Don Hale Blog

CAERNARFON HALF-MARATHON.  Sunday 8th September 2024. Last few places available on the day! https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk Our last events of 2024   The Caernarfon half marathon sold out online weeks back, but we saved a few  entries for on the day though - arrive early if you want one!   Lots of brand new unused past races merchandise on SALE at this Sunday's  Caernarfon half marathon - technical T-shirts from as little as £2.50, hoodies from  £20, BARGAIN! get rid of those old smelly ones!   The remaining 3 events of the year are fast approaching, and entries are starting  to run low! guarantee yourself one by entering today.   We're a friendly bunch here at Run Wales, if at any of our races you think you may  have won your age category, come and sees at the Run Wales timing van at the  finish line.   https://www.runwales.com/calendars/sport-events   See you on the start line, Chris York...

*The NWRRC team who ran in the Bangor 10k race last Sunday. (*pictured l-r), Cai Roberts, Kelly-Marie Alford, Kevin Higgins, Rob Fryer and Steve Roberts. Wild, wet, and windy for Bangor 10k and half-marathon. Report by Don Hale. Most photographs by Steve Jeffery.   Just over four-hundred determined runners took part in the Bangor 10k and half-marathon events last Sunday morning amidst wild, wet, and windy conditions which followed a very hilly, muddy, and rain saturated course. North Wales Road Runners entered five athletes in the 10k event with another two members in the half-marathon. Despite this challenging weather, the club still celebrated two podium placings in their respective age categories in the shorter race, and  Helen Hannam  snatched 3rd spot in her age cat in the half-marathon. *Helen Hannam gained a podium place in her age cat in the half-marathon. Steve Roberts  performed well again to finish 27th in the 10k run, and he was also 2nd in his VM55-59 ag...