AVR duo star in Swansea
AVR’s Matt Hewer made his England Masters debut at the Swansea Half-Marathon on Sunday in a race which saw the England Masters team take on teams from Wales and the Armed Forces. He was joined at the event by AVR Debbie Whiston, representing the Armed Forces. Both had qualified for selection at earlier events of the same distance.
The flat, fast 13.1 miles starts at the iconic Swansea Arena then heads out of the city through the university campus before heading back via the historic Brangwyn Hall and Castle ruins before finishing along the promenade.
The high-quality race was won by Omar Ahmed in 1:03.14 and Natasha Wilson in 1:12.13 with more than 5000 finishers. Despite a niggle, Matt finished in 1:21.27, 137th and 20th M45. Debbie was an excellent eighth F45 finishing in 1:28.42.
Exmouth 10k
Lee Brooker completed the Spring Bradley’s Exmouth 10k on Sunday in windy conditions with the race route comprising the beautiful Exmouth seafront. He finished in a new PB of 52:48.
Seaton parkrun and beyond
Another busy Seaton parkrun saw 265 finishers. Ron Seward was third on age grade in 23:08, 80.55%.
Out and about Jon and Gill Day took part in Oxford parkrun; Tom Parsons, celebrating his 25th parkrun milestone, and Carolyn Nation enjoyed the summer course at Killerton parkrun; Steve Speariett completed Didcot parkrun; and Andy West ran East Brighton parkrun. Matt Hewer enjoyed Sandy Water parkrun in Llanelli before his half marathon on Sunday; Kevin Feeney and Sarah Shepley took part in the picturesque Muncaster Castle parkrun; Aaron and Louise Rawlins completed the tough but beautiful Durlston Country Park parkrun in Dorset while Gavin Smillie, Rob Collier and Sam Summers ran Frogmary Green parkrun. Closer to home Cliff Marriott and Pam Goddard ran Greendale Farm Shop parkrun and Matt Frost completed Haldon Forest parkrun.
Further afield, Patrick Devine-Wright completed Cabinteely parkrun in Ireland and Tim Sibley enjoyed the trails of Torun parkrun in Poland
And finally …
Innes Fitzgerald travelled to France for the Fast5000 meeting coming an excellent sixth in the A 5000m race in 15:08:22, a huge PB.
