05 Jan Christmas & New Year Roundup
Well here we are in 2019, how did that happen?! In amongst all the sprouts and stuffing there was some great P & D activity, not just running...
Author: Simon Williamson
31 Dec 2018: 30th year of the “Knackered Dragons”!
It's 31st December 2018, so about time we looked back at the P & D year! Here's a whistle stop tour of an amazing 30th year for the Club, observed by someone who only became a member in March. Also, as I'm completely disorganised, I...
16 Dec Weekend Roundup 15-16 Dec 2018
Last weekend roundup of the year, last off-road Champs race of the year! The Christmas Cracker Trail race had us back at Cottrell Park Golf Course, venue for the XC relay back in June. Great venue, great organisation by Sportzmad. I pulled into the car park fairly...
09 Dec Weekend Roundup 8 – 9 Dec 2018
What a difference a week makes! One minute we're shuffling through glutinous mud on a windy Welsh hillside, and in the next moment it's all Spanish sunshine and who's getting the sangria in? Well for some of us...
02 Dec Weekend Roundup 1 -2 Dec 2018
The above picture sort of sums up much of the friendly, supportive ethos in our little club. Gary Brown is about to lap Peter Balmont at today's Gwent League Cross Country race, both of them wrapped up in their own world of mud and pain, fighting...
25 Nov Weekend Roundup 24-25 Nov 2018
Not a great deal of racing activity in the P & D stratosphere this weekend, but some high quality parkrunning to report, and an unusual Trail event in Margam Country Park. Kevin Chalke travelled up to Colwick in Nottinghamshire and found a flat, PB-friendly course to...
18 Nov Weekend Roundup 17-18 Nov 2018
The cover photo features our Nigel working the crowd at the SOSPAN 10 on Sunday afternoon...
11 Nov Weekend Roundup 10-11 Nov 2018
Actually the Weekend started on Wednesday for Penarth and Dinas Runners this week! Julie Broughton packed her head torch and headed east for the Rogue Runs Severn Bridge Night 5 miler and stormed through the gloom to win the Ladies V50 category in a time of...
04 Nov Weekend Roundup 3-4 Nov 2018
This weekend was dominated by two events: the eagerly-awaited "mashup" of Barry Island and Billericay parkrunners to create a unique "Gavin & Stacey parkrun", and the "Richard Burton" 10k...
28 Oct Weekend Roundup 27-28 Oct 2018
Here's the climbing profile for this weekend's Snowdonia / Eryri Marathon...