Leo Holmes Weekend Roundup
The start of July was a popular week of racing for the Croups! 🔴🟢
Starting on Wednesday, Judi Rhys competed in the Run4All 5K in Aberavon. Finishing in 24:08, Judi came 🥇 in the F60-69 age category 👏
Jenny Martin completed the tour of Merseyside, a week of running which took place in six different venues across Merseyside, covering 52 miles over 7 days. A huge congrats Jenny 👏
Thursday saw the return of the Tintern Trot, a 5.5 mile multi terrain race in the heart of the Wye Valley. The race is part of our off road club championships, so we had lots of croups participating, and category wins:
- Men’s team 🥇
- Owain Zerilli 🥈 overall
- Steve Chadwell 🥇 MV50
- Julie Scholey 🥇 FV65
- Clive Osmond 🥇 MV65
- Howard Kent 🥇 MV70
- Nicola Mason 🥈FV70
- Mike Murphy 🥈 MV70
Saturday saw 30 Croups venture to the Cotswolds to participate in the Cotswolds Way Relay. Our teams did themselves proud over the 103 mile off road course, which was split into 10 stages 👏
In the preliminary category results:
- Open team finished 9th (14th overall)
- Vets team finished 13th (78th overall)
- Mixed team finished 16th (66th overall)
We begin Sunday at 5am on the other side of the world, where Rachel Hooper ran 57:04 in the Hat Yai 10k, Thailand. Looks like a beautiful race in a wonderful country 👏
From the beaches of Thailand, to the beaches of Trecco Bay, where over 30 Croups were representing the club at the Porthcawl 10k! A huge well done to all who took part! 🫶
We had a number of notable performances:
- Alaw Beynon-Evans 🥇 F35 & 4th women
- Louise Flynn 🥇 F40
- Andy Blair 🥇 M60
- Judi Rhys 🥇 F66
- Wayne Humphries 🥈M50
- Carl Nealon 1 second negative split between first and second 5k
Lastly, but certainly not least, Ben Beckingsale had a great performance at the Great North 10k in Newcastle on Sunday, setting his second fastest 10k time on a hilly course! 👏