On Sunday 17th February, eight Denbigh Harriers made the short trip over to Wrexham to race in the Village Bakery Half Marathon. A well-established race, this is held on the outskirts of Wrexham, taking in the Industrial Estate along with rural lanes and countryside. Weather was quite nice for February – largely sunny, but a cold wind, and a couple of rain showers in the early afternoon. First home was Hywel Roberts. Continuing his preparation for London Marathon in 10 weeks, Hywel set a PB for this distance of 1:36:38. Next was Ian Jones, in a time of 1:54:36. A good improvement on a few weeks ago, as he returns to full race fitness. Not far behind him was Robert Parry, finally getting in under the 2 hour mark, in 1:59:48 Joint first ladies were Nicola Field and Helen Davies. Like Hywel, both also in training for London Marathon, they crossed the line together in 2:11:49. Dan Schraibman was only a couple of minutes after them, in 2:14:02 Finally, Caroline Parry and Dave Spencer (both returning from injury) finished in 2:19:54
496th Hywel Roberts 01:36:38
1214th Ian Jones 01:54:36
1432nd Robert Parry 01:59:48
1838th Nicola Field 02:11:49
1839th Helen Falmai Davies 02:11:49
1903rd Daniel Schraibman 02:14:02
2028th David Spencer 02:19:55
2029th Caroline Ann Parry 02:19:54
After a couple of weeks of low numbers doing Parkruns this week saw Denbigh Harriers out in force.
Shrewsbury Parkrunn
75th Duncan JONES 00:22:31
Wyre Forest
20th Tony BENTON 00:23:03
Bodelwyddan Castle
5th David BAUGH 00:21:37
14th Emma COLLINS 00:23:11
17th Katy BAUGH 00:23:41
24th Elen BAUGH 00:24:33
55th Sarah BAYLISS 00:29:02
57th Gwenan JOHNSON 00:29:04
