NORTH Wales Road Runners Club (NWRRC)’s Charlotte Rose Wilton Jones completed a tough 25k mountain race in Eryri on Saturday (August 3) to raise funds for Beat, which is a UK eating disorder charity.

The experienced mountain and fell running athlete completed her run in style with a remarkable gun time of just three hours, 24 minutes and 53 seconds.

She was the ninth female finisher, in 58th place overall, and sixth 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.

After her gruelling race, Charlotte said: “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.”

Other results:

Derby: Steve Gardner has received confirmation from Welsh Masters Athletics that his winning time as an MV60 athlete, of two minutes and 22.44 seconds 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 twelve 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 first female finisher in seventh place overall in 19.56, and she won her VW50 cat.

Cheryl Frost was 24th in 23.10 and she won her VW55 cat, whilst Kay Hatton recovered from injury to win her VW60 cat in 32nd place in 24.19, with master veteran Mike Hayton finishing well in 68th place overall, and he was second in his VM70 age cat 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 during another busy morning

Martin Green led home a team of 14 NWRRC members 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 second place overall, and in a very fast encounter, he was just seven seconds behind the first placed finisher Jack Jones on his debut, with Martin recording 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 he easily won his VM75 age cat.

Master vet Barrie Wells finished second in his VM70 cat in 72nd place in 24.07, with Jamie Tharme building back his fitness in 78th place 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 place overall, and he was fourth in his VM65 cat in 30.09, with partially sighted athlete Daniel Owens and his running partner and pacer Gwyn Williams finishing in 210th place in 29.45.

And Gwen Charlton ran around the course with her family in 226th place in 30.32, whilst Rachel Morris also enjoyed her run in the sun in 242nd place in 31.28 for her best parkrun time this year.