Conwy parkrun results and report

North Wales Road Runners turned out twelve members at Conwy this week,
which included Mark Davies, and Daniel Owens, a partially sighted
athlete, who was guided this week by Gwyn Williams (Colwyn Bay AC).

Sion Thomas led the club team home in 17th place and finished 1st in his
VM40 age cat in 22.10, with Karl Morris 20th, and 2nd in the same cat as
Sion, and just seven-seconds adrift in 22.17.

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Steve Roberts was 32nd in 23.29, with Hannah Griffith 78th in 26.15, and
she won her VW50 age cat, with master veteran Rob Fryer 87th and 2nd in
his VM70 cat in 26.37. Fellow master Don Hale struggled a bit this week
and he finished 3rd in the same age cat as Rob, in 104th place in 27.27.

Veteran Len Jackson ran his fastest parkrun this year with a positive
outing despite the conditions in 27.55 in 116th place and he was 4th in
his VM65 cat, with Daniel Owens and his guide Gwyn Williams running home
together in 125th place in a shared time of 28.12.

Another master vet Mark Mason also finished 4th in his VM70 cat in 29.06
in 135th place, and deserved plaudits were also given to recovering club
athletes Carla Green and Elizabeth Driscoll, with Carla finishing in
228th place in 35.18, Mark Davies 246th in 36.35, and Elizabeth
finishing 272nd in 49.06.

  • The first runner back at Conwy was Josh Keogh who completed a hat-trick of consecutive victories with another strong run in 18.13, and he won his SM30 age cat. James Williams (Lymm Runners, finished 2nd in 19.12, with Oliver Seldon 3rd in 19.47.
  • For the ladies, promising junior twins Ella and Gwen Hayes (Deeside AC) – who are the granddaughters of photographer Bill Scrivens – claimed the 1st and 2nd female finishing places on their course debuts following an outstanding tussle, with Ella 5th overall in 20.04, and Gwen just one place and six seconds behind her. They also finished 1st and 2nd in their JW11-14 age cat, and a couple of other visiting debut runners from Yaxley Runners & Joggers, took the next two places, which included SW20 athlete, Ellie Piccaver 3rd in 21.56, and VW60 athlete Roslyn Loutit, the 4th female in 21.57. *There were 289 finishers this week.

Llyr finished third in the tough Llandudno Duathlon

Road Runner Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts finished 3rd in the Llandudno
Duathlon on Sunday following a tremendous performance over a very tough
and challenging course, which included both a 5k and 10k run,
interspersed by four bike laps around the Great Orme.

Llyr’s impressive split times were: 18 mins and 13 secs for the 5k run.
1 hr 10 mins for the bike and 37 mins and 50secs for the final 10km run!

After the event he confirmed: “I came third in the Duathlon. Really
chuffed, as it was a standard distance, which is basically two times the
distance that I do in the sprint! So, I’ll take that in my first attempt
at this event! Lots of support around the course from NWRRC members, and
Carla Green on the Orme was immense!”

Tri-Harder trio beat their estimated times in the Llandudno Triathlon relay

Richard and Katie Scamans and their friend Dave Myles formed a trio
called Tri-Harder and competed in the Llandudno Triathlon on Sunday,
with all three members recording season’s best times.

Just before the race an optimistic Richard, who is also a member of
NWRRC, said: “We will be tackling the Triathlon as a relay team with Katie swimming a mile in the sea, and Dave cycling 35k – involving
riding around the Great Orme four times! I somehow think I’ve got off
lightly with just a flat 10k run along the prom and back three times.

“Katie will start us off at 9.10am, then Dave will start around 10.00am
on his bike, and I'll be running on the prom around 11.45. It's a great
event, lots to see especially around the transition area.”

And after their efforts and delighted Richard added: “Well we did it,
and it’s a season’s bests for all three of us. Well-done to Katie who
was two minutes under her expected time, and Dave was fifteen minutes
under his expected time, whilst I ran two minutes under my expected
time. It was good fun, and thanks for all the support out and about on
the course.”

Richard later posted their times which included Katie’s swim in 47
minutes and 21 seconds, with Dave’s bike ride in 1hr 29 minutes and 18
seconds, whilst Richard completed his 10k run in 43 minutes and 30
seconds. Their total times including transitions was 3 hrs 2 mins and 40
seconds.

Ben and Sarah celebrated running the Berlin Marathon

Road running ultra-athletes Ben and Sarah Hudson celebrated running the
Berlin Marathon last Sunday with respectable times despite still feeling
the effects of their recent ultra distance challenges and competing with
nearly 60,000 other runners!

Sarah confirmed: “Berlin done…no PB’s today as our legs are still not
very happy after all the ultras, but we are over the moon with 3.58.08
for me, and 3.45.29 for Ben.

“I was just so chuffed to go sub 4 today! The conditions were pretty
amazing, sunny and a lovely breeze but it’s so busy! Amazing atmosphere
though!”

Monster run at Loch Ness!

NWRRC member James Jones tackled a monster run with some friends on
Sunday during the Loch Ness Marathon and he ran well, finishing in 3 hrs
36 minutes.

Other results:

  • Ruthin: Cheryl Frost and Kay Hatton took part in the Ruthin Memorial Playing Fields parkrun last Saturday and both their respective age categories. Cheryl finished 18th overall and she was the 4th female in 22.55 and won her VW55 cat, whilst Kay won her VW60 cat in 23rd place in 23.19, and she was the 7th female finisher.
  • Newark: Harry Driscoll travelled to the Newark parkrun and claimed 2nd place overall with a good run in 19.03 and he won his SM20 age cat.
  • Prestatyn: Stuart Culverhouse won his VM50 age cat at the Nova parkrun at Prestatyn after he finished 3rd overall in 20.34.
  • Penrhyn: Steve Mason finished 24th in the Penrhyn Castle parkrun, and he was 2nd in his VM50 age cat in 20.47.
  • Sheffield: Michael Finnie ran his fastest time this year at Sheffield last Saturday during his 309th parkrun, this time at the Graves Park parkrun over a tough and hilly course, where he finished 3rd in his VM65 age cat in 28.08.
  • Lancaster: James Jones was 150th on his debut in a time of 31.13, at the Lancaster parkrun as he journeyed to Loch Ness last Saturday.