A TOTAL of 14 North Wales Road Runners competed in the hot and humid Essar Chester half-marathon race on Sunday (May 15) to commemorate its 40th anniversary.

Martin Green was the first North Wales Road Running Club (NWRRC) runner home following an excellent run in this popular event, which recorded nearly 4,000 finishers.

Martin finished 26th overall, and he was fourth in his MV45 age category in one hour, 15 minutes and two seconds.

Jonathan Kettle also ran very well in 58th place in 1.19.08, with Iwan Evans 157th in 1.27.21, and Steve Bozier finished in 211th place in 1.28.58.

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Carla Green seems to have recovered from her recent injury and she was the 22nd female finisher, whilst claiming 3rd spot in her FV50 category, 218th overall in 1.29.08, and Stuart Culverhouse finished in 374th place in 1.36.07.

Cheryl Frost had a more problematic run after tripping close to the finish, but still managed to record a good result finishing as the 113th female runner, and 634th overall in 1.43.43, with Kay Hatton 675th overall and the 121st female in 1.44.50.

Kelly-Marie Alford and Cai Roberts ran together and finished in 1.57.26 in 1,368/9th places, with Kevin Higgins in-form once more to record 2.01.39 in 1,635th place.

Jon Evans successfully ran the two-hour bus on time again in 1.59.37.

Rachel Morris was also pleased with her outing in 2.33.00, and Mandy Owen braved the hot conditions to celebrate finishing in 2.20.39.

Chester half-marathon provisional results: ale.niftyentries.com/Results/Essar-Chester-Half-Marathon-2022?ResultSetupId=6f5d9548-8030-4199-affc-66e611fe38df.

Tough challenge for runners in Snowdonia half-marathon

Several NWRRC members tackled the tough Snowdonia half-marathon challenge last Sunday, which attracted 425 finishers on a hot and hilly course.

Gethin Wyn Jones celebrated a good performance in 41st place overall in one hour, 47 minutes and 40 seconds, with Steve Poupart 107th in 1.57.20.

Charlotte-Rose Wilton-Jones enjoyed another positive run finishing 111th overall, as the 12th female runner, and fifth in her F21-34 age category, in 1.58.31.

And club colleague Jamie Tharme still seems determined to continue with his weekly endurance punishment, finishing in 157th place in 2.08.18, and Nicola Wylie was a tail runner with her dog Beau in 3.22.

This is the link to the provisional results of the Snowdonia half-marathon: www.runwales.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Snowdonia-Half-2022.pdf.

Elsewhere, Mark Davies and Karl Morris took part in the gruelling Pilgrims Trail Ultra 60-mile endurance run last weekend with Mark finishing fourth overall in 11 hours 53 minutes.

He recorded 96.65kms and nearly 2,500m of elevation, whilst Karl completed his challenge in 14 hours 43 minutes.

Karl later admitted: “Tough going in the heat but 14th overall. Happy with the result, all things considered.”

Six of the best for the Road Runners at Conwy parkrun

NWRRC collected six age category awards on a very warm morning last Saturday during the well-attended 300th parkrun celebrations at Conwy.

And it later added extra icing to the many cakes offered to participants after the event, to confirm that promising NWRRC athlete Josh Keogh was the runaway winner of the event in just 17 minutes and 25 seconds.

He also won his SM30-34 age category ahead of Chris Yorke, second in 18.07, and GOG Triathlete Alun Brown, despite his personal best in third place in 18.18.

It was a depleted club turnout however this week of just ten members, including two juniors, due to numerous fixture clashes, and several other members taking it steady in readiness for half marathons or other races the following day.

Martin Green finished eighth overall, and won his MV45 category in 19.48, with Gethin Wyn Jones 17th and 1st in his MV35 cat in 21.09.

Meanwhile, Jamie Tharme continued his recovery from recent challenges to come home in 28th place in 22.07, and junior Joe Culverhouse ran well again with his father Stuart, with the youngster again winning his JM11 category in 45th place in 23.27.

Carla Green jogged around the bone-dry 5k course to finish in 62nd place in 24.47 and was second in her VW50 category, whilst Karen Butler won her VW60 group, finishing 70th overall with a new personal best in 25.36.

And young Ben Spofforth ran with his father Dave and won his JM10 category in 126th place in 30.22.

This is the link to the provisional results from Conwy parkrun on May 14: www.parkrun.org.uk/conwy/results/latestresults.

Meanwhile, Steve Mason was the overall winner of the Hafan parkrun at Pwllheli last Saturday, and he won his MV45 age category in 19.31.

And Road Runners Steve Forsyth and Will Williams travelled to the Penrhyn parkrun last weekend, with Steve finishing third overall and second in his MV40 category in 17.22, and Will in seventh place, but winning his MV45 group in 19.24.