With the whole country locked down again, running events are understandably few and far between. However Welsh Athletics set up Virtual Road Relays in the different regions (South, East & West) just before Christmas, and 22 members of P&D signed up to run a solo...
As trailed in the Weekly Roundup earlier in the week, Club Chairman Simon Williamson had chosen this weekend to be the "Last Chance Saloon" for improving his 2020 5k time. This was very much a personal 'vanity project', but he'd managed to persuade some decidedly-nippy...
Penarth and Dinas Runners might have concluded their Club Championships for 2020, but there's still a bit of the year left to complete some internal Club challenges. Monday evening's dual-session programme was this week replaced by one of our bi-annual Handicap 5 mile races, and of...
As twenty seven of the "Blue & Yellow Army" lined up on the start for a wet and windy Lliswerry 8 on Sunday 26th January, the first Club Championship race of the year, none of us could have predicted how the rest of the 2020...
This rocky, roller coaster of a year has thrown all sorts of brickbats at us, as individuals and within the groups we associate with. Penarth and Dinas Runners, like all the running clubs in the UK (and probably the world) has had to adapt to the...
I have been nominated by Colin as the next "In the Spotlight" candidate so for all the fact that I have been present a bit more rarely of late than has been the case of the previous years, only too happy to wade in...
As the nation ventured further into Welsh Fire Break territory, it seemed unlikely that P&D would be doing anything much from a running perspective...
Big thanks to Kit Lambert, it’s a privilege to have been nominated by our Club Captain who, has been a great spur to me in many a race. I have enjoyed reading the accounts of plenty far-more accomplished footsteps than mine. When did running begin for...
As we continue with this strange year, with Wales being put into "circuit break" lockdown due to coronavirus, Penarth and Dinas Runners have been seeking out more virtual challenges to test themselves...
Firstly, a big thank you to Andy Pearce for the nomination! I am not sure I can live up to his Ironman pedigree but I will do my best. I am writing this while recovering from the virtual London Marathon, so apologies in advance if it...