Don Hale Blog

*Four members of NWRRC won their respective age cats at  Port y Bala parkrun last Saturday. They are shown (*above l-r): Kay Hatton, Carla Green, Martin Green, and Elizabeth Driscoll with her dog Winston. Another record smashed at Penrhyn Castle parkrun and four age cat wins at Bala... Report by Don Hale. Photos by John Hatton and  Michael Finnie. *The start of the Penrhyn Castle parkrun (*above) in the rain. It seems that records at Penrhyn Castle parkrun are more like London buses, with nothing for ages then suddenly two come along at once. Only last week Sara Ismail-Sutton smashed the female course record and last Saturday, despite the rain, there was another bumper turn-out of visiting athletes, who beat the previous attendance record with 370 finishers. And it was very nearly a hat-trick of records, with Colwyn Bay athlete and US student  Bryn Woodall  (*pictured right), enjoying a tremendous run at Penrhyn on their four-lap woodland route on his return to the U...

*Josh Keogh (*pictured above) had a great run at Conwy. Josh celebrated his run in the sun at Conwy parkrun. Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery.   There was another good turn-out of mixed ability athletes at the Conwy parkrun last Saturday where all the entrants were again blessed with warm sunshine and an unusually bone-dry 5k course. North Wales Road Runner  Josh Keogh  was the worthy first placed finisher, and he also celebrated his SM30 age category in 17 minutes and 52 seconds. Josh was just 14-seconds ahead of his nearest rival  Aled Hughes , who was 2nd in 18.06, with  Alison Campbell  (Sheffield University) 3rd overall, and she was also the 1st female finisher, winning her SW30 cat in 18.41.  The other female finishers were  Sally Bennett  2nd, and 15th place overall in 21.01, with  Vicky Cole  (GOG Triathlon), the 3rd female, and 17th overall, despite a great PB of 21.17.  *There were 295 finishers in total. J...