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Peter Robinson (Hornsea Harriers) pictured above - returned to running after retirement. More inspirational stories wanted about veteran runners...and this time we feature Peter Robinson from Hornsea Harriers... Report by Don Hale .  https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Welsh Masters Athletics have been looking for some more inspirational stories about veteran athletes who, for whatever reasons, perhaps stopped running for a period of time, before returning to the sport, and are now enjoying both success and fitness in their later years. We welcome all your tales about the highs and lows of your running career, and this week we feature master veteran athlete  Peter Robinson  from  Hornsea Harriers. Peter explained : “As a teenager, I ran for a Northern UK club, Gateshead Harriers, and had some success. More important, I realised that I loved running. I stopped competing when I married in 1974 but kept 'jogging' to keep fit. “When I retired in 2018,

*Pictured above - GOG  Triathlon  'Super Vet' Alan Benn. GOG Triathlete and Welsh ‘Super Vet’ Alan Benn crowned his 80th birthday dash in style with a new cat win and cake at Conwy’s Coronation Day parkrun. Special report by Don Hale. www.welshmasterathletics.co.uk   Welsh Master veteran Alan Benn crowned his 80th birthday dash in style at Conwy’s Coronation Day parkrun last Saturday by winning his new MV80-84 age category with an excellent time of 27 minutes and 57 seconds. The popular  GOG Triathlon  member enjoyed his first ever run as a ‘Super Vet’ and finished in 131st place amidst 325 mixed ability runners over the challenging but picturesque 5k North Wales course.  This was Alan’s 28th parkrun at Conwy, and his fastest run dates back 5-years to May 2019 when he incredibly ran a PB of just 23.41, with an age grading of 75.19%, in 64th place, and won his MV75-79 age cat. This week’s event attracted a bumper assortment of some highly talented and mixed ability athletes for