Success for North Wales athletes at the Manchester half-marathon...plus other results...


*Pictured above - Will Evans and his daughter Molly at the Manchester race.

Success for North Wales athletes at the Manchester half-marathon...plus other results...including Harry's Abbey Dash success...

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A North Wales trio of Martin Green, along with Will Evans and his daughter Molly, travelled to Manchester on Sunday to compete in the city’s popular half-marathon race along with about 24,000 other athletes, and recorded some excellent PB times!

Martin, (*pictured right), who now has dual club registration with Meirionnydd RC, finished well as the 75th male athlete overall in 1 hr 13 mins and 4 seconds and won his VM50 age category. 

After the event he confirmed: “I went flat out for a championship time, and I was on track till around 6/7 miles then dropped off the pace unfortunately, but no complaints, enjoyed the block, took the race on but unfortunately not quite good enough on the day.”

Will Evans was also pleased with his excellent result and he knocked over three-minutes from his previous best time, running home in 1.26.29, as the 647th male, with Molly narrowly claiming a deserved sub-two-hour PB time of 1.59.49.

Will later said: “My daughter Molly and I ran in the Manchester half-marathon today. A fantastic day for it, with both Molly and I smashing our PBs.”



*Harry Driscoll (*above left), with Mark Jessett, and Carla Green.

Other results:

*Leeds: Harry Driscoll celebrated after recording a good time of 37.01 at the Leeds Abbey Dash 10k race on Sunday in 297th place overall, out of nearly 6,000 athletes.

*Ruthin: Mark Jessett and Carla Green travelled to the Ruthin Memorial parkrun last Saturday and they both claimed outstanding success. Mark finished 1st overall and won his VM35 age cat on his course debut in 18.02, whilst Carla was the 1st female finisher (9th overall), and won her VW50 cat in 20.27.


Conwy’s Fundraising Dark Run on 26th October for Hope House Children’s Hospices…Please register as soon as possible...

Introduction by Don Hale.

 

The Conwy Dark Run is all set to go ahead once again, and this year it will be staged on Saturday 26th October from 6pm at the RSPB Nature Reserve at Conwy, and this exciting will help to raise thousands of pounds for Hope House Children’s Hospices.

MC John Hatton will promote the fun, excitement, and the incredible atmosphere at Conwy, and he will also be in demand as the MC for a similar Dark Run event at Penrhyn Castle.

Entrants will have the option to run or walk either the full 5k parkrun course, or the 2.5k reduced version, and everyone will be encouraged to wear fancy dress or Halloween themed costumes.


The event organisers for Conwy confirmed: -


It’s time to glow crazy for Hope House Children’s Hospices and have fun in the dark! Run, jog or walk, join with friends, take your family or do it solo the choice is yours!

“We can’t wait to light up Conwy and see everyone waving their glow sticks in aid of local families. The warm-up-will start at 6.10pm, and at 6.30pm sharp the starter hooter goes crazy! Complete the Dark Run amidst music, cheering spectators and finish your 5k Dark Run for your extra special goody bag (2.5k for tired legs). 

“There is no dress code but if you fancy going all neon or Halloween, we always love the colourful scenes our Dark Run crowds create. Please sign up asap, and you will ensure that we can continue to be there for every family who needs us. Thank you to Capalona for acting as our medal sponsors.”

What you need to know: • Registration is £10 per adult and £5 per child* (under 16 years). *Every child entrant must be accompanied by a participating, paying adult. Up to 3 accompanying children per adult entry • Everyone must bring a head torch * No dogs are permitted on site • We ask every Dark Runner to raise as much as they can to help us to provide expert care for local children with life threatening conditions. *Eventbrite fees will be applied at checkout.


 *Entry details and tickets are available via this link:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../conwy-dark-run-2024...




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