CHRISTMAS HANDICAP SUCCESS FOR NORTH WALES CLUB RUNNERS
Some of the NWRRC club members who took part in the Christmas Handicap race from Llandudno promenade to the Welcome sign last Sunday. Christmas Handicap success for North Wales runners Report by Don Hale. Photographs courtesy of Tom Roberts, Mark Jessett and John Hatton. North Wales Road Runners staged their annual Christmas Handicap race on Llandudno promenade last Sunday morning with 19 athletes competing in a unique social-distancing, time-trial type event, due to extensive Covid-19 restrictions now affecting all live sporting events. Partially sighted runner Daniel Owens with his guide Carla Green together with a magnificent rainbow in the background. It was the first time in many years that this event has been run along the promenade to the Welcome sign and back, after previously following a less-hillier climb from West Shore, and up to and around the old gun sites. The race was held in relatively mild conditions, and fortunately included a brief window within the showery weather,