2020 Club Championships Report
As twenty seven of the “Blue & Yellow Army” lined up on the start for a wet and wind...
Club Championship 10k
This rocky, roller coaster of a year has thrown all sorts of brickbats at us, as individuals and wit...
In the Spotlight – Ian Warburton
I have been nominated by Colin as the next “In the Spotlight” candidate so for all the f...
Halloween Weekend Roundup
As the nation ventured further into Welsh Fire Break territory, it seemed unlikely that P&D woul...
In the Spotlight – Colin Caesar
Big thanks to Kit Lambert, it’s a privilege to have been nominated by our Club Captain who, has be...
Weekend Roundup 24-25th October 2020
As we continue with this strange year, with Wales being put into “circuit break” lockdow...
In the Spotlight – Kit Lambert
Firstly, a big thank you to Andy Pearce for the nomination! I am not sure I can live up to his Iro...
In the Spotlight – Andy Pearce
Hi all – I’m am so pleased to have been asked to compile an “In the Spotlight” for P...
(not) The London Marathon Report
As we all know, 2020 has been a year of unfulfilled promises and aspirations. Runners need goals and...
P&D September Club Update
It’s been a long while since a P&D Weekly Roundup….over two months, to be precise! W...
In the Spotlight – Malcolm Bradley
FIRST RACE? My first race was in June 1966 [not a typo], already I sense you thinking that this co...
In the Spotlight – Cath Tailby
When did running begin for you? I started running in my mid-twenties to balance my intake of Strongb...
In the Spotlight – Debbie Warburton
When did running begin for you? I’m a ‘lifer’ as far as running is concerned! Started in 1979....
In the Spotlight – Ruth Cann
Thanks Louise for the nomination. Made me have to think! When did running begin for you? I was a lat...
In the Spotlight – Louise Hunt
Thank you Judy for the nomination. And thank you Simon for drawing the ballot, I was in the mix with...
In the Spotlight – Judy Maragna
Thank you, Steve Goodfellow, for a glowing nomination! It cheers me to know despite being always a...
In the Spotlight – Steve Goodfellow
Firstly I’d like to thank Jan Frost for the nomination, but as I’m not what I would consider a ...
(not) The Cosmeston Relays 12th July 2020
We mentioned in last week’s Weekend Roundup that the Club wanted to mark the occasion of the s...
History of the Cosmeston Relays
Life Member and former Club Chairman CLEM CLEMENT reflects on nearly 30 years of Cosmeston Relay Rac...
In the Spotlight – Jan Frost
If the year 2020 has taught me anything, it is to not be surprised by bizarre things happening, and ...
Weekend Roundup 4 -5 July 2020
Busy weekend alert! Welsh Athletics Virtual 10k in our Club Championships, various members taking on...
In the Spotlight – Andrew Palmer
Previously, when asked to write about myself, I have written – short, fat, bald, one legged bloke ...
Weekend Roundup 26 – 27 June 2020
The P&D Weekend started early again this week, as we “crowded out the local roads” (...
In the Spotlight – Mandy Barrington
Firstly, a thank you to Clem for inviting a mere mortal to join the ‘In the Spotlight’ gang. I...
#statuebingo Challenge 15 – 21 June 2020
One of the “success stories” for Penarth and Dinas Runners during this three month lockd...
In the Spotlight – Clem Clement
Thank you Simon for the nomination. When I first saw this idea I thought what a brilliant concept as...
Weekend Roundup 13-14 June 2020
The Photo Challenges were put on the back burner this week, as everyone prepared themselves to do ba...
In the Spotlight – Simon Williamson
Firstly, I’d like to say thank you to all the previous “In the Spotlighters”…...
Weekend Roundup Two (7th June 2020)
Why is Janice Clement drinking a mojito in her P & D vest? What am I doing writing a SECOND Week...
Weekend Roundup One (7th June 2020)
Lots going on this weekend so we’ve split the Roundup in two….not something I expected t...
In the Spotlight – Paul Morton
Many thanks to Kath for my nomination! Luckily, I am not back in work full time so had a spare 10 mi...
Weekend Roundup 30 – 31 May 2020
With the UK Running Events calendar completely decimated by the C-19 restrictions, the P&D Club ...
In the Spotlight – Kath Petersen
When did running begin for you? I ran in school but nothing serious. I hated cross country so that...
Weekend Roundup 23 – 24 May 2020
Only a couple of P&D Club Challenges to report on this weekend! After last week’s freneti...
In the Spotlight – Emma Shumack Healy
When did running begin for you? Like all great ideas it began in the pub! Sometime in 2015, on a Sat...
Weekend Roundup 16 – 17 May 2020
All those weeks ago when “lockdown” was first announced, I remember writing this in a ra...
In the Spotlight – Chris Nellins
When did running begin for you?...
Weekend Roundup – inc. Welsh Castles Virtual Challenge update
Weekend Roundup is back! How, you may ask, in these strange times? Well this week we have had member...
In the Spotlight – Catherine Barker
Thanks to Bethan, my birthday buddy, for the nomination. It has really made me think about, and be...
Blue & Yellow Club Challenge
Blue. Yellow. Two colours. Go find them. Those were the very simple instructions for our Club Virtua...
In the Spotlight – Bethan Apglyn
First of all, thank you Jon for the nomination! When did running begin for you? Running began for me...
Knackered Dragon Club Challenge
After the time trial challenges of the last two weeks (Marathon Miles and 5k Challenge), this week&#...
In the Spotlight – Jon Lewis
When did running begin for you? In late May 2012, I came across my neighbour who, with his brother-i...
Virtual 5k Club Challenge
So after the success of our Marathon Miles Challenge last week we decided to up the ante a bit, but ...
In the Spotlight – Simon ‘Cyrill’ Grant
Firstly, I would like to say well done to Abyd on such a well-written account of his running memoirs...
Marathon Miles Club Challenge
As Weekly Roundup Editor (with a small side-hustle as Club Chairman) I, like all our members, have b...
In the Spotlight – ABYD QUINN AZIZ
Thank you Abyd for taking up the challenge that is “In the Spotlight”…..loved the ...
In the Spotlight – LISA CLEARY
This is the first in a series of fun features, where we ask a few questions of individual Club Membe...
2020 Tour Down Under
No Weekly Roundup this evening, but I’m indebted to receive this report from Clem Clement deta...
Weekend Roundup 14-15 March 2020
As we move into “batten down the hatches” territory, with the COVID-19 virus dominating ...
St David’s Day Weekend Roundup
So whilst our daffodils were being blown all the way to Pembrokeshire, Clem and Janice Clement were ...
Weekend Roundup 22-23 February 2020
Cover shot this weekend shows our “Silver Boys” on their way to V60 Team medals at the W...
Weekend Roundup 15-16 February 2020
Need to travel across the globe for a bit of Blue and Yellow action this weekend, as there wasn̵...
Weekend Roundup 8-9 February 2020
Cover lad this week is Staggy McDeerface, a new member we recruited at Chepstow Racecourse, the venu...
Weekend Roundup 1-2 Feb 2020
Our “Cover Lad” today is new member Joe Turner, running the Ponty Reverse 10 in a brand-...
2019 Awards Presentation Night, 31st January 2020
Penarth and Dinas Runners like a “good social”, and even better if there’s a chanc...
Weekend Roundup 25-26 January 2020
Last weekend in January = Lliswerry 8 = Club Championship Points! But first we have some parkrun ac...
CF64 Winter Race Report & Weekend Roundup 18-19 Jan 2020
This weekend saw the first of our three annual races, the CF64 Winter Race, so named because of its ...
Weekend Roundup 4-5 January 2020
A great action shot of Bethan Apglyn gets the Blue and Yellow 2020 off to a cracking start, courtesy...
Christmas News and Review of the Year
This week we have all the best bits from the Xmas parkruns and a whistle stop tour of a Blue & Y...
Weekend Roundup 14-15 December 2019
Ian Southwell gets our “top billing” this weekend, with two back-to-back scorching perfo...
Weekend Roundup 7-8 December 2019
Our “cover-boy” this week is the ever-smiling Andy Pearce, grinning his way to a fine 2n...
Weekend Roundup 23-24 November 2019
Cover girl this weekend is the ever-smiling Madeleine ‘Alice’ Attridge…great run f...
Weekend Roundup 16-17 November 2019
The “gangstas” above were part of the P&D squad that took on the SOSPAN 10…mor...
Weekend Roundup 9-10 November 2019
Rainbows appear to be a common feature at Pembrey Country Park for the annual visit of the Gwent Cro...
Weekend Roundup 2-3 November 2019
The “Main Course” this weekend was the Richard Burton 10k Road Race down near Port Talbo...
Weekend Roundup 26-27 October 19
We’ve set up a new feature on our Members’ Facebook page, which we publish on a Thursday...
Weekend Roundup 12-13 October 2019
Saturday morning started even earlier than parkrun for some of us this week, as we tuned in to cover...
Weekend Roundup 5 – 6 October 2019
This weekend “dominated” by the Cardiff Half Marathon, but some really strong runs to re...
Weekend Roundup 28-29 Sept 2019
Unfortunately I couldn’t grab a cover photo from anywhere to illustrate this weekend…so ...
Weekly Roundup 22 September 2019
One of the benefits of being a Penarth and Dinas Runner is the lovely countryside we have locally to...
Weekly Roundup 8th September 2019
A fairly ‘quiet’ weekend, but it was all kicking off last Tuesday, with the annual P&...
Weekly Roundup 1st September 2019
This is a bit of a strange occurrence….the Roundup Editor writing a report on the same day tha...
Weekend Roundup 24-25 August 2019
Bit of a scorcher this weekend…30 degrees C, what’s that all about? As the photo above s...
Weekend Roundup 17-18 August 2019
This weekend saw a real mixture of challenges and surfaces to race on for our Club members…tak...
Weekend Roundup 3-4 August 2019
Sunday was all about the ABP Barry 10k Road Race, back in town for the second year. We had lots of r...
Weekly Roundup 28 July 2019
Cover photo is Catherine and Steven battling for bragging rights in the Barker household! Some great...
Weekly Roundup 14 July 2019
Last Wednesday saw the Club hosting another hugely popular Cosmeston Relays Event. Now in its 29th y...
Weekend Roundup 7th July 2019
“Summertime, and the living’s easy”….as long as you have purchased some cool...
Weekend Roundup 29-30 June 2019
A fairly quiet weekend, with a few Club members taking on different challenges; but as ever there wa...
Nigel’s Return to The Wall
Our Nigel Adams likes a challenge. After a voyage of suffering and self-discovery run/walking 72 mil...
Weekly Roundup, 16 June 2019
The Welsh Castles Relay rather dominated the previous weekend, but there were a couple of really com...
Welsh Castles Relay…the full story!
Cath Barker flies the Blue and Yellow flag, as she skips down the finish line to massive cheers from...
Weekend Roundup 1-2 June 2019
A fairly quiet weekend for the Club, ahead of what will be an epic one next week, with our annual pa...
Weekly Roundup 26 May 2019
The ever-popular SSAFA 5k Road Race Series kicked off on Wednesday 22nd May, and we had a whopper en...
Weekend Roundup 18-19 May 2019
Saturday saw the third race in the Club Off Road Championships, and an ideal opportunity to combine ...
Weekend Roundup 11-12 May 2019
Sunday was a big day for the Club, with the staging of our annual Porthkerry 5 mile Multi-Terrain Ra...
Weekly Roundup 5th May 2019
Put the kettle on and settle in a comfy chair…it’s a long one this week! At long last th...
London Marathon Weekend Roundup
The weekend was ‘a game of two halves’…..Storm Hannah wreaking havoc on Saturday, ...
Easter Roundup 2019
Not a great deal of racing action for the Club this weekend, but what brilliant weather to be outdoo...
Weekend Roundup 13-14 April 2019
A quiet weekend for a change…photo above depicts a group of P&D Ladies disrupting play on ...
Weekend Roundup 6-7 April 2019
This weekend saw a real mixture of challenges thrown at the Blue and Yellow Army! Everything from pa...
Weekend Roundup 30-31 March 2019
So here we are, clocks gone forward, summer around the corner…err, actually no, it was flippin...
Weekly Roundup 24 March 2019
Monday saw another running of our Handicap 5 miler, based around the Club training session out of Co...
Weekend Roundup 16-17 March 2019
Perhaps this should have been renamed “Marathon Prep Weekend”….with most prospecti...
Weekend Roundup 9 – 10 March 2019
Another quietish weekend, but plenty of parkrun action, with some of it in quite far-flung locations...
Weekly Roundup 3 March 2019
The weekend has been crammed full of racing action, but let’s rewind a few days. Wednesday was...
Weekend Roundup 23-24 Feb 2019
A quiet weekend, not a lot of race action, but, wow, what a great couple of days to be outside! Fogg...
Weekend Roundup 16-17 Feb 2019
Another bunch of new members to welcome this weekend, some of whom will be familiar as nippy parkrun...
Awards Presentation Night, 15th Feb 2019
Friday 15th February saw a Penarth and Dinas Runners “flash mob” descending on Penarth A...