Back to a cold splash and dash at Conwy parkrun for visiting athletes - plus other results.

*Pictured above - Steve Bozier was back to form at Conwy parkrun.

Back to a cold splash and dash at Conwy parkrun for visiting athletes...plus other results.

Report by Don Hale.

https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com

www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk

 

Conwy parkrun finally got underway again this week following a series of weather affected postponements, and this week it attracted many visiting athletes from across the UK in readiness for the Nick Beer 10k race the following day.

The first two finishers overall were John Gardner and James Jones in this famous 5k splash and dash event through the puddles from the RSPB Nature Reserve, with both men recording new PB times. 

VM35 runner John enjoyed a great run in just 19 minutes and 33 seconds, with NWRRC SM30 runner James also celebrating with a new PB of 20.10, whilst visitor Harry Kelly (Sports Feet), was satisfied with a time of 20.50 on his course debut.

North Wales Road Runners entered eight members, with James Jones leading the team home, and he was followed by Steve Bozier, who returned back to form in 6th place in 21.23, and he was 2nd in his VM45 age cat. Paul Aubert finished16th in 22.39, and veteran Steve Roberts was 26th overall, and won his VM60 cat in 23.29.

*Steve Roberts (*above left), with Steve Mason.

Meanwhile, fellow vet, Steve Mason opted for a steady run in 38th place in 25.05, and master vet Don Hale won his VM70 age cat in 27.18 in 75th place, whilst vet John O’Shea, and super vet Edward Garner, were also in good form with John 131st in 31.07, and Edward 181st in 35.53, and he won his VM75 age cat. And it was good to note the continual improvement in form for Mark Davies, who recorded a new PB of 31.56 in 140th place.

  

*Master vet Don Hale (*above left), with veteran John O'Shea, and Mark Davies

*The first finisher at Conwy parkrun this week was VM35 athlete John Gardner with a new PB of 19.33, followed by SM30 James Jones (NWRRC), with a PB of 20.10, and VM55 Harry Kelly (Sports Feet), was 3rd on his debut in 20.50. *The 1st female finisher was SW20 athlete Llio Owens (18th overall), in 21.26, with Liberty Telling 2nd, (33rd overall), in 24.14, and Lizzie Irvine, (GOG Triathlon), was 3rd, (41st overall), in 25.12. *There were 220 finishers in total.

*Praise was given to the run director Gwen Williams and to all the volunteers and marshalls. This is a link to the provisional results from Conwy:

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

 

*Will Williams (*above left), with Vicky Taylor, and Richard Scamans.

 

Other parkrun results:

*Widnes: Will Williams ran in the Victoria Park parkrun at Widnes last Saturday, and he was 8th on his course debut and 2nd in his VM50 age cat in 18.42.

*Penrhyn: Vicky Taylor finished in 88th place in the Penrhyn Castle parkrun in 29.04, and she was 3rd in her VW50 cat.

*Pwllheli: Ben and Sarah Hudson ran along the golden sands at their new local Pwllheli parkrun, and Ben finished 2nd in his VM45 cat with a new PB of 27.10, whilst Sarah was the tail runner in 22nd place and she the first VW45 athlete in 46.51.

*Luton: Richard Scamans recorded a time of 22.58 at the Luton parkrun last Saturday, and after the event, he confirmed: “Ran at Luton, where they said to run up the hill four times and then head to the finish. I’ve seen bigger hills! This was more of a slope!”