Josh celebrated his 50th parkrun at Conwy with his 10th win!

*Josh Keogh (*above) performed well again at Conwy to claim another win.

Josh celebrated his 50th parkrun at Conwy with his 10th win...and 5th on the trot! 

Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery.

 

North Wales Road Runner Josh Keogh celebrated his 50th parkrun overall at Conwy last Saturday with another stunning result as the first runner home despite competing on a waterlogged 5k course in freezing cold, and very wet conditions.

For Josh, this was also his 10th win at Conwy and his 5th consecutive victory, finishing in 17 minutes and 32 seconds, which was some 27-seconds ahead of teenage rival James Smith (Menai Track & Field), who was 2nd in 17.59, and Osian Griffiths, 3rd in 18.35.

For the Ladies Anna Drinkwater (Eryri Harriers) was the 1st female runner home in 7th place overall in 20.47, and Ella Grundy (Colwyn Bay) finished 2nd, and in 19th place overall in 22.49, with another fine battle for both placings, and age cat results, by NWRRC athletes Cheryl Frost and Kay Hatton.

Cheryl eventually finished in 21st place overall, and she claimed 1st place in her VW55 age cat in 23.09, with Kay just 7-seconds adrift in 23.16 to take 2nd place in the same age cat. 

*Kay Hatton (*above left) and Cheryl Frost pictured previously in festive costumes.

The Road Runners became split this week due to the two Run Wales Loyalty races taking place just a couple of hours later, and staged over much of the same puddled-filled course, so only nine members tackled the parkrun. It still turned out to be successful event however, as they still claimed six podium places, including five age cat wins amongst the one hundred and eleven entrants.

Josh Keogh was the first club runner home finishing in 1st place overall, and he was also won his SM30-34 age cat in 17.32. He was followed by John Dalzell in 6th place and 1st in his MV45 cat in 20.21. Cheryl Frost was 21st overall, and she too won her VW55 cat in 23.09. 

*John Dalzell (above) won his age cat in 6th place at Conwy.

Martin Green took it easy in preparation for his NW selection the following day at Telford and finished 23rd in 23.15, and he was just one-second ahead of Kay Hatton, who ran home in 24th place overall in 23.16, and she was 2nd in her VW55 cat. 

Rob Fryer (*pictured below) continued his fine form to claim 1st place again in his MV65 age cat, finishing in 40th place overall in 24.52, and master vet Don Hale also collected another MV70 age cat win in 64th place in 27.07, whilst veteran John O’Shea finished 75th in 28.57, and Rachel Morris was 89th overall in 31.50.

*Plaudits were later given to race director Bethan Wyn Roberts and her dedicated team of volunteers on such a horribly wet morning. After the event, Bethan said: “Well done to the one hundred and eleven brave runners who ran along the estuary today. A huge thank you to all the volunteers today. It would not be possible without our high viz heroes. Shame about the weather but at least everyone went home with clean feet after running through our puddles.”

 

*This is the link to the provisional results from Conwy parkrun:

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