Don Hale Blog

*     NWRRC  Veteran John O'Shea (*above), performed well at Conwy  Parkrun. Good attendance at Conwy parkrun despite a double date. Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery. https://donhaleblog.blogspot.com www.welshmastersathletics.co.uk   It was another good attendance at the Conwy parkrun last Saturday despite other events, including the Twin Piers 10k race held later on the same day, which offered a unique double date for a number of very keen athletes. The parkrun event again attracted a good number of top club and social runners who were able to enjoy a picturesque 5k dash on an unusually dry but challenging course this week. North Wales Road Runners  were heavily depleted however, due to this fixture clash with just five members taking the parkrun option, yet they still claimed three first place age cat wins, and two second places. Master veteran  Barrie Wells  was in excellent form and finished 40th overall, winning his MV70 age cat in 24 minutes and eight-seconds, whil

*Jonathan Kettle (*pictured above) was back to his best at Conwy parkrun. Report by Don Hale. Photos by Steve Jeffery.   North Wales Road Runner Jonathan Kettle recovered from injury and soon claimed the top spot at Conwy parkrun last Saturday, finishing more than a minute ahead of his nearest rivals. Jonathan  shook off a recent knee problem to quickly set a fast pace over a hard, dry, but challenging 5k course, and recorded an excellent time of just 17 minutes and 47 seconds.  He easily won his MV45 age category, but he was chased all the way by visiting athlete  Gethin Owen , who set a new PB in 19.05, with  Andy Jones  (GOG Triathlon) a mere 17-seconds adrift, despite another new PB of 19.19. There were 238 finishers including many visiting club and social runners. The 1st female finisher was SW20 athlete  Ffion Roberts  in 27th place overall in 22.33, with  Lianne Stevenson  in close pursuit in 29th place, and the 1st SW25 runner in 22,51, whilst veteran NWRRC member  Kay Hatton