a tie for first place at last week's Bridge Inn, this time there was a tie for second place as Matt Ellis and John Terry staggered across the line together in Minehead Running Club's Seaview 17. The rather inappropriately named race, that is in actual fact closer to 21 miles, snakes along the coast path from Countisbury back to Minehead. Along with team mate Steve Adams, Terry and Ellis worked their way steadily through the field, to take the lead as they approached the toughest part of the course - a climb up Hurlstone Combe towards Selworthy Beacon, following an arduous run across the pebble beach of Bossington. Adams fell off the pace, just before the start of the climb, but one runner proved to be undeterred, Vicky Pincombe - making a comeback to the sport - blitzed past on the ascent and pushed on off the top, leaving both Ellis and Terry in her wake. Despite a concerted effort to close down the gap, it proved to no avail as Pincombe ran in to finish in 2.40, with Ellis and Terry two minutes behind in 2.42. Steve Adams finished a further 9 minutes back in 2.51. Former Harrier, Gareth Howard, was also in the race running around 3.05.

Good work guys!