Don Hale Blog

Family double age cat wins for Martin and Carla at Wrexham's Village Bakery half-marathon. Report by Don Hale.   TEN Road Runners tackled the Village Bakery half marathon at Wrexham last Sunday and husband and wife duo Martin and Carla Green celebrated a unique double with both athletes winning their respective age categories. The race unfortunately clashed with the  Nick Beer 10k  race this year, but it didn’t deter an excellent entry of nine club members on this popular and fast course.  Martin Green  finished 28th out of 1,348 runners in a superb time of 1 hour 11 minutes and 33 seconds, and he was 1st in his MV45 age cat. Martin’s wife  Carla Green  also ran very well and finished as the 9th female athlete in 193rd place overall in 1.23.55, and she too won her VW50 cat. And it was later confirmed that she also beat her own North Wales record at this distance, with Martin moving up to 2nd place. *Josh Keogh (*above left) with Jonathan Kettle. Josh Keogh  enjoyed another good sho

*Members of the NWRRC team (*pictured above) at the Village Bakery half-marathon (*back row l-r), Stuart Culverhouse, Will Williams, Steve Roberts, Kevin Higgins, Jamie Tharme, Len Jackson and Iwan Evans, (*front row l-r), Carla Green, Nicola Wylie, Helen Hannam, Kay Hatton and Cheryl Frost. ( *photograph by Zoe Roberts ). Martin shared a slice of the action at Village Bakery half-marathon. Report by Don Hale. Most photograph by Steve Jeffery.   Road Runner Martin Green shared a deserved slice of the action at the Village Bakery half-marathon last Sunday at Wrexham, and he was one of thirteen NWRRC members, who also battled for club championship points and claimed three prestigious podium places. And in a star-studded field of nearly 1,400 elite, club, and social runners, Martin performed well again, and finished 15th overall with an impressive chip time of 1 hour 13 minutes and 53 seconds to additionally win his MV45 age cat. The overall race was won by  Gavin Tomlinson  (Chorlton Run