Hat-trick of age category wins at a bright and sunny Conwy parkrun...plus other race results.

*John Dalzell (*above) led the North Wales Road Runners home.

Hat-trick of age category wins at a bright and sunny Conwy parkrun...plus other race results.

Report by Don Hale.

 

North Wales Road Runners entered thirteen athletes in last Saturday’s Conwy parkrun and claimed eight podium places including three age category victories.

Blessed this week with bright sunshine and a light breeze, the event attracted over two-hundred runners of varied ages and abilities, and from different parts of the UK. 

The first man back was James Yarwood (Abergele Harriers), the runaway leader who won his SM30 age cat with a fast time of 17 minutes and 32 seconds. The second spot remained undeclared, but the 3rd placed runner was Matthew Young in 19.09. The 1st Lady was Anna Drinkwater (Eryri Harriers) in 6th place overall in 20.00, with Elisha Price 2nd in 23.26, and Ffion Williams 3rd with a new PB in 24.47. The parkrun attracted 211 finishers.

NWRRC endurance athlete John Dalzell led the Road Running team home in 7th place overall in 20.08, and he also won his MV45 age cat. Steve Mason remained in hot pursuit but finished 9th, and just a few seconds behind his club colleague in 20.11 to claim the second spot in the same cat, with Stuart Culverhouse a further nine-seconds adrift in 20.20 in 10th place and 2nd in his MV50 cat.

*Steve Mason *above left) with Stuart Culverhouse.

Jamie Tharme was in top form yet again and recorded a great new parkrun PB in 21.40 in 15th place, and he finished 3rd in his MV45 cat to ensure the club claimed all three places in that age category. 

*Jamie Tharme (*above left) with Gethin Wyn Jones.

Martin Green just used the event as warm-up for his marathon preparations the following day and was satisfied with 19th spot overall in 21.51, and Gethin Wyn Jones seems to be back to his best and ran home in 23.47 in 38th place, with veteran Rob Fryer continuing his fine form to win his MV65 age cat in 58th place in 25.25.

*Rob Fryer (*above left) with Sue Smith.

Dave Spofforth ran the course with his son Ben, and the youngster continued his rapid improvement with a new PB of 26.18, and he also won his JM10-11 age cat in 72nd place. Veteran Mark Mason claimed the 2nd spot in his MV65 cat in 27.02 in 77th place, and he was followed by Sue Smith, who finished 122nd, and claimed 3rd place in her VW55 age cat in 30.30. 

*Rachel Morris (*above left) with Mike Smith.

Rachel Morris ran well again in 163rd place in 34.13, with Sue’s husband Mike Smith 186th in 37.34.
*Praise was again given to the hard work of the race director and all the volunteer’s and marshals.

*This is the link to the provisional results at Conwy:

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/conwy/results/latestresults/

Other Race Results:

*Carla Green and her husband Martin Green both suffered from injuries.

*Martin Green finished in 3rd place in the Abingdon Marathon on Sunday in a good time of 2 hours and 35 minutes, despite struggling with a painful injury, and a similar problem affected his wife Carla Green, who unfortunately had to drop out of the same race after running for 1 hour and 59 minutes, due to a painful quad injury. 

Carla later confirmed: “Horrible conditions and I had tight quads so made the decision to pull out at 17-miles. I was just zapped. Onwards and upwards.”

*Will Williams (*above) ran well at the Ruthin parkrun.

*Ruthin: Will Williams claimed 2nd place overall from 69 finishers at the Ruthin parkrun last Saturday, and he also won his MV50 age cat in 18.44.

*Samantha Williams (*above) pictured at the Witney parkrun last weekend.

*Witney: NWRRC athlete Samantha (Sam) Williams ran in the Witney parkrun last Saturday and finished in 106th place overall, and she was the 29th female and 6th in her VW35 age cat in 30.57.