Leo Holmes' Roundup 7th October

By far the most popular race for club members this week was of course Cardiff half, where we had over 150 members taking part. A huge well done to everyone that ran, and Diolch to everyone who came out to support! There was some fantastic performances and many PB’s to boot!

A short summary:

👉 Dylan Nazareth was first back for the club and 🥉 Welsh runner home on the day in an incredible 1:07:42

👉Louise Flynn first back for the women and 🥈 F40 in 1:18:20

👉Susan Watson 🥇 F60 in 1:38:33

👉 Andy Blair 🥇 M60 in 1:23:58

👉 Angharad Mair 🥇 F65 in 1:26:05

👉 Dave James 🥇 M65 in 1:25:01

👉 Phil Hambleton 🥉 M35 in 1:10:17

We also had lots of new members taking part in Croups colours in the half for the first time. These included Bethan & Euan (forming part of the Chadwell triple running the race, that Steve hopes one day will rival the Goddard’s), Simon, Nicole, Dan & Rhiannon! 👏

Turning now to Cologne Marathon, we had three runners in action:

Penny Coyle finished with a brilliant new PB, completing the race in 3:22:34, an amazing performance! Sarah Beeching was home just after in a fantastic 3:36:37, and Owain Griffiths completed the trio in 3:53:37! Cracking running everyone 🇩🇪

Elsewhere, in Weston Super Mare, a huge congratulations to Stephen McDowell who came a fantastic 🥈 in the half on Sunday.

Stephen finished in a brilliant time of 1:18:31, a new PB! 👏

There was also a family affair at Kingston Half last weekend, with Keith and Mick McGeoch taking part. Keith finished in a brilliant 1.54:59, and Mick in a fab 3:00:06! Congrats both! 🙌

Turning now to the US, in the Crawlin’ Crab half marathon, Steve Spiers was in action, coming home in a brilliant 1:27:50. A really fantastic result, especially as Steve is now in the M60 age category!