Don Hale Blog

*Some of the NWRRC team at the Bangor 10k and half-marathon (*Front row l-r), Gwen Charlton, Hannah Griffith, Helen Hannam, Nia Lister, and Carol Moss. (*And back row), Rob Fryer, Mike Hayton, Stuart Culverhouse, Adam Lemalle, Daniel Hennell, Dave Jones, and  Sion Thomas. Six podium places at the Ban gor 10k and a host of good results during a busy weekend. Report by Don Hale. Photos courtesy  of Tony Price Jones and others. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   It was a very busy weekend for the North Wales Road Runners with multiple races at Bangor, Chester, and Cardiff, in addition to the first cross-country fixture of the season at Eirias Park, Colwyn Bay, and not forgetting Conwy parkrun! At the hilly Bangor 10k last Sunday,  six members competed, and they all claimed podium places in their respective age categories.  Sion Thomas  led the team home as the 9th male, and he finished 2nd in his M40 cat in 43.31. He was followe...

*Martin Green had a great run repesenting Wales v England in the Chester Marathon. Busy weekend for the Road Runners at Chester and Bangor races...plus other results... Report by Don Hale.   https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   This past weekend proved to be one of the busiest of the season for local runners with four major events taking place at Chester and in Bangor, including a fierce marathon rivalry between English and Welsh athletes, plus several parkruns, in Conwy and elsewhere. A gruelling schedule staged in unusually warm weather, included seventeen top North Wales Runners involved in the Bangor 10k, Bangor half-marathon, the Chester Metric Marathon, and the full distance, Chester Marathon. NWRRC  had two members selected to represent Wales last Sunday during the International match v England, within the  Chester Marathon , and both  Martin Green  and  Cheryl Frost , competed well, and proudly wore their prestigious and famous red vest. And vete...

*Jon Evans proudly shows his marathon medal from the Berlin Marathon. Great run by Jon Evans at the Berlin Marathon. Report by Don Hale.   https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   North Wales Road Runner Jon Evans enjoyed a great run in the popular Berlin Marathon in Germany last Sunday and said he was pleased with both his time and his pacing splits during this prestigious event. This was Jon’s fifth Berlin race, and this time he welcomed good weather conditions and used this marathon as the ideal preparation for the forthcoming Chester marathon.  *Jon Evans is pictured above at the  famous  Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. The veteran endurance athlete completed this interesting but undulating course in just 4 hours and 5 minutes, and he praised the support of his fitness coaches for this performance following a period of heavy training. After the race, as he stood next to the famous Brandenburg Gate, Jon confirmed: “The weather was excell...

*Carla Green (*far right on the podium) at the Chester Metric Marathon after her tremendous run to finish as 3rd female and age cat winner. Road Runners tackled a variety of top races during busy weekend...London, Cardiff, Chester, plus cross country etc. Report by Don Hale.   Plenty of North Wales Road Runners took part in a wide variety of races last weekend during one of the busiest times of the year which involved several fixture clashes and attracted some bumper entries. NWRRC members travelled to compete in marathons in London and Chester, together with the Chester Metric race, the Cardiff half-marathon, the season’s first cross country at Bangor, and the Conwy parkrun. The most popular event however for NWRRC club runners was the  Chester Metric Marathon  race with six members competing over this unusual and very challenging distance.  Martin Green  and his wife  Carla  were the star runners yet again, with Martin claiming a 4th place finish ove...

*A great London Marathon debut and a new PB for Steve Bozier. North Wales marathon runners provide welcome boost for charities...report from London, Chester and Chester Metric, Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery, John Hatton, and others.   Marathon mania affected a host of North Wales runners last weekend with some superb performances at the London Marathon, and at both the Chester Metric and Chester Marathon events, with many athletes recording personal best times over the full 26.2-mile distance. NWRRC had two runners in the mass London Marathon race, and one master veteran member who completed the event virtually on Llandudno promenade.  Steve Bozier  (*pictured above) ran an incredible time on his debut in the capital and claimed a massive 41-minute PB to finish in the official time of 3 hours 2 minutes and 4 seconds amongst more than 40,000 runners, with so many obviously delighted to be able to run in London and were fundraising for essential char...