29 Sep Weekend Roundup 28-29 Sept 2019

Unfortunately I couldn’t grab a cover photo from anywhere to illustrate this weekend…so instead, I’ve raided the archives from last year to give you a “preview” for next Sunday’s Cardiff Half Marathon. Best of luck to all of you are toeing the line that day! Hopefully also lots of photos for the roundup, too….

Not great weather-wise this weekend, but a few hardy P&D folk were out getting their parkrun fix.

Real dedication to duty shown by Dr Katie Clark over at Swansea Bay. After completing her run in a nippy 25:35 she put on a CPR course for the Volunteer team down there….not easy when it kept raining and they were outdoors! Well done Katie (assisted on the day by Laurie Smith).

Performance-wise, we had strong runs from Andy Pearce at Barry Island (2nd in 20:03) and Mark Taylor setting a new course PB at Grangemoor (16th in 21:13).

Cardiff parkrun

A total of 675 runners took part.

View full results for Cardiff parkrun event #616

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Andrew HOW	Pontypridd Roadents AC	00:16:23
13	1	Alaw BEYNON -THOMAS	Swansea Harriers AC	00:17:47
193	168	Simon WILLIAMSON	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:24:35

Bath Skyline parkrun

A total of 312 runners took part.

View full results for Bath Skyline parkrun event #258

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	James DONALD	Team Bath AC	00:17:44
29	1	Florrie BETTS	Unattached	00:21:48
69	65	Terry MCCARTHY	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:24:22

Porthcawl parkrun

A total of 397 runners took part.

View full results for Porthcawl parkrun event #334

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Matthew VERRAN	Les Croupiers RC	00:17:46
4	1	Nia Seren CLATWORTHY	Cardiff AAC	00:18:42
14	13	Michael MORGAN	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:20:22

Penallta parkrun

A total of 116 runners took part.

View full results for Penallta parkrun event #217

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Andy LEE	Pont-y-pwl and District Runners	00:18:16
21	1	Sara WILLIAMS	Caerphilly RC	00:23:11
25	4	Louise HUNT	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:23:30
57	16	Lindsey Jane HUNT	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:27:31

Pontypool parkrun

A total of 104 runners took part.

View full results for Pontypool parkrun event #295

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Joel PRICE	Blaenau Gwent	00:17:49
4	1	Emma WOOKEY	Lliswerry Runners	00:20:51
32	28	Tim MONCKTON	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:25:28

Barry Island parkrun

A total of 134 runners took part.

View full results for Barry Island parkrun event #227

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Rhys HARDMAN	Cardiff Archers	00:18:51
2	2	Andy PEARCE	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:20:03
5	5	Kevin CHALKE	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:20:59
9	9	Colin CAESAR	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:21:58
15	1	Neve JONES	Cardiff AAC	00:23:11
43	39	Richard JACKSON	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:26:09
83	23	Andrea HURMAN	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:30:49
89	28	Julie BROUGHTON	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:31:11

Swansea Bay parkrun

A total of 280 runners took part.

View full results for Swansea Bay parkrun event #195

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	James QUINLAN	Aldershot, Farnham & District AC	00:16:05
9	1	Helen-Marie DAVIES	Swansea Harriers AC	00:18:53
122	20	Katie CLARK	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:25:35

Grangemoor parkrun

A total of 164 runners took part.

View full results for Grangemoor parkrun event #202

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Ryan CULLEN	CDF Runners	00:17:59
16	16	Mark TAYLOR	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:21:13
17	1	Catherine BARKER	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:21:27
27	24	Steven BARKER	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:23:03
40	36	Tom EALES	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:23:58
41	5	Lucy ENTWISTLE	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:24:08
46	40	Gareth DAVIES	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:24:28
61	13	Kathryn PETERSEN	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:25:40
65	14	Arabella CALDER	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:25:50
106	33	Rachel EALES	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:28:44
116	40	Andrea GOODFELLOW	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:29:28

Hasenheide parkrun

A total of 733 runners took part.

View full results for Hasenheide parkrun event #92

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Callum ROWLINSON	Sale Harriers Manchester	00:15:59
46	1	Hayley MORLEY	Unattached	00:20:55
440	117	Bethan APGLYN	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:29:52

Mallards Pike parkrun

A total of 114 runners took part.

View full results for Mallards Pike parkrun event #5

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Rowan SAXTON	Cani-Cross	00:14:27
8	1	Claire O’BRIEN	Unattached	00:20:36
28	4	Lisa CLEARY	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:24:43

Bethan Apglyn was using the Hasenheide parkrun as part of her taper for the Berlin Marathon the following day. Beth started the latter at an ambitious pace aiming at 3:30-3:35, eminently feasible after a strong training block with several strong race performances. However going through the half distance in around 1:48, she slowed slightly but still managed to pull out a brilliant PB of 3:42:32.

Ex members of P&D Richard Jackson-Hookins and Paul Morton also had top-drawer races, finishing in 2:26:51 and 2:56:09 respectively. For completeness, I should also mention Ben Butler-Madden running a speedy 16:38 finishing 3rd at the Hasenheide parkrun!

Slightly closer to home, Paul McGilvray was competing in the Windsor Half Marathon…don’t have the full results, but know that Paul ran a fine 1:35:17, which included a very strong finish.

Similarly we don’t have any accurate results from today’s Cowbridge 10k, where we had David Brown and Darren Morgan competing. However, a bit of Strava stalking would suggest that something went a bit astray with this race, with several runners talking about a course marking issue…in the absence of further information I’ll make no further comment!