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We start the roundup this week on the international stage, at the European Athletics Championships no less! Peter Gillibrand took part in the 800m media race, pipping fellow journalists over the line in an impressive 2:30!
Elsewhere, in the Ed Nicholls 800m, Ed Foster raced to 2:00:30 which was a seasons best performance. Impressive in windy conditions!
From middle distance to long distance now, as we turn to Ironman Copenhagen where Lucy Marland was in action. Lucy finished a brilliant 🥇 F40, and 30th female overall. Absolutely fantastic performance 👏
Elsewhere, we had Alan Mason taking part in Frome Half, finishing in a superb 2:01:55. Great work Alan 👏
We also had Gethin Parker, Liz Neville and Brian Jones all taking part in the two tunnels 10km race in Bath. No results have been posted as of yet, but we wanted to mention them to say well done!
Turning to a couple of 5k races. Danielle Phillips finished a brilliant 🥈 Female in the Jon Ward 5k in Hereford, crossing the line in a fantastic 20:05 🙌
We also had three croups taking part in the Unity challenge 5k in Birmingham, a mass participation run on the Sunday of the European athletics championships.
Janneke Van Beijnum finished a brilliant 6th in her age category, crossing the line in 21:24. Emyr Morgan and Gab Stuokus also took part, finishing in 20:27 and 19:09 respectively!
Clare and James Bruce also ran together, completing the race in 29:37 and 29:38. This is very much a more impressive result for Clare, as she had to experience 5k worth of James’ dad jokes.
Lastly, but very much not least, on Tuesday evening, Ciaran Lewis completed the Dennison round in a brilliant 1:17:03, which puts him 🥉 all time on the famous board. Brilliant result on the hills ⛰️
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We start our roundup on Saturday, with Geoff Wright ticking off another 10k race of the year, this time in Crickhowell. The race takes place along a canal side, and is classed as a trail race! Geoff completed the course in 1:09:57 👏
Turning to Caerphilly 5k on Sunday evening, and we had lots of Croups in action as part of the Welsh Championships, Masters Championships, and in the open race.
Dylan Nazareth finished an amazing 🥉 in the Welsh Championships, finishing in a brilliant time of 14:59 👏
Turning to the masters:
Louise Flynn 🥉 overall female and 🥈 F40 in 18:20
Julie Chamberlain 🥉 F40 in 19:19
Janneke Van Beijnum 🥇 F45 in 21:14
Angharad Mair 🥇 F65 in 20:28
Judi Rhys 🥈 F65 in 24:19
Dave James 🥈 M65 in 19:51
Lastly, but very much not least, we catch up on a result from a few weeks ago. In the Pegasus EDDUM 50 miler, which took place in Ceredigion, Cassie Summers finished in a brilliant 13 hours and 40 minutes. A fantastic effort in the heat over brutal terrain. Fantastic work Cassie! 👏
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Wow, it’s August already, summer is in full swing. The racing action is heating up too, with a busy week from the croups!
We start this week’s roundup in London, last Wednesday where Dylan Nazareth recorded a stellar 14:49 in the Chase the Sun Battersea 5k - absolutely stellar running! 🙌
Another 5k meet was also seen in Bristol. Gab Stuokus pulled off a great performance, running a brilliant 18:35! 👏
Turning to the weekend, and very much the opposite of a 5k race, Áine Kenny was in action at the Bluestack 50k in Donegal. Áine finished 🥇 female in a brilliant run, finishing in 5:39:30!
Another great race taking place last weekend was the Hooky 6 miler in the Cotswolds. Steve Chadwell finished in 45:54 a great time over a hilly course and in the heat! 👏
Sunday was also a day for masters athletics racing.
Several croups were in action for Wales, competing against Scotland and England.
Some key highlights from the results were as follows:
Colin Williams firstly competed in the M60 400m, coming home in 60:83, 🥉 overall.
Kieran McDonnell finished 🥇 in the M70 800m in 2:43:44
Colin and Kieran both competed in the 200m. Colin finished🥉 in 28:26 in the M60 race, and Kieran 🥈 in the M70 race, recording a time of 30:39!
They both then teamed up in the 4x100m M60 relay - Kieran leg 3 and Colin anchor leg. Their team finished 🥈 in the race 👏
Finally, in the Llanthony show fell race, we had three runners competing. This is a 6.3km / 3.9 mile race involving 350m of elevation over tough terrain. A huge well done to:
👉 Nat Palmer who finished in 42:38
👉 Clive Osmond finishing in 44:09
👉 Julie Scholey coming home in 59:19
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We start this week’s roundup not on the road, but on the trails. Y Domen Fawr is a well known fell race in Brecon. Spanning 5.8 miles, the route provides over 1,800ft of elevation gain! A huge congratulations to Lolly Evans who starred in the race for us 👏
Turning to another hilly race, but this time on the roads, Louise Flynn was in action at Cornwood 10k. Louise performed superbly, taking 🥇 Female on the day finishing in a brilliant time of 39:37 👏
Another 10k specialist, Gary Brown, took part in San Francisco Alexi Pappas 10k over the weekend! Gary was 13th overall and an impressive 🥇 M45 in 37:56! 🙌
By far the most popular event of the weekend however was Magor 10k. Always a popular event with Croups, we were there in numbers. Here is a summary of overall and age grade achievements:
Sam Griffiths 🥇 overall in 31:12
Phil Hambleton 🥈 overall in 32:44
Janneke Van Beijnum 🥇 F45 in 42:49 - an F45 course record 🙌
Susan Watson 🥇 F60 in 46:01
Judi Rhys 🥇 F65 in 49:16
Geoff Wright 🥇 M75+ in 66:51
Andy Blair 🥈 M60 in 38:47
Dave James 🥈M65 in 40:34
Julie Scholey 🥈 F65 in 59:52
Howard Kent 🥉 M70 in 46:23
We also had some great team results on the day:
🥇 Women’s team
🥇 Open team
Cracking runs everyone 👏
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We start our roundup catching up on results from last Wednesday, where members were in action at the Sorbook Tough 10k!
Ryan Pugsley was first back for the club and a brilliant 🥉 overall on the night in 39:21! Stephen Campbell was back not long after 9th overall in 42:33 👏 Eve Gallop - Evans was next, finishing the race in 1:01:24! 🙌
Congratulations too, to Geoff Wright, who finished a brilliant 🥇 M75 on the night in 1:15:05! 👏
Turning to the weekend, and we had an abundance of croups in action at the Rabbit run in Merthyr Mawr. Here’s a summary of the results:
In the 12k:
Wayne Humphrey’s 🥇 M50
Alfie Sargeant 🥉 MU20
Carol Rees 5th F50
Rob Sage 9th M40
On Sunday, James Prosser took a magnificent🥈 overall in the dragon 50 mile coastal ultra. Starting in Kenfig and ending in Cardiff Bay, James tackled dramatic dunes and cliff tops. Absolutely amazing result 👏
It is also worth mentioning that James also completely the Rabbit Run the day before - incredible effort 👏
Last night, we had a couple of croups starring at the British Milers club races in Aberdare!
👉 Ed Foster ran a brilliant 2:01:61 in the 800m
👉 Colin Williams ran a fantastic 2:19:74 in the 800m. This is a seasons best for Colin, and also only 0.19 seconds away from the M60 Welsh record!
👉 Vaughan Edwards ran a storming 4:16:24 in the 1500m
Lastly, but very much not least. We don’t usually do parkrun shoutouts, but this week we make an exception. Emily Fell broke the female course record by almost a minute at Henley Wood parkrun in Oswestry last weekend. She was also the first ever female to P1 in the event. A fantastic achievement 👏
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Wednesday night saw the return of our club 1500m track race. The evening comprised of four races. Here is a summary of the results 👇
Race 1:
Rebekah Miles (winner) in 06:54
Alan Mason (first man) in 07:08
Race 2:
David Ham (winner) in 5:42
Emma Brute (first woman) in 06:16
Race 3:
Alfie Sargeant (winner) in 4:53
Caitlin Williams (first woman) in 05:46
Race 4:
Oli Williams (winner) in 04:20
Medal table (overall):
🥇 Oli Williams: 4:20
🥈 Connor McCann: 4:39
🥉 Ben Starkie: 4:40
A huge thank you to the hard work of Marcus Meyrick and Kay Chapman for putting on another wonderful evening. Keep an eye on our social media for information regarding our next track race; 800m, coming in August!
It was a big weekend for Croups competing for their nations!
We start at the Wales vs England masters 5k in Shrewsbury. Athletes did an incredible job to get around the course experiencing temperatures of 30 degrees plus. The following croups were involved 👇
Nynke Kuiper
Louise Flynn
Duncan McLauchlan
Angela Potter
Phil Hodge
Judi Rhys
Dave James
Dave Cundy
A huge well done everyone 👏
Next up, a huge well done to the brilliant Mia Goddard competed in the European Duathalon Champs in Banjoles, representing GB! Mia put in an amazing performance, finishing a brilliant 6th Under 23 on the day! Incredible 👏
Over to Torfaen now, we had two Croups taking part in the Mic Morris Torfaen 10k!
First back was Caitlin Williams, finishing in a brilliant 41:08, 5th overall in her age category 👏
Lindsay Allen was also in action, finishing in a fantastic time of 54:01 on the chip! Brilliant running! 👏
Lastly, but very much not least, a huge congratulations to Emily Musgrave who completely the Cotswold Classic Middle Distance Triathlon. With a finish time of 4:53:33, Emily finished a fantastic 5th in her age category 👏 Fantastic result! 🙌
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Last Saturday, we sent three teams to take part in the Cotswolds Way relay. Starting in Chipping Camden, the relay takes place entirely on the hills and trails of the Cotswolds way, finishing in Bath!
This has been the fourth year we have sent teams, a huge thank you to James Bruce for arranging all of it 🙌
Here’s how our teams placed 👇
Open Team (number 22) - 16th
Open Team (number 23) - 23rd
Vets team (number 60) - 9th vets team (due a slight correction)
A couple of notable individual performances from our runners too:
James Vassallo 🥇 Vet stage 1
Phil Hodge 🥉 Vet stage 2
Georgia palmer 🥇 woman stage 2
Karl James 🥉 Vet stage 8
A huge thank you to Team Bath for putting on another fantastic event 🙌
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Whilst the most popular race for the club this weekend was the Cotswolds Way relay, a separate roundup will follow detailing our successes. There were still however plenty of croups in action over the past week:
We start last Thursday night, where lots of croups were participating in the Tintern Trot! This is a 5.5 mile multi terrain race organised by Chepstow harries, and is always popular with the club!
A summary of the results:
Rachel Lammin 🥉 Woman 🥈 F Senior
Angela Lewis 🥇 F45
Michelle Amblin 🥈 V50
Lolly Evans 🥇 V55
Nat Palmer 🥈 M55
Clive Osmond 🥇 M65
Mick Tabor 🥇 M70
Geoff Wright 🥉 M75
Turning to Sunday now, and we had lots of Croups in action at the Porthcawl 10k! A warm morning didn’t slow club members down, and we had some amazing results:
🙌 Phil Hambleton finished a brilliant 9th overall and 🥉 M35 in 32:34!
🙌 James Prosser was next home in a brilliant 34:00, a big PB 👏
🙌 Angharad Mair continues her scintillating form, finished an amazing 🥇 F65 in 41:13!
🙌 Angela Weeks put in a brilliant performance, finishing 🥇 F80 in 1:55:09! Inspiring!
We also had several other brilliant age category results:
- Judi Rhys 🥈 F65 in 50:03
- Wayne Humphries 🥈 M50 in 37:53
- Rob Evans 🥉 M70 in 47:35
- Sarah Hamill 4th F40 in 43:17
- Lauren Green 5th F40 in 43:20
- Telor Gwyn 4th M40 in 36:26
- Gareth Cardiff 4th M55 in 42:56
Lastly, but very much not least, Cassie Summers took part in the PIGUM ultra over the weekend. This is a 30 mile ultra starting an ending in Abergavenny. No results have been published yet, but we wanted to mention Cassie’s achievement, ticking off yet another ultra! 👏
Starting at the Long course weekend in Tenby, we had several members in action over the different distances:
In the Marathon, Susan Watson was home in a brilliant 3:43:43, finishing a brilliant 🥇 F60!
Lee Dando was also in action, finishing the marathon in 2:59:52, coming home in a fantastic 🥈 V40
In the 10k, Ceri Hooper was in action, finishing 4th F50 in a cracking 52:13!
Looking at track racing now, and we head to the Welsh Masters Championships.:
Welsh Masters Championships:
- Gabrielus Stuokus 🥇 M35 800m and 5000m.
- Kieran McDonnell 🥇 in the 800m and 100m. A stunning M70 time of 14.68 in the 100.
- Colin Williams🥈 M60 in the 800m.
- Gary Brown 🥈 M45 in the 1500m
- Clive Osmond 🥈 M65 in the 1500m
- Mel James 🥇 M80 in the 100m.
We next turn to the Llandudno Triathlon, where Lucy Marland, Sam Griffiths and Emily Musgrave were in action. Sam Griffiths was back in 10th overall in what was his first time completing an open water swim 👏
In the Llandudno Duathlon. Gafin Griffiths was competing, finishing a brilliant 🥉 V40 in the event which involved a 5k run, 35k bike, and then a 10k run!
From the shores of Llandudno, to peaks of Switzerland. Howard Owen was in action at the Aletsch Half Marathon. An event with huge climbs and over 1000m of elevation gain in a UNESCO world heritage site, Howard finished in a brilliant 2:51:50! 🇨🇭⛰️
Elsewhere in the Alps, Mark Palser completed the infamous Marathon du Mont Blanc. The gruelling race involved over 2,500m elevation, with steep and slippery terrain. Mark completed the race in just over 7 hours, amazing!
Finally, turning to Sprint triathlon, Luke Starkie, was in action at the Welsh sprint Triathlon Championships. He took home🥇 M45. Fantastic performance Luke! 👏
We have had croups out racing across lots of distances over the past week!
We start with the summer series 3 miles last Wednesday. We had some great results in the gender and age categories:
Cheryl Evans 🥇 F35 in 21:57
Janneke Van Beijnum 🥇 F45 in 20:24
Carol Rees 🥇 F55 in 22:03
Julie Scholey 🥇 F65 in 27:37
Telor Gwyn 🥇 M40 in 17:04
John Craven 🥇 M45 in 19:03
Emyr Morgan 🥇 M50 in 18:10
Andy Blair 🥇 M60 in 18:20
Clive Osmond 🥇 M65 in 22:26
Rob Evans 🥇 M70 in 22:18
Jeff Aston 🥇 M75 in 38:56
Oli Williams 🥈 overall in 15:45
Julie Chamberlain 🥉 Female in 18:43
Torfaen Relays
Also last Wednesday evening, we had a number of runners taking part in the Torfaen Relays. Strong showings from all of the teams:
🥈 Senior Men's team,
🥉 Senior Women’s senior
🥉 Senior mixed team
Congratulations everyone 👏
We turn next to the inaugural Stow on the Wold 10km in Gloucestershire!
Carol Rees finished a brilliant 🥈 F55 in 51:01!
Donna Hamer was home soon after, finishing 🥈 F50 in a brilliant 51:28!
Elsewhere in the 10k race distance, Phil Hodge was in action at Thornbury 10k. Finishing in a fantastic 40:13, the time earned him 🥇 M60 👏
Neil Hodge also ran, coming home in an impressive 51:45, 7th M60 🙌
Turning finally to trail racing where Peter Heath was in action West Yorkshire trail half marathon in Leeds! A race with lots of elevation and a huge variation in terrain, Pete finished strong 💪
The following advice is intended to keep our runners SAFE at all times!
It is also essential that, whilst out running as a club, we are seen to be polite, responsible, set a good example & not put others at risk.
AT ALL TIMES BE SAFE BE SEEN! You can never be too visible! During the day, always wear bright or light-coloured clothing - fluorescent is good.
At night we would strongly recommend that people ALWAYS wear light-coloured clothing plus a REFLECTIVE (not just fluorescent) bib or sash.
Clip on flashers are a great way to be seen. NEVER ASSUME YOU'VE BEEN SEEN. Always be cautious with traffic.
We would like to remind people that they are responsible for their own safety and that they run at their own risk.