Leo Holmes' Roundup w/c 2nd Feb
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Starting on Saturday this week, we turn to the Gwent League cross country race which took place on Chepstow racecourse!
In the senior womenโs & over 65 men. Georgia Palmer absolutely flew home in ๐ฅ overall in a brilliant 29:07, almost 30 seconds ahead of second!
The club had several age category scorers in this race!
Rob Evans ๐ฅ M70 in 39:13
Louise Flynn ๐ฅ W40 in 31:02
Nynke Kuiper ๐ฅWSnr & 4th overall in 29:48
Richie Bullen ๐ฅ M60 in 34:31
Turning to the Senior men, Tom Flitcroft was first home for the club in 35:48, finishing a brilliant 19th overall in a stacked field. Ben Kennedy was not too far behind in 36:30, second Croup and 29th overall! ๐
Elsewhere on Saturday, Oli Williams was competing in the Welsh indoor championships! He ran a brilliant 4:31:76 in the heats, and 4:08:72 in the 1500m races on the Saturday, finishing a brilliant 4th overall and becoming Welsh Senior Champion ๐ ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ He then took part in the 800m on the Sunday, running a fantastic 2:02:40, brilliant work!
Turning to Sunday, and in the rare sun of south Wales, we had club members running along the streets & coastal paths of Llanelli ๐
๐ Sam Griffiths was first home for the club & ๐ฅ overall in 1:08:46, a blazing run and a huge PB, congratulations! ๐
๐ Simon Lee was second back for the club in a strong 1:19:43 his second fastest half too! ๐
๐ James Bruce was third back in 1:27:21, continuing some solid form ahead of travelling to Tokyo marathon in a few weeks!
Lastly, but very much not least, a huge shoutout to Rachel Hooper who completed her 3๏ธ00th parkrun on Saturday! An incredible statistic meaning that Rachel has run an incredible 1500 parkrun kilometres ๐ฎ