Don Hale Blog

*NWRRC veteran Kevin Higgins is pictured (*above), in the yellow vest tackling the woodland trail on his debut at Penrhyn parkrun. Conwy tour members gave a welcome boost to several local parkruns...plus a results  round-up... *Conwy regulars John Stallard (*orange t-shirt), and Pam Grant (*long sleeved blue top), are pictured at the picturesque Penrhyn parkrun. Report by Don Hale.  Photos courtesy of Michael (Pat) Finnie, and others. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   It was another bumper turn-out at the Penrhyn Castle parkrun last Saturday on a cool and breezy morning with 276 mixed ability athletes tackling the rather undulating but picturesque course, which again included numerous ‘Conwy on Tour’ members. Promising local teenager  Noa Vaughan  was the 1st finisher overall with a fast time of just 15 minutes and 47 seconds, and he easily won his SM18 age cat, but at the time of writing the second and third finishers remained unknown.  The 1st female ath...

*Rachel Morris (*above) with her medal at the Great North Run. Round up of races from Ruthin 5k, Nova Prestatyn parkrun, Milton  Keynes races, the Great North Run, and the Bacchus 10k wine and cheese run. Two age cat wins for Road Runners at fast Ruthin Evening 5k. Report by Don Hale.   Three North Wales Road Runners took part in the midweek Ruthin 5k evening race last Wednesday and celebrated some excellent times and claimed two age category wins. In another fast dash, end of season event that attracted 115 elite and top club runners,  Richard Eccles  was the first club man home finishing in 6th place overall and 1st in his MV50 cat in just 18 minutes and 12 seconds. *Richard Eccles (*above) had a great run in the Ruthin 5k evening race. Husband and wife endurance team  Ben  and  Sarah Ferguson Hudson  were also pleased with their performances, with  Ben  running home in 15th place in 20.17 and 6th in his MV40 cat, whilst...

*Pictured at the Nova parkrun at Prestatyn are (l-r) Rachel Morris, Helen Hannam and Nicola Wylie. Road Runners battled for club points and podium places at Prestatyn's Nova parkrun... Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffrey.   Eleven members of NWRRC travelled to Prestatyn last Saturday to compete in the Nova parkrun as part of their revised 5k club championship events, with the run organisers recording their best attendance since lockdown. With numerous open races either being cancelled or rescheduled this year due to the recent pandemic, the club opted to include this parkrun as an important middle-distance alternative, and members later celebrated with seven podium places, including four age category wins. And, for all but one of the Road Runners, it meant a course debut at this parkrun venue, which was also boosted in the sunshine by supporters of the cancer charity – ‘Your Way, Move Against Cancer.’ * Martin  Green (*above) was in fine form with two superb 5k times. ...