Leo Holmes' Roundup 9th September

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The first weekend of September was packed with racing for the club. By far the most popular race for club members was Cardiff 10k, returning for its 40th edition. We had 107 members participating in total, and there were numerous PBs and incredible performances 👏

Highlights of the results as follows:

👉 Sam Griffiths first home for the club and 11th overall in 30:55 👏

👉 Louise Flynn first woman home for the club in 36:05, finishing 🥈 F40 🙌

We also had a boat load of age grade results:

Susie Bowes 🥇 F50 in 42:32

Dave Craig 🥇 M50 in 35:00

Susan Watson 🥇F60 in 44:45

Angharad Mair 🥇 F65 in 39:24

Dave James 🥇 M65 in 38:29

Janneke Van Beijnum 🥈 F45 in 41:30

Howard Kent 🥈 M70 in 46:11

Julie Chamberlain 🥉 F40 in 38:48

Oli Williams 🥉 M40 in 32:53

Andy Blair 🥉 M60 in 38:23

Richie Bullen 🥉 M65 in 42:41

From fast road running, to ultra trail running now. We had three members participating in the Riddum ultra on Saturday. The route is 30 miles around the Rhymney Valley, involving 4,252 feet of elevation gain 😮

Results are yet to come, but a huge congratulations to Bryony Eames, who finished 🥉, as well as Cassie Summers and Lolly Evans who took on the trails and performed amazingly 👏

By completing this ultra, Cassie also completed the 2026 Pegasus Slam. This involves completing 6 of Pegasus’ ultra events, covering a total of 210 miles and climbing over 23,515 feet. Absolutely incredible work Cassie 👏

Saturday also saw the Roman Run take place. Taking place in Brecon, the race is over 15.8 miles involving 2015 feet of climb. We had two runners taking part. Rory McDermott finished in 2:28:27, and Isabel James was back in 2:54:06. Cracking runs both 👏

Sunday saw the return of the Waun Fach Fell race in the Brecon Beacons. This race is 7 miles long, involving 2,000 feet of elevation gain! We had Gab Stuokus in action, and he recorded a fab time of 1:07:34 🙌