It’s been a busy few weeks of racing with successes on both the roads and fells. Here’s a round up of the last few weeks of racing:
Sunday 16th February:
20 Denbigh Harriers turned out for the Ruthin 5k and 10k with a 1,2,3 for Denbigh Harriers women as well as category wins for some of the men.
In the 10k it was another 1st and 2nd for the women and more category wins for the men.
5K
4th 18:27 Joanne Henderson (1st F 1st F40), 9th 20:57 Jason Walsh-McDonald (1st M30), 10th 21:38 Elen Baugh (2nd F 1st F20), 12th 22:20 David Baugh (1st M60), 13th 22:30 Emma Collins (3rd F 1st F60), 18th 23:38 Duncan Jones, 26th 23:54 Tracey Williams, 35th 26:56 Holly Hughes, 38th 28:23 Menai Baugh, 49th 30:48 Angela Beedles, 59th 33:58 Sali Powell, 63rd 34:49 Emily Morse
10K
13th 40:35 Garmon Owen (1st M20), 25th 45:29 Noah Gardiner, 26th 45:31 Catherine Tudor Jones (1st F 1st F40), 32th 47:13 Sophie Toogood (2nd F 1st F30), 33rd 47:29 Simon Nixon, 55th 52:32 David Passe (1st M70), 73rd 56:38 David Hudson, 84th 58:41 Robert Neale, 105th 1:05:15 Nicola Bellerby Dickson.
Sunday 23rd February
Four hardy Denbigh Harriers made it over to the village of Cilcain to take part in the Sheeptracks fell race. The race is a self navigated fell race over the Clwydian Range on varied terrain from muddy trods to gorse and heather. The distance and elevation gain of each course depended on the route you choose inbetween checkpoints.
There were two race options. A long course that was roughly 30k and a short course that was 20k. A 120 runners turned up to race in torrential rain and 50mph winds, with all harriers having great runs and some picking up some prizes..
Long course
03:30:56 1st Female Katy Baugh,
03:56:05 4th Female Emily Retallick
Short course
02:49:00 2nd Female Rachael Evans
03:26:12 18 13th and 2nd O60 Mike Hobday
Saturday 1st March
A glorious sunny day saw a record turnout of 139 runners for the 21st Pipe Dream fell race in Dolgarrog with 1300ft climb in 4.2 miles and the first counter in the North Wales Series. After climbing up the 600 plus steps Tony Wood stormed through to finish 13th in 39.32. Glyn Rees 39th in 44.18, Ted Conry 43rd 45.05, Owen Conry 62nd 50.09, Rachael Evans 64th 50.27 (3rd WO), Peter Lester-Owen 78th 52.56 (3rd v60) and Mike Hobday 83rd 54.09.
Sunday 2nd March
3 Denbigh Harriers took part in the Anglesey Half Marathon. Flanked by stunning views of Eryri and the Menai Straights the flat and fast course attracted over 350 runners this year. John Millington was the first Harrier over the finish line in a time of 1:48:14, followed by Charlotte Dobson in 1:53:48 (PB) and then Jasmin Millington-Morgan in 2:20:43.
