In a timescale alongside the London Marathon, athletes gathered on Tresco to compete in the tropical setting in a now famous race. It was started two years ago by Pete Hingston, local chef, to raise money for Cystic Fibrosis.

The race was won by the Isle of Wight’s Paul Scivier, who ran the course in 3:10:07.

Second place was to go to Littlehampton postman Tim Boone in a time of 3:18:25.

Third place went to the first woman across the finishing line, Jo Groves of Powys, in a time of 3:21:44.

Last year’s race was won by Australian Chris Ledgard, a BBC journalist in a faster time of 2:53:49.

Chris Young, a reporter for the BBC ran the race, telling the BBC: “The course always seems easy when you look at it, because there is only one hill. Last year we nicknamed it Mount Tresco. Unfortunately it seems to get steeper with each lap. By the time you’ve tackled it eight times your legs are starting to complain.”

The CF Trust hopes to receive up to ?50,000 from this year’s race.

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