Don Hale Blog

*Young Joe Culverhouse celebrated a new course PB and won his age cat at Conwy parkrun. He is pictured (*above) with his dad Stuart. Six age cat wins for the Road Runners at a very wet Conwy parkrun... Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   It was tough morning at the Conwy parkrun last Saturday for both athletes and volunteers, with wind, rain, and a waterlogged course adding to the usual challenges of this 5k dash. The conditions kept the number of entrants well down to just 136 brave souls who opted to turn out on such a horrible day, but eleven members of North Wales Road Runners took full advantage of the conditions, with every runner either winning, or finishing in the top-three of their respective age categories. And Mark Jesset  was delighted to be the first man home overall, led the team, and he was one of six age cat winners on the day, recording a very good time of just 18 minutes and 38 seconds to additiona...

*NWRRC veteran athlete Stuart Culverhouse (*above) at Conwy Full marks to two top students at Conwy parkrun dash. Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   Two talented students competed for honours at Conwy parkrun last Saturday with Bryn Woodall (Colwyn Bay AC) eventually outsprinting his rival Harri Jackson (Manchester Metro University AC) to claim the first place with an incredible time of just 15 minutes and 54 seconds. Bryn , who is on leave from his studies in America, narrowly failed to match his record on this picturesque but challenging 5k course, but still finished over a minute clear to additionally win his SM20-24 age category.  *American student Bryn Woodall (*above) was the first man back home at the Conwy parkrun last weekend. Harri  was 2nd in the same age cat as Bryn in 17.11, with veteran  Bryn Carrington  claiming the 3rd spot, and winning his MV40 cat in 17.33. There were ...