North Wales Road Runners tackled races across the UK and beyond...

By Don Hale don hale blog

*Nicola Wylie (above) won her age cat at the Ellesmere Port parkrun

Other club race results: from around the UK and beyond..

*Birchwood: Three NWRRC members took part in the Birchwood 10k race on Sunday. Kelly-Marie Alford and Cai Roberts ran together again with Kelly finishing in 156th place in 50.46 and the 7th F35 athlete, with Cai sharing the same time and just one place behind. Mandy Owen also continued her return to fitness with another determined run in 56.13 and 220th place.



*Pictured (*above l-r) Mandy Owen, with Kelly Alford and Cai Roberts.

*America: Jon Evans continued his American adventure last weekend and returned to the Theodore Roosevelt Island DC parkrun in America where he celebrated a great new course PB of 22.55 to win his MV55 age cat, marking a 27-second improvement to his time from last week and finishing in 7th place overall.



*Jon Evans (*above) celebrated a new course PB at his American parkrun.

*Hemel Hempstead: Stuart Culverhouse completed a tough course at the Gadebridge parkrun, near Hemel Hempstead and finished 6th overall and 1st in his MV50 age cat with a good time of 20.49.

*Penrhyn: Will Williams ran at the Penrhyn Castle parkrun and won his MV45 cat, finishing 5th overall in a great time of 19.06.



*Will Williams (*above) had a good run at the Penrhryn parkrun.

*Nicola Wylie (*above) was in form again on her travels to Ellesmere Port.


*Ellesmere Port: Nicola Wylie enjoyed her trip out to the Ellesmere Port parkrun last Saturday to record her fastest parkrun time so far. Nicola finished in 26th place overall but was the 3rd female runner and won her VW50 age cat in 24.01.



*Jamie Tharme (*above) finished 3rd in his age cat at Ruthin.

*Ruthin: NWRRC duo Gethin Wyn Jones and Jamie Tharme travelled to a very windy event at the Ruthin Memorial Playing Fields parkrun last Saturday, with Gethin claiming 7th place and 2nd in his MV35 age cat in 20.11, and Jamie finishing 14th overall and 3rd in his MV40 cat in 22.06.

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