Don Hale Blog

*Martin Green (*above), was the first man back at Conwy parkrun. Bright, beautiful, and fast at Conwy parkrun despite the Friday night Dash... Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   There were a good few tired legs at Conwy parkrun last Saturday morning following the participation of many athletes in the previous evening’s 5-mile charity event at Rohan’s Run formerly known as the Deganwy Dash. Despite this slight handicap, this week’s parkrun was backed by beautifully warm and sunny weather conditions, and still attracted over 300 mixed ability entrants from all over the UK. North Wales Road runners claimed five age cat victories from thirteen members, and  Martin Green  claimed the top spot overall as the first male finisher.  Martin also won his VM45 age cat with an outstanding run in just 17 minutes and 19 seconds, whilst his talented wife  Carla Green , also hit good form as the second club finisher, in 10th place overall, and she was the 3rd female in 20.34, to add

*Pictured above left - Steve Gardner, with his super-veteran father Dave. Good performances by Steve and Dave Gardner at the Menai Open events... plus lots of other great results from the weekend... Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Road Runners S teve Gardner and his father - super-vet Dave Garner - both competed in the midweek  Menai Sprint challenge  last Wednesday night. Steve ran in both the 200m and 400m events, whilst Dave set a new PB in the veteran’s shot-put competition. After the events, Steve confirmed:  “Just a note to let you know that my dad and I competed in the Menai evening events, with dad achieving a new shot put PB, and I was very pleased with my 200m and 400m performances. “ Dad won 1st place in the shot-put in his MV80 age cat, with a throw of 7.09 to set a new PB record, and I completed the 200m in 29.05, and was 2nd MV60 cat, and I finished 1st MV60 cat in the 400m in 1.03.63.”   Other race results: RACE 4 LI