Adam comes home first in Marathon number 300
Adam Holland marked his 300th marathon/ultra run in style by winning the Dartmoor Discovery race on Saturday.
Adam stormed away from the rest of the field in the first mile and was never caught.
He finished the incredibly tough 32-mile run around Dartmoor in a time of three hours, 44 minutes and 22 seconds.
That was 10 minutes ahead of Weston AC newcomer Kieran Summers, who took second in 3:54.41.
Our hero had previously run the race twice before, finishing fourth in both 2011 and 2012 with a best time of 4:05.28.
However, in tricky and changeable weather conditions on Saturday he was unable to threaten the course record of 3:29.24 held by John Ward.
The Dartmoor Discovery ultra marathon is deemed one of the toughest events in the UK.
The race sets off from Princetown and takes runners to Dartmeet, Poundsgate, Newbridge, Ashburton, Buckland-in-the-Moor, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, and Postbridge before returning to the start.
It is the UK’s longest single lap road ultra marathon and the race is always a 250 sell-out, with athletes from all over the country taking part.