Family double age cat wins for Martin and Carla at Wrexham's Village Bakery half-marathon.


Family double age cat wins for Martin and Carla at Wrexham's Village Bakery half-marathon.

Report by Don Hale.

 

TEN Road Runners tackled the Village Bakery half marathon at Wrexham last Sunday and husband and wife duo Martin and Carla Green celebrated a unique double with both athletes winning their respective age categories.

The race unfortunately clashed with the Nick Beer 10k race this year, but it didn’t deter an excellent entry of nine club members on this popular and fast course. 

Martin Green finished 28th out of 1,348 runners in a superb time of 1 hour 11 minutes and 33 seconds, and he was 1st in his MV45 age cat. Martin’s wife Carla Green also ran very well and finished as the 9th female athlete in 193rd place overall in 1.23.55, and she too won her VW50 cat. And it was later confirmed that she also beat her own North Wales record at this distance, with Martin moving up to 2nd place.



*Josh Keogh (*above left) with Jonathan Kettle.


Josh Keogh enjoyed another good show in 39th place in 1.13.00, and Jonathan Kettle was 77th in 1.16.19. Richard Eccles finished in 207th place in 1.24.54, and he was 4th in his MV55 cat. Meanwhile Ben and Sarah Hudson were satisfied with their performances and Ben recorded a good time of 1.34.25 in 420th place, with Sarah 507th in 1.38.34. And partners Kelly Alford and Cai Roberts enjoyed positive results with Kelly 784th in 1.49.22, and a 4 minute PB, with Cai 878th in 1.54.40, and the pair were followed by Vicky Taylor who finished in 2.10.12 in 1,128th place.



*Richard Eccles (above left) with Kelly Alford and (below), Kelly is shown with Vicky Taylor and Cai Roberts with their commemorative finishing medals.





*The race was won by David Devine (Liverpool Harriers) in 1.07.30, with Harry Jones 2nd in 1.07.30, and Matthew Collins (Oswestry Olympians) 3rd in 1.08.02. The first female was Rachel Hodgkinson (Liverpool Harriers) in 1.16.32.


https://runcheshire.niftyentries.com/Results/Village-Bakery-Wrexham-Half-Marathon-2023

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