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First man was John Parker of CLC Striders, who was also last year's winner, in a time of 40:08, shaving almost a minute off his previous time of 41:02.

First woman was Kim Mazzuca in 48:24 - a new ladies' course record.

Full results are here (pdf file).

The 2009 Beacons Ultra, starting from the small village of Talybont-on-usk near Brecon is a great introduction to the world of Ultra running.  Well that's what it said on the website so who am I to argue.  

After much internal debate I settled on attempting an ultra marathon before I'd even had a go at a conventional marathon, I'd have plenty of time to do a marathon during my training (I did 3 in the end).  

I got through my training unscathed and as the day drew nearer the nerves became more apparent, but I felt confident, I'd done a lot of training, I new I could do it! (I also new that I wasn't going to brake any records in the process)

It was a beautiful day today, and we had 128 runners for the 2009 Magnificent Eastnor Castle Seven.  The first man was Garry Hughes of Dursley & District in 41:44.  The first woman was Ann Nixon of Forest of Dean Athletic Club in 49:48.

Full results are here:
Magnificent Seven 2009 results.pdf

More information and photos to follow.  (We have a couple of hundred photos of the event.  I shall look at uploading these over the coming week or so.)