Charlotte ‘Beat’ 25k mountain race challenge to fundraise for great cause
Report by Don Hale
https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com
North Wales Road Runner Charlotte Rose Wilton Jones completed a very tough 25k mountain race in Snowdonia last Saturday to help raise funds for ‘Beat,’ a UK eating disorder charity.
The experienced mountain and fell running athlete completed her run in style with a remarkable gun time of just 3 hours 24 minutes and 53 seconds. She was the 9th female finisher, in 58th place overall, and 6th in her respective FSen age category.
Her incredible challenge was part of the 2024 Ogwen25 Yr Helgi Du 10k and 25k races, and Charlotte took on the top challenge in the latter 25k event and appealed for funding towards this deserving cause via her JustGiving page, setting an initial a target of £400.
Her individual page described her intention and stated: “I’ll be taking part in the Ogwen25 on August 3rd held in Snowdonia this year, which is a 25km hilly mountain race and I’ll be raising funds for ‘Beat.’ This cause means a lot to me, having suffered Bulimia for many years myself.
“Therefore, I know first-hand how isolating this illness can be, and the importance of charities like Beat who offer support, as accessing treatment can be a difficult process.
“I now feel in a position to safely do a fundraiser like this and also be able to talk about this illness in the past tense. Beat supports anyone with an eating disorder.
“These serious mental illnesses include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder. 1.25 million people in the UK have a diagnosed eating disorder. They affect people of all ages and backgrounds, and up to one in four sufferers are male. Eating disorders cost the UK’s economy £16.8 billion each year.”
After her gruelling race Charlotte confirmed: “It was a very hilly challenge, but I loved it as always. The weather was a mixture of sunshine and fog on the tops! There was also a fair bit of scrabbling, which was my favourite bit. I have now reached my target. It was such an amazing new event. Thank you to everyone.”
*Further donations are still welcome This is the link to Charlotte’s JustGiving charity page for Beat:
https://www.justgiving.com/…/charlotte-wilton-jones…
Other results
Derby
Steve Gardner has received confirmation from Welsh Masters Athletics that his winning time as an MV60 athlete, of 2 mins 22.44 secs in the 800m, at the BMAL track and field champs at Derby last weekend was a new WMAL record.
York
Kevin Higgins completed race ten of his 12-race series at the York 10k on Sunday, which included about 6,000 athletes. He recorded a time of 60.06, and afterwards he admitted: “There were too many runners, and it was a bit congested, but it a great race and good support all round.”
Pont y Bala
A quartet of NWRRC members travelled to the Pont y Bala Parkrun on Saturday and they collected three age cat wins and one second placing. Carla Green was the 1st female finisher in 7th place overall in 19.56, and she won her VW50 cat. Cheryl Frost was 24th in 23.10 and 1st VW55, whilst Kay Hatton recovered from injury to win her VW60 in 32nd place in 24.19, with master veteran Mike Hayton finishing well in 68th place overall, and 2nd VM70 in 28.26.
Lake District
Benjamin Brummit and his friend Sarah McDermott had a steady debut jog together during the Fell Foot parkrun in the Lake District on Saturday with Sarah finishing 209th in 35.19 and Benjamin just one place and one second behind.
Berlin
Steve Mason took part in the Hasenheide Park parkrun, near Berlin, and he finished in 34th place on his debut in a good time of 21.52 and claimed 4th place in his VM50 age cat.
Conwy parkrunners enjoy their run in the sun
Report by Don Hale
https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com
Martin Green led home a team of 14 North Wales Road Runners at Conwy Parkrun last Saturday morning, with another bumper attendance of mixed ability club and social athletes enjoying the warm, dry conditions, along the picturesque 5k riverside route from the RSPB Nature Reserve.
Martin eventually finished in 2nd place overall, and in a very fast encounter, he was just 7-seconds behind the first placed finisher Jack Jones on his debut.
Dazzling Green recorded an excellent time of 17 minutes and 23 seconds, to win his VM45 age cat, and Jack finishing narrowly ahead in 17.16.
Sion Thomas was only five seconds away from celebrating a new PB, but ran well in 24th place in 21.14, and he won his VM40 age cat. Richard Scamans put the cross-training for his forthcoming triathlon to good use, with his fastest time over the past three years to finish 43rd in 22.33.
Dave Jones ran well in 46th place in 22.36, with super-vet Sandy Johnson back to form in 54th place in 23.12, and easily won his VM75 age cat. Master vet Barrie Wells finished 2nd VM70 in 72nd place in 24.07, with Jamie Tharme, building back his fitness, 78th in 24.17.
Master veterans’ Rob Fryer, Don Hale and Mark Mason took the next three VM70 age cat places behind Barrie, with Rob 129th, and 3rd in his age cat in 26.43, and Don 134th in 26.58, whilst Mark was 158th in 27.55.
Veteran John O’Shea finished well in 218th overall and 4th VM65 in 30.09, with partially sighted athlete Daniel Owens and his running partner and pacer Gwyn Williams 210th in 29.45.
And Gwen Charlton ran around the course with her family in 226th place in 30.32, whilst Rachel Morris took 242nd place in 31.28 for her best parkrun time this year.
*The overall results included: 1st Jack Jones on his course debut in 17.16, with Martin Green (NWRRC), 2nd in 17.23, and Marc Herring (Kenilworth Runners), 3rd on his debut in 17.44. *The 1st female finisher was Eve Hutchinson (Hyndburn AC), with a new PB of 19.45, with Emily Hanlon 2nd in 20.08 and junior Lexi Dundas was 3rd in 20.42. *There were 365 finishers overall.
*Praise was given to the run director Bethan Wyn Roberts and to all the volunteers and marshalls. This is a link to the provisional results from Conwy parkrun:
https://www.parkrun.org.uk/conwy/results/latestresults/