In the early hours of 4th May, 47 brave souls accumulated behind an orange spray-painted line on a quiet country lane. They were just outside the pretty village of Offwell, East Devon, preparing to start the East Devon Round Ultra Marathon. This new 62mile/99km course, painstakingly put together by race organiser Alastair Moffett and his army of volunteers, would take the runners through farms, villages, along cliffs paths and of course up some of Devon’s most daunting hills