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