NORTH WALES RUNNERS WIN PODIUM PLACES IN VIRTUAL WELSH FIVE-MILE RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Lesley Goodson in top form again in the Welsh relay challenge Welsh Athletics virtual 5-mile road relay challenge NWRRC members win podium places in Welsh relay challenge Report by Don Hale. Most photos by Steve Jeffery. Four members of North Wales Road Running Club won age-related podium placings within a high-quality field of national athletes during last weekend’s Welsh Athletics virtual 5-mile relay challenge. With almost nine-hundred-entrants competing overall, including twenty-six teams of eight runners, the NWRRC team finished 15 th overall, with the top four male and female finishers from each club counting towards team scores. Due to strict Covid-19 restrictions, social distancing regulations, and recent freezing temperatures, the event was staged as a time-trial over four days, with all athletes having to complete their runs individually, and on their own preferred courses. This prestigious event attracted some superb performances and some v