A big roundup this week 😁

Starting in the far south of the UK, in the Truro Half, Ian Chapman was in action, finishing in a big PB of 1:53:33! 👏

Continuing in the half distance, we had a super duo in action at the Worcester half. Emily Fell completed the race in 1:20:44, finishing 🥈 in her age category and 4th woman overall. Nynke Kuiper was not far behind, coming home in 1:20:57, finishing 4th overall in her age category and 6th woman overall! 🔥

James Bull also continued his build back, completing Worcester 10k in 37:15 🥳

Now, what does the West Midlands city of Worcester, and the Capital of Denmark have in common? Both cities had croups racing in respective half marathons of course. A total of 6️⃣ croups were in action in Copenhagen, first home was Matthew Jones in a super PB 1:22:54. Gethin Parker completed the superhalfs medal with his run, a super achievement. Well done also to Liz Neville, Maria Zubizaretta, Brian Jones and Michelle Lee who were in action 👏

Another half marathon in a place beginning in C, Chippenham, saw Emma Wyatt-Haines finish in an impressive 1:32:38, 6th in her age category 😍

Lastly in the Half Marathons category, Dave George was yet again in action in Burnham-on-sea! Dave is well on the way to completing his goal of running 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ half marathons! 🤩

From 13.1, to 10.5 miles, we had runners taking part in Velindre’s Castle 2 Castle charity run on Sunday. A huge well done to all Croups that ran, a fantastic cause to run & raise money for 👏

 A load of Croups were also in action in the Swansea 10k. The Welsh 10k championship race saw Rhys Thomas first home for the club in 35:02 for the men, and Louise Flynn for the women in 36:41. We also had an amazing set of age category results:

Andy Blair 🥇M60

Clare Johnson 🥇 F80

Louise Flynn 🥈 F40

Susan Watson 🥈F55

Julie Scholey 🥈 F65

Janneke Van Beijnum 🥉 F45

Adrian Mason 🥉 M60

Mick Tabor 🥉 M70

Lastly, but very much not least, a huge well done to Judi Rhys, who was crowned winner of the Run 4 All 5k Summer Series F65 category. A truly fantastic achievement for Judi who is in red hot form, also coming 🥇 F65 in Richmond Half on Sunday, running 1:49:56! She’s unstoppable! 👏