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.
*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