Weekend Roundup 12 – 15 March 2021
Another weekend, another opportunity for P&D members to score points in the 2021 Club Championsh...
Another weekend, another opportunity for P&D members to score points in the 2021 Club Championsh...
Definitely a weekend of two halves….most members taking on another Club Championship challenge...
Despite the present dearth of real “in-person” race opportunities, Penarth and Dinas Run...
After Club success in the Women age categories at the Welsh Regional 3 Mile Road Relays back in Jan...
With the whole country locked down again, running events are understandably few and far between. How...
As trailed in the Weekly Roundup earlier in the week, Club Chairman Simon Williamson had chosen this...
Penarth and Dinas Runners might have concluded their Club Championships for 2020, but there’s ...
As twenty seven of the “Blue & Yellow Army” lined up on the start for a wet and wind...
This rocky, roller coaster of a year has thrown all sorts of brickbats at us, as individuals and wit...
I have been nominated by Colin as the next “In the Spotlight” candidate so for all the f...
As the nation ventured further into Welsh Fire Break territory, it seemed unlikely that P&D woul...
Big thanks to Kit Lambert, it’s a privilege to have been nominated by our Club Captain who, has be...
As we continue with this strange year, with Wales being put into “circuit break” lockdow...
Firstly, a big thank you to Andy Pearce for the nomination! I am not sure I can live up to his Iro...
Hi all – I’m am so pleased to have been asked to compile an “In the Spotlight” for P...
As we all know, 2020 has been a year of unfulfilled promises and aspirations. Runners need goals and...
It’s been a long while since a P&D Weekly Roundup….over two months, to be precise! W...
FIRST RACE? My first race was in June 1966 [not a typo], already I sense you thinking that this co...
When did running begin for you? I started running in my mid-twenties to balance my intake of Strongb...
When did running begin for you? I’m a ‘lifer’ as far as running is concerned! Started in 1979....
Thanks Louise for the nomination. Made me have to think! When did running begin for you? I was a lat...
Thank you Judy for the nomination. And thank you Simon for drawing the ballot, I was in the mix with...
Thank you, Steve Goodfellow, for a glowing nomination! It cheers me to know despite being always a...
Firstly I’d like to thank Jan Frost for the nomination, but as I’m not what I would consider a ...
We mentioned in last week’s Weekend Roundup that the Club wanted to mark the occasion of the s...
Life Member and former Club Chairman CLEM CLEMENT reflects on nearly 30 years of Cosmeston Relay Rac...
If the year 2020 has taught me anything, it is to not be surprised by bizarre things happening, and ...
Busy weekend alert! Welsh Athletics Virtual 10k in our Club Championships, various members taking on...
Previously, when asked to write about myself, I have written – short, fat, bald, one legged bloke ...
The P&D Weekend started early again this week, as we “crowded out the local roads” (...
Firstly, a thank you to Clem for inviting a mere mortal to join the ‘In the Spotlight’ gang. I...
One of the “success stories” for Penarth and Dinas Runners during this three month lockd...
Thank you Simon for the nomination. When I first saw this idea I thought what a brilliant concept as...
The Photo Challenges were put on the back burner this week, as everyone prepared themselves to do ba...
Firstly, I’d like to say thank you to all the previous “In the Spotlighters”…...
Why is Janice Clement drinking a mojito in her P & D vest? What am I doing writing a SECOND Week...
Lots going on this weekend so we’ve split the Roundup in two….not something I expected t...
Many thanks to Kath for my nomination! Luckily, I am not back in work full time so had a spare 10 mi...
With the UK Running Events calendar completely decimated by the C-19 restrictions, the P&D Club ...
When did running begin for you? I ran in school but nothing serious. I hated cross country so that...
Only a couple of P&D Club Challenges to report on this weekend! After last week’s freneti...
When did running begin for you? Like all great ideas it began in the pub! Sometime in 2015, on a Sat...
All those weeks ago when “lockdown” was first announced, I remember writing this in a ra...
When did running begin for you?...
Weekend Roundup is back! How, you may ask, in these strange times? Well this week we have had member...
Thanks to Bethan, my birthday buddy, for the nomination. It has really made me think about, and be...
Blue. Yellow. Two colours. Go find them. Those were the very simple instructions for our Club Virtua...
First of all, thank you Jon for the nomination! When did running begin for you? Running began for me...
After the time trial challenges of the last two weeks (Marathon Miles and 5k Challenge), this week...
When did running begin for you? In late May 2012, I came across my neighbour who, with his brother-i...
So after the success of our Marathon Miles Challenge last week we decided to up the ante a bit, but ...
Firstly, I would like to say well done to Abyd on such a well-written account of his running memoirs...
As Weekly Roundup Editor (with a small side-hustle as Club Chairman) I, like all our members, have b...
Thank you Abyd for taking up the challenge that is “In the Spotlight”…..loved the ...
This is the first in a series of fun features, where we ask a few questions of individual Club Membe...
No Weekly Roundup this evening, but I’m indebted to receive this report from Clem Clement deta...
As we move into “batten down the hatches” territory, with the COVID-19 virus dominating ...
So whilst our daffodils were being blown all the way to Pembrokeshire, Clem and Janice Clement were ...
Cover shot this weekend shows our “Silver Boys” on their way to V60 Team medals at the W...
Need to travel across the globe for a bit of Blue and Yellow action this weekend, as there wasn̵...
Cover lad this week is Staggy McDeerface, a new member we recruited at Chepstow Racecourse, the venu...
Our “Cover Lad” today is new member Joe Turner, running the Ponty Reverse 10 in a brand-...
Penarth and Dinas Runners like a “good social”, and even better if there’s a chanc...
Last weekend in January = Lliswerry 8 = Club Championship Points! But first we have some parkrun ac...
This weekend saw the first of our three annual races, the CF64 Winter Race, so named because of its ...
A great action shot of Bethan Apglyn gets the Blue and Yellow 2020 off to a cracking start, courtesy...
This week we have all the best bits from the Xmas parkruns and a whistle stop tour of a Blue & Y...
Ian Southwell gets our “top billing” this weekend, with two back-to-back scorching perfo...
Our “cover-boy” this week is the ever-smiling Andy Pearce, grinning his way to a fine 2n...
Cover girl this weekend is the ever-smiling Madeleine ‘Alice’ Attridge…great run f...
The “gangstas” above were part of the P&D squad that took on the SOSPAN 10…mor...
Rainbows appear to be a common feature at Pembrey Country Park for the annual visit of the Gwent Cro...
The “Main Course” this weekend was the Richard Burton 10k Road Race down near Port Talbo...
We’ve set up a new feature on our Members’ Facebook page, which we publish on a Thursday...
Saturday morning started even earlier than parkrun for some of us this week, as we tuned in to cover...
This weekend “dominated” by the Cardiff Half Marathon, but some really strong runs to re...
Unfortunately I couldn’t grab a cover photo from anywhere to illustrate this weekend…so ...
One of the benefits of being a Penarth and Dinas Runner is the lovely countryside we have locally to...
A fairly ‘quiet’ weekend, but it was all kicking off last Tuesday, with the annual P&...
This is a bit of a strange occurrence….the Roundup Editor writing a report on the same day tha...
Bit of a scorcher this weekend…30 degrees C, what’s that all about? As the photo above s...
This weekend saw a real mixture of challenges and surfaces to race on for our Club members…tak...
Sunday was all about the ABP Barry 10k Road Race, back in town for the second year. We had lots of r...
Cover photo is Catherine and Steven battling for bragging rights in the Barker household! Some great...
Last Wednesday saw the Club hosting another hugely popular Cosmeston Relays Event. Now in its 29th y...
“Summertime, and the living’s easy”….as long as you have purchased some cool...
A fairly quiet weekend, with a few Club members taking on different challenges; but as ever there wa...
Our Nigel Adams likes a challenge. After a voyage of suffering and self-discovery run/walking 72 mil...
The Welsh Castles Relay rather dominated the previous weekend, but there were a couple of really com...
Cath Barker flies the Blue and Yellow flag, as she skips down the finish line to massive cheers from...
A fairly quiet weekend for the Club, ahead of what will be an epic one next week, with our annual pa...
The ever-popular SSAFA 5k Road Race Series kicked off on Wednesday 22nd May, and we had a whopper en...
Saturday saw the third race in the Club Off Road Championships, and an ideal opportunity to combine ...
Sunday was a big day for the Club, with the staging of our annual Porthkerry 5 mile Multi-Terrain Ra...
Put the kettle on and settle in a comfy chair…it’s a long one this week! At long last th...
The weekend was ‘a game of two halves’…..Storm Hannah wreaking havoc on Saturday, ...
Not a great deal of racing action for the Club this weekend, but what brilliant weather to be outdoo...
A quiet weekend for a change…photo above depicts a group of P&D Ladies disrupting play on ...
This weekend saw a real mixture of challenges thrown at the Blue and Yellow Army! Everything from pa...
So here we are, clocks gone forward, summer around the corner…err, actually no, it was flippin...