Athletes set a hot pace in the heatwave at Penrhyn parkrun...plus other results.

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Athletes set a hot pace in the heatwave at Penrhyn parkrun.


Report by Don Hale. Most photos by Michael Finney.

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There was a good turn-out of nearly 300 mixed ability entrants at the Penrhyn Castle parkrun last Saturday despite scorching temperatures during this extraordinary heatwave period, including athletes from opposite ends of the UK.

A large contingent of quality club runners set a hot pace right from the start over this roller-coaster of a 5k woodland course, with the first seventeen finishers all dipping under the twenty-minute mark, and the first finisher, Rhodri Owen (Meirionnydd RC), celebrated a great run in just 16 minutes and 7 seconds, and he also led home a clean sweep with club colleagues, who packed well and took the first five finishing positions.

Ricky Challinor finished in 2nd place, with Russell Bentley 3rd in 16.52, Geraint Pugh was 4th in 16.53, and Martin Green 5th in 17.39, and there was also a good run by Steffan Sayer (Menai T&F), who finished 7th in 17.42.

And Meirionnydd RC, in addition to recording the top five results, also had SM20 Harry Driscoll in 11th place in 19.03, and John Davies 12th in 19.18, with a generous number of age category victories thrown into the mix too!



*Martin Green (*above left), with Harry Driscoll, and Hannah Griffith.

*The first female finisher was Tilly Edwards (15th) with a new PB in 19.46, followed by Katie Reynolds (Edinburgh University AC), after a close finish (16th) in 19.49, and visitor Imogen Holmes claimed the 3rd spot on her course debut (35th) in 22.24.

In addition, two promising young visitors made excellent debuts at Penrhyn and recorded some amazing times with JM15-17 athlete Kyle Molloy (Cambridge & Coleridge AC) finishing 8th overall in 17.50, and winning his age cat, whilst his Northern Ireland rival Matthew Lamont (Dromore AC), was a very close 9th in 18.04, and he finished 2nd in the same cat.




*Pictured above (l-r): Elizabeth Driscoll, Liz Evans, and identical twins Karen and Amanda Durber at the Penrhyn Castle parkrun in the sun, and (*below right), Ian Taylor and Josh Mottram.

Some members of the Conwy on Tour club at Penrhyn also enjoyed some good results including: 37th Josh Mottram (Colwyn Bay AC) 3rd SM18 in 22.43; 55th Gareth Southworth (Cybi Striders) and 2nd in his VM55 cat in 23.56; Ian Taylor (Colwyn Bay AC) 64th in 24.11; Barry Palmer (Porth Eirias Runners) 98th in 26.25; 121st Liz Evans (GOG Triathlon), and she was 1st in her VW70 cat in 28.01; whilst twins Karen and Amanda Durber ran together in 153rd and 154th places in 29.43; and John Stallard finished 174th in 31.22. 


 


*Pictured above l-r): Master veteran Mike Hayton, with Conwy pub landlord Geraint Hughes, and John Stallard at Penrhyn parkrun.


And plaudits were given to the landlord of the Albion pub in Conwy, Geraint Hughes, who enjoyed a remarkable run, and he finished 14th overall with a new PB of 19.38, and he was 3rd in his SM30-34 age cat, just four months after taking up running!

North Wales Road Runners had four finishers with Hannah Griffith 93rd and 2nd VW50 in 26.10, with Elizabeth Driscoll 130th in 28.27, and master veteran Don Hale was 140th in 28.59, with fellow master Mike Hayton 172nd in 31.13. *There were 293 finishers altogether, and praise was given to the run director and to all the volunteers and marshals.

 

This is a link to the provisional results from the Penrhyn parkrun:

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


 

Michael Corrales was the first finisher at the Nova parkrun.

Report by Don Hale. 

https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com

 

Fell runner Michael Corrales (*pictured right) was the first finisher at the Nova parkrun at Prestatyn following a fine run on his course debut in 17 minutes and 58 seconds, but he was very closely tracked by rivals Jonah Armstrong (Prestatyn RC) in 2nd place with a new PB in 18.02, and Mathew Baker was 3rd in 18.05.

The first female finisher was SW25-29 athlete Anna Drinkwater (Eryri Harriers), who was 8th overall in 19.40, with SW20-24 visitor Cara Bird (Cybi Striders), 2nd (26th overall) on her debut in 22.19, and SW30 Lisa Lines (Prestatyn RC) finished 3rd (31st overall) in 22.39.



*Anna Drinkwater (*above left), with Stuart Culverhouse and Sean Butler.

Three NWRRC members ran at Nova including Stuart Culverhouse who was 16th in 21.10, and he won his VM50 age cat, and Stuart’s son Joe also won his JM11-14 age cat in 32nd place in 22.40, and great credit to club veteran Sean Butler, who returned to parkrun after a break and finished 94th with a new PB of 28.35, and he was 4th in his VM65 age cat.


*Some other Conwy on Tour members included: Youngster Freddie Spillane who finished 24th, and he was 2nd in his SM20 age cat in 22.12; with Darren Dentith 33rd in 22.42 and he was 3rd in his VM50 cat, whilst Freddie’s dad Chris Spillane (Colwyn Bay AC), was 38th in 23.16 and 2nd in his VM55-59 age cat. *There were 225 finishers at Nova.

 

*This is a link to the provisional results at the Nova, Prestatyn event:

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






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