Don Hale Blog

*Pictured above - Rhian Roxburgh prepares for the race with her team mates. Rhian Roxburgh competes for Team GB in the World's Toughest Challenge...with $100,000 prize money. Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com   Top North Wales triathlete and coach Rhian Roxburgh has been selected to represent Team GB as part of a four-person team to compete this week in the ‘World’s Toughest Challenge,’ and she could win a share of a $100,000 reward. The Llandudno based award-winning all-round endurance athlete is currently travelling to Sweden to take part in the  One Water Race  against nine other rival teams from Australia, France, Canada, Sweden, plus other combined nations teams from 19-21st August, during a gruelling event that will last for about 60-hours non-stop over 5 varied stages The race covers a distance of about 250 km, the equivalent of 6 marathons, and is split up into approximately 200 km running, and 50 km swimming events. The running takes place...

Newport Harriers athletes:  Eleri Jones, Juliet Sidney, Louise Kirkby, and Nicky Buckwell at the World Masters Athletics Championships. Some great medal-winning results for Welsh athletes from the World Masters in Sweden.   World Masters Athletics Championships 13th - 25th August, in  Gothenburg , Sweden. Report by Juliet  Sidney .   Juliet Sidney from Welsh Masters Athletics has kindly forwarded a brief summary from some of the medal winning successes by her club at Newport Harriers and from Welsh Masters Athletics members who competed in the Masters World Championships in Sweden during August. She confirmed: “A massive congratulations to our FIVE Master athletes who travelled to Sweden with all FIVE coming away with relay medals. After competing in their individual events previously and doing well they were all chosen for relay legs.  “Eleri Jones was the 1st leg in the W40 4 x 100m team winning silver, and she also broke the British record...

*Pictured above - Steve Gardener at the World Masters champs in Sweden. Steve Gardner smashes 800m Welsh Masters record at World Masters Athletics champs in Sweden. Report by Don Hale. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com North Wales Road Runner, Welsh Master, and Team GB track athlete Steve Gardner smashed his own previous best record time in the 800m event during the World Masters Athletics Championships in Sweden last week with an improved time to set a new Welsh Masters Athletics record. Competing on the track in Bjorlanda, Sweden, on 15th August, for Team GB, the M60 veteran ran home in 2 minutes 22.26 seconds. He was also the 3rd British athlete and the 1st Welshman, finishing 23rd overall based on the times over seven heats. There were 72 starters.  And in the 1500m held over the past few days, he recorded another excellent PB finishing in 5.07.05, in 24th place overall, as the 4th British athlete, and once again he was understood to be the 1st Welshman. There were 57 starters o...