Road Runners trio set fast pace at Abersoch Half

Report by Don Hale

https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com

A trio of NWRRC members took part in the Abersoch Half Marathon last Saturday with Stuart Culverhouse coming home first for the club in 28th place overall, out of nearly 300 entrants.

Culverhouse also celebrated a new course PB, finished two-minutes quicker than last time in 1.33.35 and claimed 3rd place in his M50 age cat. 

Super-veteran Sandy Johnston confirmed his pedigree with an excellent result of 1.42.26 to win his M75 cat with a new PB in 62nd place, whilst Gwen Charlton ran well in 2.20.44, was 260th overall and 86th female finisher.

After the race Sandy said: “Just ran a huge over-75 PB at the Abersoch half after 10 days of hot and hilly training in Italy, with my daughter Alice, and It might even be a North Wales record, too!“

Road Runners competed in Trail and Canicross races

Two NWRRC members took part in the Llyn Alwen Trail and Canicross events on Sunday with Charlotte Rose Wilton-Jones 10th place overall and 5th female finisher in the Canicross race along with her dog Mollie, in a good chip time of 1.00.29.

And club newcomer Paul Aubert completed the 11.5k trail race 18th out of 76 entrants in 54.24.

Other results:

Will Williams back to his best in 5k race

Will Williams competed in the Talwr to Llanbedrgoch 5k race in midweek and finished 11th overall in 19.18 and 2nd in age cat. After the race he said: “A decent effort tonight still lots of work to do to get fit again, but good workout on a hilly course. Representing Cybi my second claim club this evening as the race was supported by Cybi and they’re great bunch to run with.”

Master vet age cat win for Mike Hayton

Mike Hayton won his M70 age cat with a good run at the Ruthin Memorial Playing Fields Parkrun after finishing 43rd overall in 28.24.

Hat-trick of age cat wins for the Road Runners at Conwy Parkrun

Report by Don Hale

https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com

Three North Wales Road Runners won their respective age categories last Saturday morning at the Conwy Parkrun amongst a good turnout of nearly 300 visiting club and social runners.

Richard Scamans was first NWRRC member home in 20th place and 3rd VM55 in 21 minutes and 44 seconds, with Steve Roberts 24th in 21.57 and 1st VM55.

Club entries were down this week with just eight starters at the RSPB Nature Reserve due to either runners recovering from last week’s races, or preparing for other fixtures, but the results included: – Harry Driscoll 29th overall and 2nd SM20 in 22.33, whilst Hannah Griffith won her VW50 in 57th place in 25.19.

Rob Fryer won his VM70 cat after finishing 76th in 26.08, and Don Hale was 114th in 28.05 and 2nd VM70.

Meanwhile, veteran John O’Shea ran well despite a slight injury in 132nd place in 29.18, and was 4th VM65 cat.

Rachel Morris was probably glad to finish after suffering with heavy legs from her gallant efforts from last week at the Great North Run, and from her on-going marathon training, including a tough 8-mile Saturday training schedule, but she bravely recorded a time of 40.50 in 259th place.

First finisher at Conwy Parkrun was Leo Loughran on course debut in 17.30, with David Clarke 2nd with a new PB in 18.11, and Chris Benson, another debutant, 3rd overall in 18.23. The first female was junior athlete Catrin Evans JW11-14 (14th overall) in 21.06, whilst Catherine Davies ran a new PB in 2nd place (37th overall) in 22.58, with Mia Williams 3rd (and 44th overall) in 24.11. 283 finishers in total.

*Praise was given to the run director and to all the volunteers and marshals. This is a link to the provisional results from Conwy: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/conwy/results/latestresults/