Hot and Humid for athletes at Conwy parkrun

*Pictured (*above), NWRRC members Karl Morris, Richard Scamans and Stuart Culverhouse at Conwy parkrun.

Hot and Humid for athletes at Conwy parkrun

Report by Don Hale. Photos courtesy of Mike Smith.

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Hot and humid was the order of the day at Conwy parkrun last Saturday, as a generous sprinkling of visitors, social runners, and top cub athletes took part in this 5k dash on a picturesque riverside course.

Student Harri Jackson (Manchester Metro University AC) was the first runner back for the second consecutive week, but this time he was 18-seconds down on his previous time, but he still finished well ahead of his nearest challengers, which included promising Prestatyn RC pair, Andy Bromley and Alex Ryder.

Harri’s time was 17 minutes and 30 seconds, and he won his SM20 age cat, with Andy 2nd overall in 18.10, and the first SM30 cat, with Alex third and the first SM25 cat in 18.16. The first female finisher was Hayley Turner (GOG Triathlon), 20th overall in 22.24 and she also won her VW35 cat, with fellow GOG, Vicky Cole winning her VW40 cat, 22nd overall, in 22.30, and Claire Grimmer (Knutsford Triathlon Club, took the third female spot in 48th place with a new PB of 24.58.

North Wales Road Runners entered twelve members, but numbers were down again due to other competing fixtures. Will Evans was the first NWRRC man home in 7th place overall with a new PB of 20.17, and he was 2nd in his MV40 age cat. Endurance runner Karl Morris was the next finisher in 32nd place in 23.00, with Richard Scamans - who is rapidly heading back to form - with another good run in 33rd place, and he pushed Karl all the way, finishing just one second behind him.

 

*Pictured above (l-r), William Evans, Karl Morris, Richard Scamans, and Stuart Culverhouse, all performed well at the Conwy parkrun.

  

*Karen Butler (*above left) with master veteran Don Hale, and Rachel Morris.

Stuart Culverhouse was 37th in 23.29, and Karen Butler ran well in 82nd place and she won her VW60 cat in 26.58, with master vet Don Hale finishing well in 92nd place, and he also won his MV70 age cat in 27.28. Veteran John O’Shea finished 100th in 28.07, with Nia Lister 107th in 28.39.

And Adam Lemalle jogged around the course with his young children, was pleased with 135th place in 29.58, whilst Rachel Morris used the parkrun as a warm-up for the Great North Run, finished 154th in 30.56, with veteran Sue Smith making a welcome return to parkrun in 204th place in 34.33, and the injured Rob Fryer finished 206th in 35.03.

*Adam Lemalle and his children on the Cob at Conwy (*above), with (*below) Sue Smith and other runners with the spectacular Castle in the background.

*Praise was given to the run director and the team of volunteers and marshals. This is the link to the provisional results from Conwy: https://www.parkrun.org.uk/conwy/results/latestresults/