North Wales Runners on the road...results and reports round-up...

By Don Hale don hale blog October 18, 2022

*Steve Forsyth (*above) dashes towards the finish line at the Amsterdam half-marathon.

Other race results: - North Wales runners on the road. Report by Don Hale.

*Amsterdam parkrun: Road Runners Steve Forsyth and Jamie Tharme travelled to the Amsterdamse Bos parkrun in Holland last weekend as a warm-up for the Amsterdam half-marathon the following day.

In a massive field of nearly 500 starters, Steve had an incredible run to finish in 6th place in 17.39 and he also won his MV40 age cat, whilst Jamie Tharme celebrated a massive new PB time of 21.06 to knock about a minute off his previous best parkrun time to run home in 30th place and he was 4th in his MV45 age cat. The event was won by Welshman Matthew Rees (Swansea Harriers) in 16.04.

*Jamie Tharme (*above) ran well at the Amsterdam parkrun and half-marathon.

*Amsterdam half-marathon: Steve Forsyth and Jamie Tharme said they both struggled in the Amsterdam half-marathon last Sunday, yet they still recorded some decent times, with Steve finishing in 1 hour 28 minutes, and Jamie in 1.43.

*Knutsford: Will Williams ran in the Knutsford 10k dash last Sunday and ran well but said he was disappointed to finish in 134th place in 38.50, and he was 9th in his MV50 age cat.

*Will Williams (above) competed at the Knutsford 10k.

*Oswestry: Kelly Alford and Cai Roberts ran together in the hilly Oswestry 10k last Sunday with Kelly finishing in 210th place overall and the 33rd female athlete, and Cai was just one place behind with both sharing the exact same time of 52.18. The race attracted nearly 600 runners.