Frome at the Heddington 5K Temperatures may have dropped in recent weeks but Frome runners continued to turn up the heat with some blazing results at local races in July. Paul Horton started the month off in style with the Ham & Lyme 50K Ultra Marathon on 1st July, completing the challenging route from Ham Hill Country Park in Somerset to Lyme Regis in Dorset in 05:28:52. Another Frome long-distance legend, Vicki Trundle, took on the Hope Trail Running Festival 36 on the weekend of the 7-9th July. In this gruelling endurance run, athletes have 36 hours to complete 100 miles over a five-mile loop. Vicki was the fourth woman to finish in a time of 34:22:47. On Tuesday, 11 July, Alexander Fisher sped round the Westbury 5K, completing the flat, fast road race in 00:20:36. On 16 July, Lynn Brand (FV60) took to the trails of Monmouthshire for the Wye Valley Tunnel Run. This picturesque run follows the railway line all the way from Sedbury to Tintern and Lynn’s speedy time of 02:07:52 ea