The start of April saw the return to the normal course for Cardiff parkrun 110 after 3 months on the temporary course. Our runners were treated to almost perfect conditions as well as the return to normal, and this brought out the best in some of our runners as we had our 2nd biggest field with 185 finishers, among them we had 57 PB’s recorded, and 26 first timers today.
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Since Cardiff parkrun started back in February 2008, we've had 1935 runners from 142 different clubs record a total of 2374 PB's, this gives us a total of 9489 runs completed adding up to a total distance covered of 47445 Kms.
In the Men’s event, it was Steve Paterson (San Domenico) and Ed Takata (Cardiff AAC) that led the way through the 600m point, they were closely followed by Chris Discombe (Les Croupiers), there was then a gap back to a group which formed a string of Richard Wilder (Les Croupiers), Stuart Crees (Les Croupiers), Jonathan Barnes (Wye Valley Runners), Lian Davies (Unattached), Phil George (Les Croupiers), Peter Crane (Neath Harriers) and Moses Tutesigensi (Cardiff Uni). As they entered the Playing fields and passed through about the 1 ½ km point it was Steve who had gained a small advantage over Ed, there was then a gap back to Chris in third but he was staying steady and slowly closing the gap down on the 2 in front. There was now a group of 3 together behind, made up of Stuart, Richard and Jonathan, they were then strung out behind with gaps between each of Phil, Lian, Peter, Richie Bullen (Les Croupiers) and Dave Headon (Les Croupiers). As they rounded the Nursery loop for the first time in 2010 Chris had continued his charge and had moved past Ed and then Steve, so as they approached the last mile it was Chris leading very slightly over Steve, but there was now a significant gap back to Ed. There had been some movement behind as well, as Phil had now moved himself up on to the shoulder of Stuart as Richard and Jonathan shadowed them. Richie was next to show, followed by Peter and Lian, there was then a gap back to Dave, with Nick Dukes (Les Croupiers) also starting to show. As they entered the last 200m they had really been strung out, Chris was now well clear and out of sight as Steve maintained 2nd, Stuart was now in 3rd place and still being chased by Phil. Next to follow was Jonathan, Richard and then Ed and Peter had managed to get himself back past Richie. These positions stayed the same through to the finish.
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1st
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Chris Discombe
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Les Croupiers
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15:37
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New PB
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2nd
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Steve Paterson
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San Domenico
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15:53
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3rd
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Stuart Crees
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Les Croupiers
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16:34
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4th
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Phil George
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Les Croupiers
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16:42
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New PB
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5th
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Richard Wilder
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Les Croupiers
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16:46
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6th
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Jonathan Barnes
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Wye Valley Runners
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16:49
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New PB
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7th
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Ed Takata
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Cardiff AAC
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17:05
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8th
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Peter Crane
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Neath Harriers
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17:12
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New PB
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9th
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Richie Bullen
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Les Croupiers
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17:17
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10th
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Lian Davies
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Unattached
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17:30
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11th
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Dave Headon
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Les Croupiers
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17:37
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New PB
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12th
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Nick Dukes
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Les Croupiers
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17:42
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13th
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Oliver Williams
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Unattached
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17:55
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14th
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Scott Howell
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Les Croupiers
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18:04
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15th
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Dan Whaites
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Unattached
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18:13
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16th
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Sylvie Lloyd (SW)
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Unattached
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18:13
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New PB
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17th
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David Crane
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Neath Harriers
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18:21
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18th
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Ruth Tyler (SW)
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Les Croupiers
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18:33
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New PB
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19th
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Alun Wyn Evans
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Unattached
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18:39
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20th
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Gary Brown
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Penarth & Dinas Runners
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18:41
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New PB
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21st
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Scott Hemmens
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Les Croupiers
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18:46
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New PB
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22nd
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James Moyer
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Unattached
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18:54
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23rd
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Clara Evans (JW)
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Hereford & County AC
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18:55
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24th
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Mark Richmond
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Pegasus AC
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18:56
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New PB
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In the Ladies event, Sylvie Lloyd (Unattached) was making her first appearance for a few weeks having been working in London and made her intentions clear, as they passed through the first 600m she had Clara Evans (Hereford & County AC) for company, there was then a small gap back to Ruth Tyler (Les Croupiers). We then had a significant gap back to the next runner – Heather Graz (Unattached) who was tucked up nicely within a group of men; there was then a further gap back to Sally Haselhurst (San Domenico) who also had a group of men for company. With the first mile done Sylvie was now on her own but not yet fully clear as Ruth was determined to try and hang on, Clara was now in 3rd place, with Heather and Sally maintaining their positions. The nursery loop was now complete and they were on the way home, as they entered the final mile it was still the same situation with Sylvie in front and Ruth keeping her in sight. Clara was still in 3rd but the gap was starting to come down as both Heather and Sally trying to close their relative gaps. Entering the final 200m Sylvie had now taken full control and had clear daylight between herself and Ruth, Clara still had a healthy advantage in 3rd with Heather in 4th, but Sally was starting to close in but unfortunately was now running out of course, and that’s how it stayed until the end.
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1st
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Sylvie Lloyd
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Unattached
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18:13
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New PB
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2nd
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Ruth Tyler
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Les Croupiers
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18:33
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New PB
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3rd
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Clara Evans
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Hereford & County AC
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18:55
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4th
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Heather Graz
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Unattached
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19:14
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New PB
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5th
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Sally Haselhurst
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San Domenico
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19:26
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6th
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Liz Ashton
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Les Croupiers
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21:37
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7th
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Joanne Tucker
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Les Croupiers
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21:57
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New PB
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8th
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Liz Sowter
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Les Croupiers
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22:04
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9th
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Jessica Element
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Unattached
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22:12
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10th
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Steph Davies
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Pontypridd Roadents
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22:46
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11th
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Cheryl Hicks
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Unattached
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23:00
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New PB
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12th
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Sheryl Evans
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Hereford & County AC
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23:13
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New PB
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13th
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Wendy Owen
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San Domenico
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23:34
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14th
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Ruth Barrett
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Unattached
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23:35
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15th
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Sasha Macken
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Les Croupiers
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23:37
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New PB
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16th
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Yvonne Bullen
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Les Croupiers
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23:39
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In the Age Grade performances top spot this week went to Richie Bullen (Les Croupiers) {VM45-49} with 84.67%. There was another 80%+ performances this week from Peter Crane (Neath Harriers) {VM45-49} with 84.40%; Dave Headon (Les Croupiers) {VM45-49} with 83.07%; Chris Discombe (Les Croupiers) {SM30-34} with 82.82%; Sandy Johnston (Les Croupiers) {VM60-64} with 82.43%; Steve Paterson (San Domenico) {SM30-34} with 81.85%; Sylvie Lloyd (Unattached) {SW20-24} with 81.24%; Scott Howell (Les Croupiers) {VM45-49} with 81.00%; Clara Evans (Hereford & County AC) {JW15-19} with 80.88%; and David Crane (Neath Harriers) {VM50-54} with 80.38%.
This week we had 2 Age Group Records
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Sylvie Lloyd
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SW20-24
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18:13
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81.24%
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Unattached
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Heather Graz
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VW35-39
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19:14
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78.77%
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Chepstow Harriers
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The biggest improvement on the day went to Allan Price (Unattached) 324 secs. There were several others who improved by over 1 minute: Meryll Maalat (Unattached) 144 secs; Daniel Greaves (Unattached) 75 secs; Gareth John (Unattached) 74 secs; Matt Govier (Unattached) 69 secs; and Stephen Treasure (Unattached) 61 secs.
Young & Old ~ our youngest competitors today were Daniel Greaves (Unattached), Jordan Bowen (Unattached), Matthew Turnbull (Unattached), Bethany Self (Unattached) and Joanna Diffey (Unattached) in the Jnr 14 Age Group. While at the other end of the spectrum we had Errol Alexis (Les Croupiers) in the VM70-74 category.
The point’s competition: In the Ladies Competition Wendy Owen (San Domenico) has an 84 pts lead over Stephanie Davies (Pontypridd Roadents). While in the Men’s top spot is held by Paul Morris (Les Croupiers) who leads by 1 pt over Dominic Shields (San Domenico).
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Men
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Ladies
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Paul Morris (Les Croupiers)
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528 pts
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Wendy Owen (San Domenico)
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650 pts
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Dom Shields (San Domenico)
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527
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Stephanie Davies (Pontypridd Roadents)
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566
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Alistair Wood (San Domenico)
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503
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Juliet Sidney (San Domenico)
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523
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Not forgetting all those who gave up their time this morning to help make today’s run possible ~ Derek WILLIAMS; John GRIFFIN; Jeff ASTON; Jenny HUGHES; Rowena MELBOURNE; David PROUD; Matt TOWNSEND; Wouter POORTINGA; Eirian ARWYN; Alan BLADEN; Ron MORRIS; Mick McGEOCH; Steve LEWIS; Howard OWEN; Stephen OWEN and Phil COOK
A big thank you to everyone who has supported us here at Cardiff parkrun and helped us develop and grow, we look forward to seeing you again in the future. Please remember to tell your friends and family about our event.
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Don’t forget – every Saturday 9.00am on the Taff Trail alongside Tesco Extra – Western Avenue.
Why not join us for Coffee after in the Coffee Shop at Tesco.
See you next week.
Phil