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Results 2008

You can look up members’ performances from this year in the results database. We’ve had 2189 finishers in 282 races so far this year.

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January

• Hair of the Dog 5K. Tuesday, 01 January 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 18:40 (8th).
• Race Over The Glens. Tuesday, 01 January 2008. Glenariff Forest Park, Nr Waterfoot, County Antrim, N Ireland. 1 Croups member ran. Libby O’Duffy 42:15 (56th).
• Tidewater Striders Distance Series 20k. Saturday, 05 January 2008. Virginia, USA. No Croups members ran.
• CSA Team Pursuit. Sunday, 06 January 2008. Crymych Leisure Centre, Crymych, Pembrokeshire. 100 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Liz Ashton 52:53 (48th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 53:44 (51st); Maria Zubizarreta 56:45 (59th); Sue Neal 58:19 (68th). Distance: 6.6 miles.
• Gloucester New Year 10. Sunday, 06 January 2008. Anchor Inn, Epney, Saul, Gloucester. 306 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Stuart Crees 56:21 (4th). Archive of Gloucester New Year 10.
• Richard Burton 10k. Sunday, 06 January 2008. Cwmafan Community Centre, Depot Road, Port Talbot. 213 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Gerry Crispie 39:10 (41st); Nick Rees 39:36 (45th); John O’Shea 39:57 (51st); Catherine Beecher 41:06 (66th); Mike Davies 42:04 (77th); Wendy Boon 43:50 (98th); Steve Alexander 46:23 (126th); Des Davies 48:20 (135th); Steve Williams 48:56 (137th). Archive of Richard Burton 10k. Thanks to Mike Davies for finding this for me. I’ve fiddled with these a bit: I’ve taken out some duplicate names and blank results.
• Cardiff Blackweir Time Trial. Saturday, 12 January 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 21 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:42 (2nd); Dave Headon 18:26 (3rd); Chris Discombe 18:52 (4th); John O’Shea 19:27 (5th); Libby O’Duffy 19:33 (6th); Catherine Beecher 19:41 (7th); Denis Murphy 20:52 (10th); Martin Pinnell 21:12 (14th); Liz Ashton 21:26 (16th); Jeff Aston 21:31 (17th); Yvonne Bullen 22:22 (19th).
• Mud In Your Eye XC 5k. Saturday, 19 January 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 19:10 (17th).
• Cardiff Cross Challenge Masters Male & Female (5916m). Sunday, 20 January 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 63 people finished. 21 Croups members ran. Nigel Webb 22:29 (11th); Rob Jones 22:36 (12th); Mick Tabor 23:22 (14th); Paul Coker 23:51 (19th); Richard Self 24:09 (20th); Dylan Owen 24:25 (23rd); Sandy Johnston 24:58 (26th); John Diffey 25:07 (27th); Gerry Crispie 25:22 (30th); Libby O’Duffy 25:37 (32nd); Terry Caveney 25:41 (33rd); Richard Sewell 26:00 (35th); Martin Pinnell 26:12 (37th); Mike Davies 26:21 (38th); Alan Mason 26:28 (40th); Jane Coker 27:12 (46th); Julie Scholey 27:41 (49th); Jeff Aston 27:46 (50th); Howard Brown 29:42 (59th); Caroline Dallimore 30:26 (60th); Gillian Murphy 37:43 (63rd). Archive of Cardiff Cross Challenge Masters Male & Female (5916m). I’ve uploaded some photos to Flickr.
• Cardiff Cross Challenge Senior Men (9977m). Sunday, 20 January 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 46 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 36:00 (20th); Nick Dukes 38:10 (27th); Mark Palser 39:41 (33rd); Steve Alexander 48:38 (44th). Archive of Cardiff Cross Challenge Senior Men (9977m). This race was open to senior men and masters over 35.
• Cardiff Cross Challenge Senior Women (5916m). Sunday, 20 January 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 29 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Catherine Beecher 25:54 (27th). Archive of Cardiff Cross Challenge Senior Women (5916m). I’ve uploaded some photos to Flickr.
• Tidewater Striders 25K. Saturday, 26 January 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:41:19 (7th).
• Gloucester Epney Marathon. Sunday, 27 January 2008. Gloucestershire. 148 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Alan Mann 4:07:10 (80th); Loretta Daley 4:23:47 (100th); Gil John 4:35:40 (118th).
• Lliswerry 8. Sunday, 27 January 2008. Lliswerry Leisure Centre, Nash Road, Newport, Gwent. 407 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 43:38 (6th); Matt Townsend 49:19 (26th); Dylan Owen 50:09 (35th); Nick Rees 50:50 (50th); Matthew Hopkins 52:01 (62nd); Richard Boon 53:03 (75th); Tim O’Sullivan 53:22 (80th); Dave Proud 54:24 (98th); Graeme Donnan 54:34 (103rd); Wendy Boon 54:51 (107th); Denis Murphy 55:44 (116th); Marcus Coles 56:17 (128th); Jeff Aston 57:07 (144th); Bill Fear 57:50 (160th); James Horner 58:12 (169th); Mike Dix 58:18 (173rd); Steve Alexander 58:42 (177th).
• Bridge Inn 5K Series Race 4. Tuesday, 29 January 2008. The Bridge Inn, Main Road, Shortwood, Bristol. 136 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Paul Coker 18:49 (42nd); Jane Coker 20:51 (82nd).

February

• East Beach Norfolk Half Marathon. Saturday, 02 February 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:21:29 (16th).
• Les Croupiers Handicap 10. Sunday, 03 February 2008. Llandaff Rugby Club, Western Avenue, Cardiff. 57 people finished. 51 Croups members ran. Gareth Thomas 1:03:02 (1st); Daniel Harris 1:04:06 (2nd); John O’Shea 1:04:21 (3rd); Mick McGeoch 1:05:00 (4th); Libby O’Duffy 1:07:15 (5th); Catherine Beecher 1:08:55 (6th); Clive Osmond 1:08:58 (7th); Paul Morris 1:09:18 (8th); Mike Davies 1:09:20 (9th); Dave Proud 1:09:25 (10th); Wendy Boon 1:09:32 (11th); Shaun Connor 1:10:00 (12th); Terry Caveney 1:10:25 (13th); Steve Owen 1:11:41 (15th); Cheryl Hudgell 1:12:20 (16th); Jeff Aston 1:12:59 (17th); Andrew Russell 1:13:07 (18th); Julie Scholey 1:13:07 (19th); Marcus Coles 1:13:12 (20th); Steve B Lewis 1:13:31 (21st); Dave Price 1:13:46 (22nd); Ian Derrick 1:15:04 (23rd); Andrew Sedgmond 1:15:28 (24th); Steve Alexander 1:15:30 (25th); Frank Williams 1:15:44 (26th); James Horner 1:16:17 (27th); Kellinu Portelli 1:16:50 (29th); Judi Rhys 1:17:06 (30th); Steve Williams 1:17:17 (31st); Des Davies 1:17:31 (32nd); Richard Brewer 1:17:44 (33rd); Alan Mann 1:18:10 (34th); Michael Rossiter 1:18:45 (35th); Glenda Edwards 1:20:52 (36th); Sian Evans 1:21:42 (37th); Fran Machin 1:21:55 (38th); Sue Neal 1:23:07 (39th); Tina Rossiter 1:24:08 (40th); Gary Pashley 1:24:23 (41st); Annie Conroy 1:28:41 (43rd); Clare Johnson 1:30:22 (44th); Rhian Llewellyn 1:31:41 (45th); Angela Neal 1:37:29 (48th); Geoff Wright 1:38:43 (49th); Gillian Murphy 1:43:46 (51st); Joy Davies 1:43:46 (52nd); Karen Phillips 1:43:46 (53rd); Sam Lam 1:43:46 (54th); Tony Dorsett 1:50:27 (55th); Eirian Arwyn 1:51:12 (56th); Carolyn Llewellyn 2:00:06 (57th).
• Pontypridd Roadents Reverse 10. Sunday, 03 February 2008. Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd. 227 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 55:20 (5th); Gareth Morgan 59:18 (13th); Nick Dukes 59:19 (14th); Mick Tabor 1:01:03 (17th); Matt Townsend 1:01:53 (22nd); Gerry Crispie 1:03:14 (27th); Anne Fallows 1:04:11 (32nd); Sandy Johnston 1:04:33 (40th); Tim O’Sullivan 1:09:55 (67th); Adam Abraham 1:15:42 (126th); Alan Mann 1:30:35 (198th). Archive of Pontypridd Roadents Reverse 10. Anne Fallows won the women’s race. Well done Anne!
• Cardiff Love Run. Saturday, 09 February 2008. Bute Park, Cardiff. 1 Croups member ran. Kellinu Portelli 46:31 (43rd).
• Gwent League #4: Men. Saturday, 09 February 2008. Penlan Athletics Track, Brecon Leisure Centre, Penlan, Brecon, Powys. 192 people finished. 22 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 37:34 (9th); Richard Bullen 38:44 (16th); Mick McGeoch 41:12 (41st); Mark Palser 41:18 (45th); Mick Tabor 41:23 (47th); Nigel Webb 42:00 (53rd); Daniel Harris 42:24 (57th); Matt Townsend 42:49 (66th); Paul Coker 43:07 (69th); Sandy Johnston 43:30 (76th); Stuart Reeves 44:14 (92nd); Nick Rees 44:20 (94th); John Diffey 45:54 (110th); David Bright 46:57 (120th); Mike Davies 47:53 (130th); Mel James 48:06 (134th); Graeme Donnan 48:56 (144th); Jeff Aston 49:11 (146th); Neil Tatnell 50:12 (156th); Steve Alexander 51:02 (164th); Mike Dix 51:54 (171st); Steve Williams 53:13 (179th).
• Gwent League #4: Women. Saturday, 09 February 2008. Penlan Athletics Track, Brecon Leisure Centre, Penlan, Brecon, Powys. 100 people finished. 18 Croups members ran. Libby O’Duffy 27:29 (12th); Catherine Beecher 27:55 (18th); Maria Zubizarreta 28:02 (20th); Jane Coker 28:19 (22nd); Wendy Boon 28:43 (25th); Julie Scholey 29:02 (28th); Cath Tailby 30:12 (46th); Gillian Kellam 30:56 (52nd); Yvonne Bullen 31:28 (56th); Liz Ashton 32:17 (65th); Caroline Dallimore 32:20 (66th); Ann James 32:41 (69th); Sue Neal 34:28 (73rd); Clare Johnson 36:27 (80th); Angela Neal 39:22 (88th); Mal Rowson 39:38 (90th); Gillian Murphy 41:25 (92nd); Eirian Arwyn 42:36 (95th).
• Mud In Your Eye 6k XC. Sunday, 10 February 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 22:20 (12th).
• Wokingham Half Marathon. Sunday, 10 February 2008. Cantley Park, off Twyford Road, Wokingham. 1997 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Stuart Crees 1:12:46 (18th). Big PB for Stuart!
• Cardiff Parkrun 1. Saturday, 16 February 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 53 people finished. 14 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:36 (1st); Gareth Morgan 17:04 (3rd); Matt Townsend 17:43 (7th); Richard Self 19:22 (13th); Ruth Tyler 19:32 (15th); Martin Pinnell 19:44 (17th); Catherine Beecher 19:52 (18th); Steve Owen 20:21 (21st); Graeme Donnan 20:35 (23rd); Denis Murphy 20:44 (24th); Des Davies 21:17 (28th); Yvonne Bullen 22:14 (36th); Howard Brown 23:23 (40th); Sarah McCarthy 23:37 (41st). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 1. I’ve made some slight corrections. I’ve changed the name of the first ’unknown athlete’ and omitted the next two, which brought the number of finishers down to 53. Note that this is the first official running of the now weekly Time Trials. NB Stuart Crees improved his time, but was 3 seconds outstide Alex Donald’s unofficial course record. I got this wrong and I apologise.
• Muddy Woody 6. Sunday, 17 February 2008. Hereford Rowing Club, 37 Greyfriars Avenue, Hereford. 298 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Sue Neal 1:09:25 (186th); Rhian Llewellyn 1:15:00 (240th); Angela Neal 1:18:22 (265th); Carolyn Llewellyn 1:39:00 (289th).
• Sussex Beacon Half Marathon. Sunday, 17 February 2008. Madeira Drive, Brighton Seafront, Brighton, Sussex. 3714 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Gerry Crispie 1:27:15 (136th); Libby O’Duffy 1:28:34 (177th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 2. Saturday, 23 February 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 55 people finished. 10 Croups members ran. Gareth Morgan 17:20 (5th); John O’Shea 19:11 (10th); Catherine Beecher 19:39 (12th); Dave Proud 19:45 (13th); Steve Owen 20:06 (16th); Des Davies 20:50 (22nd); Steve Alexander 21:11 (25th); Denis Murphy 21:13 (26th); Kellinu Portelli 21:15 (27th); Liz Ashton 22:08 (36th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 2.
• Endurance Life South Devon Half Marathon. Saturday, 23 February 2008. South Devon. 227 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Ian Bound 1:45:38 (8th). Archive of Endurance Life South Devon Half Marathon.
• Mud In Your Eye XC 8k. Saturday, 23 February 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 31:44.
• Bourton-on-the-Water 10k. Sunday, 24 February 2008. Victoria Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos. 515 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Mick Tabor 35:54 (48th); Dylan Owen 37:16 (74th); Tim O’Sullivan 39:55 (137th); Graeme Donnan 42:03 (187th).
• Colonial Half Marathon. Sunday, 24 February 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:22:00.
• Welsh Cross Country Championships Men. Sunday, 24 February 2008. Singleton Park, Swansea. 57 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 41:00 (12th); Chris Discombe 42:00 (17th); Stuart Crees 42:52 (19th); Richard Bullen 43:22 (23rd); Nick Dukes 44:18 (28th); Mark Palser 44:37 (30th); Phil Cook 46:03 (36th); Sandy Johnston 47:31 (41st); Stuart Reeves 48:46 (46th); Terry Caveney 50:19 (48th); Clive Osmond 51:41 (52nd); Mike Davies 53:56 (54th); Steve Alexander 56:09 (57th). Archive of Welsh Cross Country Championships Men.
• Welsh Cross Country Championships Women. Sunday, 24 February 2008. Singleton Park, Swansea. 30 people finished. 5 Croups members ran. Maria Zubizarreta 33:05 (13th); Wendy Boon 33:50 (17th); Julie Scholey 35:40 (21st); Yvonne Bullen 38:22 (29th); Eirian Arwyn 48:27 (30th). Archive of Welsh Cross Country Championships Women.

March

• Cardiff Parkrun 3. Saturday, 01 March 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 26 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Steve Owen 20:05 (3rd); Frank Williams 21:57 (11th); Sian Evans 23:01 (14th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 3.
• Gwent League #5: Men. Saturday, 01 March 2008. Blaise Castle, Henbury Road, Bristol, Somerset. 203 people finished. 31 Croups members ran. Victor Vinyals 33:45 (6th); Chris Discombe 33:50 (8th); Julian Baker 35:18 (15th); Richard Bullen 35:29 (17th); Stuart Crees 35:43 (19th); Mark Palser 36:27 (26th); Nick Dukes 37:12 (37th); Gareth Morgan 37:18 (39th); Mick Tabor 37:38 (48th); Mick McGeoch 37:42 (49th); Daniel Harris 37:45 (51st); Phil Cook 37:50 (52nd); Rob Jones 38:13 (57th); Julian Carter 38:56 (69th); Nigel Webb 39:16 (77th); Matt Townsend 39:17 (78th); Paul Coker 39:29 (80th); Dylan Owen 39:34 (82nd); Nick Rees 40:25 (92nd); Jerry Cleall-Harding 40:48 (100th); John O’Shea 40:52 (101st); Phil George 40:55 (102nd); John Diffey 41:37 (112th); David Bright 42:47 (126th); Terry Caveney 43:02 (133rd); Alan Mason 44:35 (151st); Jeff Aston 44:41 (152nd); Mel James 44:53 (154th); Mike Dix 46:40 (173rd); Steve Alexander 47:34 (176th); Steve Williams 50:30 (190th).
• Gwent League #5: Men. Saturday, 01 March 2008. Blaise Castle, Henbury Road, Bristol, Somerset. 108 people finished. 21 Croups members ran. Libby O’Duffy 20:55 (16th); Catherine Beecher 20:57 (17th); Maria Zubizarreta 21:38 (26th); Jane Coker 21:46 (29th); Claire Beatty 22:28 (42nd); Wendy Boon 22:35 (43rd); Cath Tailby 22:42 (44th); Julie Scholey 22:54 (49th); Gillian Kellam 23:26 (57th); Yvonne Bullen 24:07 (62nd); Liz Ashton 24:11 (65th); Ann James 24:22 (66th); Caroline Dallimore 24:57 (70th); Sue Neal 27:06 (83rd); Clare Johnson 28:42 (90th); Angela Neal 29:55 (92nd); Mal Rowson 30:27 (95th); Joy Davies 31:05 (98th); Eirian Arwyn 32:06 (101st); Karen Phillips 33:14 (103rd); Gillian Murphy 33:17 (104th).
• Gloucester 20. Sunday, 02 March 2008. Frampton-on-Severn Community Centre, Lake Lane, Frampton-on-Severn. 531 people finished. 6 Croups members ran. Shaun Connor 2:32:02 (159th); Terry Caveney 2:34:04 (175th); Darren Morgan 2:35:24 (178th); Andrew Sedgmond 2:43:22 (257th); Richard Brewer 2:50:51 (294th); Ian Derrick 2:56:00 (336th). Archive of Gloucester 20.
• Llanelli Waterside Half Marathon. Sunday, 02 March 2008. Llanelli Festival Fields, Millennium Coastal Park, Llanelli. 845 people finished. 10 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 1:13:36 (2nd); Richard Self 1:26:15 (40th); Dave Proud 1:28:31 (61st); Wendy Boon 1:31:27 (100th); Andrew Russell 1:38:00 (217th); James Horner 1:39:35 (240th); Judi Rhys 1:40:20 (244th); Des Davies 1:40:40 (259th); Kellinu Portelli 1:53:51 (469th); Mike James 1:57:57 (554th). Archive of Llanelli Waterside Half Marathon.
• Reading Half Marathon. Sunday, 02 March 2008. Madejski Stadium, Reading, Wilts. 1 Croups member ran. Andrew Yates 1:47:48 (3587th).
• St David’s Day 5k. Sunday, 02 March 2008. Bute Park, Cardiff. 305 people finished. 12 Croups members ran. Sandy Johnston 17:17 (61st); Matthew Hopkins 18:08 (72nd); Martin Pinnell 18:18 (75th); Clive Osmond 18:20 (76th); Steve Owen 19:16 (95th); Paul Morris 19:20 (97th); Marcus Coles 19:32 (99th); Cheryl Hudgell 19:36 (101st); Julie Scholey 20:31 (108th); Howard Brown 21:55 (126th); Alan Bladen 26:58 (203rd); Gillian Murphy 29:00 (238th). Archive of St David’s Day 5k. I took some photos and uploaded them to Flickr. Also for complex historical reasns (we used to have both a Fran Williams and a Frank Williams, and the script which writes this site only reads the first four letters of given names when it tries to identify members, so it needs to know gender as well), I had to guess at the sex of runners. My apologies to anyone whose sex I got wrong.
• Cardiff Parkrun 4. Saturday, 08 March 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 42 people finished. 12 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:23 (1st); Matt Townsend 17:24 (3rd); Phil George 18:57 (6th); Mick Tabor 19:01 (7th); John Diffey 19:18 (8th); Ruth Tyler 19:27 (9th); Martin Pinnell 19:48 (11th); Steve Owen 19:51 (12th); Richard Self 21:00 (18th); Frank Williams 21:13 (20th); Yvonne Bullen 21:41 (22nd); Liz Ashton 22:08 (25th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 4.
• Barry 40 Mile Track Race. Sunday, 09 March 2008. Jenner Park Athletic Stadium, Barry Road, Barry. 23 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Alan Mann 5:47:10 (17th); Loretta Daley 7:16:13 (23rd).
• San Domenico 20. Sunday, 09 March 2008. Rhydycar Leisure Centre, Merthyr Tydfil. 168 people finished. 15 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 1:57:28 (1st); Gerry Crispie 2:18:27 (14th); Matt Townsend 2:18:43 (15th); Anne Fallows 2:24:49 (26th); Wendy Boon 2:30:10 (36th); Denis Murphy 2:34:47 (56th); Richard Boon 2:36:20 (58th); Graeme Donnan 2:40:09 (69th); Andrew Russell 2:46:02 (76th); Andrew Sedgmond 2:51:51 (94th); Steve Williams 2:54:07 (102nd); Kellinu Portelli 2:55:38 (106th); Ian Derrick 3:00:51 (115th); Rhian Llewellyn 3:16:14 (143rd); Sarah Dawes-Clark 3:54:28 (168th). Archive of San Domenico 20.
• SC Orvault Half Marathon. Sunday, 09 March 2008. Nantes, France. 1 Croups member ran. Stuart Crees 1:12:55 (17th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 5. Saturday, 15 March 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 41 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 16:01 (1st); Nick Dukes 17:07 (3rd); Phil Cook 17:27 (4th); Sandy Johnston 18:39 (7th); Phil George 18:55 (8th); John Diffey 19:11 (9th); Libby O’Duffy 19:36 (11th); Steve Owen 19:50 (14th); Martin Pinnell 20:36 (18th); Graeme Donnan 21:18 (22nd); Frank Williams 21:36 (25th); Howard Brown 23:15 (31st); Mick Tabor 27:20 (41st). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 5.
• Asics Fleet Pre-London Half Marathon. Sunday, 16 March 2008. Fleet, Hampshire. 1966 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Andrew Russell 1:38:26 (429th).
• B&Q Eastleigh 10K. Sunday, 16 March 2008. Fleming Pk, Woodside Avenue, Eastleigh, Southampton, Hants. 1372 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Richard Bullen 34:11 (38th); Yvonne Bullen 44:56 (377th).
• Bath Half Marathon. Sunday, 16 March 2008. Great Pulteney Street, Bath. 10054 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Mick Tabor 1:20:21 (152nd); Mark Palser 1:23:07 (211th); Jeremy Forshew 1:36:44 (1054th); Liz Ashton 1:41:50 (1729th); John Thomas 1:45:05 (2203rd); Fran Machin 1:49:12 (3292nd); Sarah McCarthy 2:06:22 (5903rd). Sorry that I didn’t get these sooner. Theresults on the Bath site don’t include clubs, and I couldn’t download the massive PDF of results until today.
• Forest of Dean Trails Half Marathon. Sunday, 16 March 2008. Whitemead Forest Park, Parkend, Lydney, Gloucestershire. 1346 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Victor Vinyals 1:15:27 (1st); Nick Rees 1:28:27 (63rd); Catherine Beecher 1:29:19 (73rd); Terry Caveney 1:30:10 (83rd); John Diffey 1:33:01 (126th); Tim O’Sullivan 1:35:56 (181st); Clive Osmond 1:38:10 (222nd); Cheryl Hudgell 1:39:01 (241st); Maria Zubizarreta 1:40:28 (266th); Julie Scholey 1:41:20 (283rd); Graeme Donnan 1:42:13 (311th); Steve B Lewis 1:43:07 (334th); Michael Rossiter 1:48:31 (491st); Steve Williams 1:49:18 (510th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:50:01 (528th); Tina Rossiter 1:57:53 (748th); Clare Johnson 2:02:57 (883rd). Some times may be slightly wrong; I’ve been told that they were gun times but recorded as chip times.
• Shamrock Festival Marathon. Sunday, 16 March 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 2:53:05 (28th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 6. Saturday, 22 March 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 36 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 17:31 (5th); Matt Townsend 17:31 (6th); Richard Self 18:36 (8th); Marcus Coles 19:35 (9th); Martin Pinnell 19:40 (10th); Kellinu Portelli 20:54 (17th); Steve Alexander 21:11 (18th); Denis Murphy 21:14 (19th); Bill Fear 21:25 (20th); Jeff Aston 21:33 (22nd); Des Davies 21:39 (25th); Yvonne Bullen 21:56 (28th); Karen Phillips 30:27 (39th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 6.
• Teifi 10. Sunday, 23 March 2008. Lampeter Rugby Football Club, North Rd, Lampeter, Ceredigion. 136 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 54:32 (2nd); Mick McGeoch 1:00:51 (17th); Gerry Crispie 1:03:22 (24th); Ruth Tyler 1:05:39 (41st); Catherine Beecher 1:08:02 (49th); Clive Osmond 1:10:19 (63rd); Gary John 1:19:44 (104th).
• Llanbedr to Blaenavon Fell Race. Monday, 24 March 2008. Blaenafon Recreation Centre, Middle Coed Cae Road, Blaenavon. 1 Croups member ran. Julian Carter 2:31:40 (9th). 16 miles; 4500ft of ascent.
• BMAF Cross Country Championships Men 35-50. Saturday, 29 March 2008. Warriner School, Banbury, Oxfordshire. 106 people finished. 5 Croups members ran. Richard Bullen 32:40 (40th); Nigel Webb 34:03 (72nd); Rob Jones 35:13 (82nd); Peter Kellam 37:27 (92nd); Steve Alexander 40:11 (104th).
• BMAF Cross Country Championships Men 50-69. Saturday, 29 March 2008. Warriner School, Banbury, Oxfordshire. 153 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Mick McGeoch 34:03 (22nd); Mick Tabor 34:08 (23rd); Sandy Johnston 35:20 (45th); Alan Mann 50:22 (149th).
• BMAF Cross Country Championships Women and Men 70+. Saturday, 29 March 2008. Warriner School, Banbury, Oxfordshire. 116 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Ann James 33:35 (75th); Sue Neal 37:32 (100th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 7. Saturday, 29 March 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 50 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 15:52 (2nd); Stuart Crees 16:30 (4th); Mark Palser 17:12 (7th); Daniel Harris 17:28 (8th); Ian Bound 17:49 (9th); Wouter Poortinga 19:12 (14th); Dave Proud 19:44 (22nd); Tim O’Sullivan 20:15 (26th); Denis Murphy 20:24 (27th); Des Davies 20:51 (32nd); Steve Williams 22:27 (41st); Howard Brown 22:38 (42nd); David McDonald 23:22 (44th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 7.
• Polaris Challenge. Saturday, 29 March 2008. South Wales near Brecon. 3 Croups members ran. Caroline Dallimore 11:10:51 (2nd); Nick Dallimore 11:10:51 (2nd); Julian Carter 11:37:26 (6th). 2 Day mountain biking event. Nick and Caroline competed together.
• Hogweed Hilly Half. Sunday, 30 March 2008. Horton Village Hall, Horton, South Gloucestershire. 240 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Matt Townsend 1:28:18 (14th); Maria Zubizarreta 1:40:28 (55th); Graeme Donnan 1:43:37 (75th).

April

• Cardiff Parkrun 8. Saturday, 05 April 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 40 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:22 (1st); Nick Dukes 17:11 (3rd); Matt Townsend 17:32 (4th); Dave Proud 19:34 (7th); Steve Owen 19:35 (8th); Gerry Crispie 19:38 (9th); Graeme Donnan 20:42 (20th); Cath Tailby 21:20 (24th); Des Davies 21:32 (25th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 8.
• Suffolk YMCA 5k. Saturday, 05 April 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 18:17 (4th).
• Cancer Care Cymru Canter 5k. Sunday, 06 April 2008. Bute Park, Cardiff. 234 people finished. 27 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 16:02 (1st); Phil Cook 16:59 (2nd); Matt Townsend 17:39 (4th); Daniel Harris 17:52 (5th); John Diffey 19:11 (9th); Martin Pinnell 19:12 (10th); Matthew Hopkins 19:16 (12th); Julian Carter 19:32 (13th); Clive Osmond 19:56 (16th); Steve Owen 20:11 (19th); Marcus Coles 20:13 (20th); Tim O’Sullivan 20:16 (21st); Alan Mason 20:18 (22nd); Matt Hurford 20:52 (24th); Maria Zubizarreta 21:24 (36th); Frank Williams 21:56 (39th); Gillian Kellam 22:02 (41st); Andrew Sedgmond 22:04 (42nd); Steve Williams 22:54 (53rd); Kellinu Portelli 24:06 (66th); Mal Rowson 27:31 (100th); Alan Bladen 27:48 (105th); Malcolm Farnham 28:28 (116th); Anne Donald 29:41 (131st); Joy Beavon 30:44 (138th); Mike Murphy 32:08 (153rd); Gillian Murphy 32:08 (152nd). Official results: 40Kb Excel file. Archive of Cancer Care Cymru Canter 5k.
• 27th Annual Lion’s Journey For Sight 5k. Saturday, 12 April 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:46 (3rd).
• Cardiff Parkrun 9. Saturday, 12 April 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 46 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Mick Tabor 18:00 (6th); Paul Coker 18:17 (7th); Peter Kellam 18:26 (9th); Dylan Owen 18:46 (12th); Catherine Beecher 20:05 (16th); Jeremy Forshew 20:08 (17th); Matt Hurford 20:09 (18th); Jane Coker 20:38 (23rd); Frank Williams 21:42 (28th); Liz Sowter 21:56 (29th); Sarah McCarthy 23:08 (32nd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 9.
• Flora London Marathon. Sunday, 13 April 2008. London Underwriting Centre off Mincing Lane, City of London, London, England. 22 people finished. 25 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 2:37:20 (134th); Victor Vinyals 2:55:53 (748th); Stuart Reeves 2:56:59 (811th); Scott Howell 3:06:08 (1492nd); Richard Self 3:11:44 (1991st); Wendy Boon 3:14:25 (96th); Libby O’Duffy 3:15:18 (107th); Firouz Mal 3:36:11 (5083rd); Jeff Aston 3:36:37 (5133rd); Graeme Donnan 3:40:10 (5685th); John Thomas 3:42:51 (6132nd); Andrew Russell 3:46:26 (6760th); Andrew Sedgmond 3:51:36 (7721st); Dave Headon 3:54:37 (8387th); Richard Brewer 3:56:35 (8809th); Steve Williams 4:06:06 (10798th); Ian Derrick 4:11:50 (11849th); Mike Davies 4:20:37 (13480th); Richard Boon 4:24:21 (14175th); Gil John 4:25:57 (14455th); Fran Machin 4:29:06 (4081st); Kellinu Portelli 4:36:14 (16281st); Alan Bladen 4:54:51 (18952nd); Karen Mingay 5:02:35 (7012th); Sarah Dawes-Clark 5:30:24 (8563rd). Results analysed by Tim OS: Wendy Boon sub 3:15 (3:14:25), Libby 3:15:18; Richard Self running the most evenly paced race (11 sec negative split); Mike D and Richard B completing whilst clearly in trouble (with respective injuries ) judging by TV shots; Julian B running 71:39 for the 1st half; Jeff continues his unique Welsh ’ever present’ stint. See also Jeff Aston on the BBC site.
• Rotterdam Marathon. Sunday, 13 April 2008. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 1 Croups member ran. Gerry Crispie 2:55:51.
• Cardiff Parkrun 10. Saturday, 19 April 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 51 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:30 (4th); Phil Cook 16:41 (5th); Nick Dukes 16:57 (6th); Richard Bullen 17:03 (7th); Wouter Poortinga 19:15 (14th); Terry Caveney 19:41 (16th); Catherine Beecher 19:56 (17th); Graeme Donnan 20:26 (21st); Steve Alexander 20:49 (26th); Des Davies 20:53 (28th); Claire Beatty 21:33 (31st); Liz Sowter 21:43 (32nd); Denis Murphy 21:58 (34th); Yvonne Bullen 22:12 (37th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 24:37 (42nd); Eirian Arwyn 30:07 (47th); Karen Phillips 30:48 (48th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 10.
• Sugar Loaf Fell Race. Saturday, 19 April 2008. Abergavenny Leisure Centre, Old Hereford Rd, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. 65 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Dylan Owen 1:00:52 (15th); Mick Tabor 1:01:24 (19th).
• Civil Service Athletics Association 10k. Wednesday, 23 April 2008. Battersea Park, London. 1 Croups member ran. Catherine Beecher 41:15 (68th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 11. Saturday, 26 April 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 46 people finished. 10 Croups members ran. Sandy Johnston 18:27 (9th); Peter Kellam 18:39 (11th); Gerry Crispie 18:48 (12th); Dave Proud 19:14 (13th); Kellinu Portelli 20:48 (22nd); Gillian Kellam 21:24 (25th); Richard Brewer 21:54 (27th); Liz Ashton 21:57 (28th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 23:42 (31st); Clare Johnson 25:24 (38th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 11.
• Chesapeake Bay 10k. Saturday, 26 April 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 36:56 (5th).
• ERRA National Road Relay Championship (Men). Saturday, 26 April 2008. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 12 people finished. 12 Croups members ran. Richard Bullen 16:13; Matt Townsend 17:12; Phil George 17:14; Mick Tabor 17:39; Daniel Harris 17:43; Dylan Owen 17:56; Chris Discombe 29:19; Lee Aherne 29:30; Phil Cook 29:39; Stuart Crees 29:50; Nick Dukes 30:21; Mark Palser 33:13. Brian Smith has Photos on Flickr.
• Offa’s Orror. Sunday, 27 April 2008. Chepstow. 229 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Cheryl Hudgell 1:51:37 (89th).
• Porthkerry Plod. Sunday, 27 April 2008. Porthkerry Park, Barry. 130 people finished. 26 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 29:45 (2nd); Phil Cook 30:04 (3rd); Matt Townsend 33:45 (9th); John Diffey 34:28 (10th); Terry Caveney 34:38 (12th); Matthew Hopkins 35:08 (13th); Dave Proud 35:10 (14th); Matt Hurford 35:18 (15th); Clive Osmond 35:50 (16th); Catherine Beecher 35:51 (17th); Jeff Aston 37:54 (29th); Mike Davies 38:22 (34th); Eurof Davies 38:35 (36th); Julie Scholey 39:07 (41st); Cath Tailby 39:14 (43rd); Gary John 39:24 (44th); Graeme Donnan 39:33 (45th); Gary Hyatt 41:15 (53rd); Steve Williams 42:04 (61st); Michael Rossiter 43:20 (72nd); Caroline Dallimore 43:30 (73rd); Tina Rossiter 47:38 (93rd); Eirian Arwyn 50:47 (102nd); Mal Rowson 51:58 (109th); Mike Murphy 55:29 (118th); Gillian Murphy 55:30 (119th).
• SIG Insulations Sheffield Half Marathon. Sunday, 27 April 2008. Don Valley Stadium, Worksop Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. 4537 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Adam Abraham 1:44:29 (1318th).
• Bridge Inn 5k Race 1. Tuesday, 29 April 2008. The Bridge Inn, Main Road, Shortwood, Bristol. 70 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Paul Coker 18:27 (15th); Jane Coker 20:01 (33rd).
• Pentyrch Hill Race. Tuesday, 29 April 2008. Pentyrch RFC, Parc-y-Dwrlyn Fields, Penuel Road, Pentyrch. 109 people finished. 25 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 45:21 (1st); Phil George 51:38 (13th); Mick Tabor 53:10 (16th); Peter Kellam 53:26 (17th); Dylan Owen 53:40 (19th); Richard Self 54:37 (21st); Terry Caveney 55:09 (25th); John Diffey 55:38 (29th); Matt Townsend 57:05 (37th); Gerry Crispie 58:30 (41st); Matthew Hopkins 58:57 (44th); Richard Boon 59:30 (47th); Nick Dallimore 59:36 (48th); Paul Morris 59:45 (49th); Libby O’Duffy 1:00:20 (54th); Cheryl Hudgell 1:01:14 (59th); Graeme Donnan 1:01:39 (64th); Eurof Davies 1:01:51 (66th); John Plain 1:03:15 (70th); Julie Scholey 1:03:28 (72nd); Liz Sowter 1:05:32 (80th); Steve Williams 1:07:58 (92nd); Liz Ashton 1:09:07 (93rd); Caroline Dallimore 1:09:59 (95th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:13:23 (99th).

May

• Cardiff Parkrun 12. Saturday, 03 May 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 49 people finished. 12 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:08 (2nd); Nick Dukes 16:46 (5th); Mark Palser 17:29 (7th); Richard Self 18:57 (16th); Matt Hurford 19:25 (18th); Richard Boon 19:44 (20th); Andrew Russell 20:20 (26th); Steve Alexander 20:36 (29th); Wendy Boon 20:47 (30th); Catherine Beecher 20:58 (33rd); Libby O’Duffy 20:59 (34th); Richard Brewer 21:36 (36th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 12. I have put some photos on Flickr.
• Newport Bay Spring Festival 10km. Saturday, 03 May 2008. Newport Bay, Parrog Road, Newport. 50 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Peter Kellam 40:30 (5th); Gillian Kellam 48:01 (22nd).
• Frederick Marathon. Sunday, 04 May 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 2:51:36 (3rd).
• Les Croupiers Castles Time Trial 10. Sunday, 04 May 2008. Llandaff Rugby Club, Western Avenue, Cardiff. 30 people finished. 30 Croups members ran. Daniel Harris 1:01:41 (1st); Scott Howell 1:01:58 (2nd); Martin Williams 1:02:27 (3rd); Rob Jones 1:02:46 (4th); Paul Coker 1:03:37 (5th); Dave Proud 1:06:20 (6th); Ben Farag 1:06:36 (7th); Paul Morris 1:07:09 (8th); Richard Boon 1:08:30 (9th); Richard Sewell 1:10:31 (10th); Graeme Donnan 1:10:42 (11th); Chris Discombe 1:10:44 (12th); Jane Coker 1:10:55 (13th); Denis Murphy 1:11:16 (14th); Andrew Russell 1:11:19 (15th); Mike Davies 1:11:28 (16th); Joanna Pritchard 1:11:56 (17th); Ruth McLees 1:12:29 (18th); Jeremy Forshew 1:13:05 (19th); Steve Alexander 1:13:30 (20th); Liz Sowter 1:14:47 (21st); Jude Cassam 1:15:51 (22nd); Wendy Boon 1:15:54 (23rd); Yvonne Bullen 1:16:41 (24th); Steve B Lewis 1:19:43 (25th); Carol Miller 1:21:41 (26th); Sarah McCarthy 1:22:27 (27th); David McDonald 1:27:14 (28th); Jemma Nurse 1:28:05 (29th); Clare Johnson 1:31:53 (30th).
• Bristol 10K. Monday, 05 May 2008. Anchor Road, Harbourside, Bristol. 3676 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 33:46 (22nd); Ian Bound 40:34 (114th). Official results: 233Kb CSV file.
• Brecon 3 Mile. Tuesday, 06 May 2008. Penlan Athletics Track, Brecon Leisure Centre, Penlan, Brecon, Powys. 1 Croups member ran. Lee Aherne 15:39 (2nd).
• Cardiff Parkrun 13. Saturday, 10 May 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 48 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Martin Pinnell 19:33 (10th); Terry Caveney 19:35 (11th); Joanna Pritchard 20:04 (13th); Richard Boon 20:14 (16th); Andrew Russell 20:15 (17th); Tim O’Sullivan 20:30 (19th); Wendy Boon 20:32 (20th); Graeme Donnan 20:54 (22nd); Steve B Lewis 21:14 (24th); Richard Brewer 22:06 (30th); Ann James 23:00 (33rd); Clare Johnson 25:47 (37th); Eirian Arwyn 28:30 (43rd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 13. I’ve omitted the unidentified athletes on the assumption that they did not register. That includes the mystery runner who won in 15:38.
• Isle of Wight Marathon. Sunday, 11 May 2008. Ryde, Isle of Wight. 103 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 4:09:03 (47th).
• Pisa Marathon. Sunday, 11 May 2008. Pisa, Italy. 3 Croups members ran. Thomas Griffiths 2:45:45; Matthew Stone 3:51:00; Martyn Evans 4:29:00.
• Richard Davies Sorbrook Challenge. Sunday, 11 May 2008. Glan Yr Afon Leisure Club, Edlogan Way, Croesyceiliog, Cwmbran. 1 Croups member ran. Lee Aherne 36:50 (1st).
• Tewkesbury Half Marathon. Sunday, 11 May 2008. Tewkesbury Rugby Football Club, The Moats Langet Lane, Gander Lane, Tewkesbury, Glos. 101 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Scott Howell 1:24:16 (15th); Gerry Crispie 1:29:09 (34th); Jude Cassam 1:48:32 (318th).
• Ty Hafan Waterfront 5k. Sunday, 11 May 2008. Barry Leisure Centre, Greenwood Street, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. 351 people finished. 24 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:47 (2nd); Phil George 17:48 (5th); Sandy Johnston 18:24 (9th); Paul Coker 18:36 (11th); Matt Hurford 19:45 (18th); Richard Sewell 20:18 (23rd); Steve Owen 20:32 (27th); Jane Coker 20:41 (31st); Mike James 21:06 (36th); Mike Davies 21:19 (40th); Alan Mann 21:26 (43rd); Eurof Davies 21:27 (44th); Kellinu Portelli 21:38 (48th); Julie Scholey 22:10 (55th); Frank Williams 22:11 (56th); Rachel Jones 23:06 (73rd); Annie Conroy 26:24 (148th); Susan Fry 26:35 (149th); Steve Fry 26:36 (150th); Tracey Newman 27:47 (175th); Tony Dorsett 28:28 (188th); Alan Bladen 28:34 (189th); Veronica Singleton 29:52 (216th); John Thomas 37:03 (311th). Official results: 31Kb PDF file. As club membership was not given, I have had to guess; I may have attributed times to club members which are not theirs.
• Rose Inn Series, Race 1. Tuesday, 13 May 2008. Redwick, Nr Magor. 141 people finished. 20 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 21:33 (6th); Phil George 22:54 (11th); Mick Tabor 23:27 (18th); Mick McGeoch 24:38 (28th); Richard Boon 25:45 (42nd); Clive Osmond 25:55 (45th); Catherine Beecher 26:01 (46th); Graeme Donnan 26:26 (51st); Alan Mann 26:39 (53rd); Richard Sewell 27:04 (61st); John O’Shea 27:13 (63rd); Tim O’Sullivan 27:20 (67th); Julie Scholey 27:49 (70th); Mike Dix 27:50 (71st); Gary John 28:03 (76th); Jeff Aston 28:26 (77th); Loretta Daley 30:22 (97th); Alan Bladen 36:33 (127th); Gillian Murphy 37:00 (129th); Mike Murphy 37:01 (130th). Archive of Rose Inn Series, Race 1.
• Self Transcendence Race Series 2 miles. Friday, 16 May 2008. Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff. 93 people finished. 26 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 10:20 (1st); Nick Dukes 10:31 (4th); Daniel Harris 11:12 (9th); Matt Townsend 11:16 (12th); Mick Tabor 11:18 (13th); Dylan Owen 11:31 (15th); Matthew Hopkins 11:59 (18th); Dave Proud 12:02 (19th); Matt Hurford 12:20 (22nd); Catherine Beecher 12:24 (24th); Andrew Russell 12:32 (25th); Eurof Davies 12:34 (27th); Graeme Donnan 12:40 (31st); Steve Alexander 12:41 (32nd); Cheryl Hudgell 12:47 (34th); Tim O’Sullivan 12:50 (36th); Alan Mason 12:52 (37th); Keith Davies 12:53 (38th); James Horner 12:58 (40th); Libby O’Duffy 13:18 (42nd); Denis Murphy 13:23 (44th); Mel James 13:46 (52nd); Michael Rossiter 14:14 (58th); Tina Rossiter 15:47 (69th); Gillian Murphy 18:34 (82nd); Mike Murphy 19:28 (86th). I apologise for any mistakes; I had to do these by hand, and they defeated my usual screenscrapers. The official results are in a nasty PDF (did I ever mention that I hate those?) which is frankly unreadable unless you have something against your eyes, so I’m not going to link to it.
• British Masters Relays. Saturday, 17 May 2008. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 17 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 15:49; Dave Williams 15:54; Matt Townsend 17:11; Paul Coker 17:43; Joanna Pritchard 19:17; Libby O’Duffy 19:35; Jane Coker 19:39; Jeff Aston 20:17; Wendy Boon 20:22; Gillian Kellam 20:57; Jude Cassam 21:04; Yvonne Bullen 21:10; Gary Hyatt 21:16; Mel James 21:26; Ann James 21:39; Edwina Turner 21:58; Sue Neal 23:36. Jo, Jude, Yvonne, and Libby were 9th (W35); Gill, Wendy, and Jane were 4th (W45); Edwina, Sue, and Ann were 2nd (W55). Jeff, Gary, and Mel were 20th (M55); Matt, Dave, Paul, and Phil were 4th (M35).
• Cardiff Parkrun 14. Saturday, 17 May 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 50 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 17:21 (2nd); Peter Kellam 17:59 (6th); Richard Boon 19:59 (13th); Andrew Russell 20:25 (14th); Kellinu Portelli 20:43 (17th); Nick Dallimore 20:56 (18th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 22:21 (29th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 14.
• Anglo-Celtic Plate 100k. Sunday, 18 May 2008. Bute Park, Cardiff. 25 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Alan Mann 11:17:06 (23rd). Thanks to Mick McGeoch for sending me these.
• Sirhowy Challenge. Sunday, 18 May 2008. Ynysddu Hotel, Ynysddu, Newport, Gwent. 81 people finished. 15 Croups members ran. Mick Tabor 1:19:07 (6th); Dylan Owen 1:22:50 (9th); Matt Townsend 1:25:28 (14th); Catherine Beecher 1:31:10 (19th); Clive Osmond 1:32:07 (20th); Mike Davies 1:32:12 (21st); Denis Murphy 1:33:15 (24th); John O’Shea 1:35:36 (32nd); Julie Scholey 1:38:13 (37th); Tim O’Sullivan 1:40:18 (41st); Caroline Dallimore 1:44:11 (50th); Graeme Donnan 1:51:53 (59th); Gillian Murphy 2:17:12 (78th); Mike Murphy 2:17:12 (79th); Eirian Arwyn 2:25:54 (81st).
• Brecon 4 Mile. Tuesday, 20 May 2008. Penlan Athletics Track, Brecon Leisure Centre, Penlan, Brecon, Powys. 1 Croups member ran. Lee Aherne 21:17 (1st).
• SSAFA 5k #1. Wednesday, 21 May 2008. Blackweir Tavern, North Road, Cardiff. 100 people finished. 33 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 15:59 (9th); Richard Bullen 16:16 (13th); Stuart Crees 16:20 (14th); Phil Cook 16:31 (16th); Rob Jones 17:42 (30th); Daniel Harris 17:47 (32nd); Matt Townsend 17:48 (33rd); Mick McGeoch 17:49 (34th); Dylan Owen 18:09 (38th); Matthew Hopkins 18:38 (41st); Dave Proud 18:41 (42nd); Wouter Poortinga 19:04 (46th); Elio Lepore 19:16 (49th); Dave Price 19:38 (50th); Eurof Davies 19:53 (52nd); Joanna Pritchard 19:57 (53rd); Graeme Donnan 20:06 (54th); Catherine Beecher 20:09 (55th); Paul Morris 20:14 (56th); James Horner 20:46 (60th); Tim O’Sullivan 20:48 (61st); Mike Dix 20:52 (63rd); Jeff Aston 20:57 (64th); Julie Scholey 21:08 (65th); Denis Murphy 21:12 (66th); Frank Williams 21:16 (68th); Yvonne Bullen 21:44 (73rd); Gillian Kellam 21:51 (74th); Alan Mann 22:06 (79th); Liz Ashton 22:57 (82nd); Loretta Daley 23:19 (83rd); Alan Bladen 27:05 (95th); Tony Dorsett 28:03 (99th). Thanks as ever to Peter Morris for preparing these. Martin Rees ran M55 World Masters Best.
• Bath Hilly 10. Saturday, 24 May 2008. Culverhay School, Rush Hill, Bath. 110 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Glenda Edwards 1:32:32 (93rd); Nick Edwards 1:53:38 (109th). Official results: 41Kb Excel file. Archive of Bath Hilly 10.
• Cardiff Parkrun 15. Saturday, 24 May 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 48 people finished. 15 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:08 (2nd); Mark Palser 18:27 (8th); Sandy Johnston 18:32 (9th); Mick Tabor 18:47 (10th); Gerry Crispie 19:03 (12th); Paul Morris 20:01 (16th); Andrew Russell 20:03 (17th); Steve Alexander 20:35 (19th); Graeme Donnan 20:38 (20th); Jeff Aston 20:39 (21st); Steve Owen 20:48 (24th); Des Davies 21:07 (26th); Denis Murphy 21:15 (28th); Howard Brown 22:02 (32nd); David McDonald 24:11 (38th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 15.
• Egdon Easy 10k. Saturday, 24 May 2008. Weymouth College, Cranford Avenue, Weymouth, Dorset. 2 Croups members ran. Richard Bullen 33:53 (1st); Yvonne Bullen 46:11 (92nd). Official results: 64Kb PDF file. Not bad for an old man! Richie pulls off comfortable win. I think that assures his Castles selection.
• Elizabeth River Run 10K. Saturday, 24 May 2008. Virginia, USA. 759 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 37:18 (11th).
• Edinburgh Marathon. Sunday, 25 May 2008. Edinburgh. 11 Croups members ran. Scott Howell 3:06:28 (237th); Cheryl Hudgell 3:17:12 (480th); Maria Zubizarreta 3:22:47 (657th); Phil Cook 3:22:47 (655th); Julie Scholey 3:28:10 (887th); Steve B Lewis 3:41:13 (1523rd); Loretta Daley 3:50:52 (2141st); Alan Mann 3:53:42 (2343rd); Liz Ashton 3:54:21 (2393rd); Sara MacBride-Stewart 3:59:58 (2829th); Clare Johnson 4:02:13 (2939th).
• Magic Roundabout 10k. Sunday, 25 May 2008. The Begwyns nr Hay-on-Wye. 89 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Terry Caveney 46:06 (10th); Nick Dallimore 49:40 (19th); John O’Shea 50:33 (24th); Mike Murphy 52:02 (31st); Caroline Dallimore 56:49 (49th); Steve Williams 1:12:31 (81st); Eirian Arwyn 1:12:50 (82nd); Gillian Murphy 1:17:37 (87th); Karen Phillips 1:21:01 (89th).
• Plymouth Half Marathon. Sunday, 25 May 2008. Plymouth. 3421 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Jane Ash 2:14:42 (2622nd). Official results: 984Kb Excel file.
• Merthyr Mawr Lane 5k. Wednesday, 28 May 2008. Merthyr Mawr Lane. 105 people finished. 22 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 15:52 (4th); Richard Bullen 16:28 (6th); Stuart Crees 16:40 (8th); Nick Dukes 16:48 (9th); Phil George 17:21 (12th); Mick McGeoch 17:43 (18th); Matt Townsend 17:50 (21st); Daniel Harris 18:01 (25th); Martin Williams 18:10 (27th); Paul Coker 18:20 (31st); Matt Hurford 19:07 (40th); Catherine Beecher 19:36 (44th); Clive Osmond 19:45 (46th); John Diffey 19:54 (50th); Graeme Donnan 19:55 (51st); Richard Boon 20:03 (54th); Richard Jones 20:04 (55th); Jane Coker 20:14 (57th); Steve Alexander 20:29 (62nd); Steve Owen 20:32 (64th); Ralph Davey 24:48 (87th); Julie Scholey 25:12 (88th). Official results: 105Kb RTF file. Archive of Merthyr Mawr Lane 5k.
• Cardiff Parkrun 16. Saturday, 31 May 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 44 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 17:13 (4th); Peter Kellam 18:11 (10th); Mick Tabor 18:49 (13th); Paul Morris 19:33 (16th); Graeme Donnan 19:41 (17th); Steve Owen 19:58 (20th); John O’Shea 20:03 (21st); Stuart Crees 20:26 (22nd); Des Davies 21:00 (28th); James Horner 21:35 (30th); Gillian Kellam 21:37 (31st); Mel James 22:13 (33rd); Mal Rowson 27:44 (40th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 16.
• Wimbledon Common Time Trial. Saturday, 31 May 2008. Wimbledon Common, London. 112 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Julian Baker 16:49 (1st).

June

• Celtic Trial Triathlon. Sunday, 01 June 2008. Margam Country Park, Margam, Port Talbot, South Wales. 55 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Nick Dallimore 2:32:13 (28th).
• Cork City Marathon. Monday, 02 June 2008. Cork City, Cork, Eire. 2 Croups members ran. Alan Mann 3:55:05 (474th); Loretta Daley 3:57:56 (532nd).
• Brecon 5 Mile. Tuesday, 03 June 2008. Penlan Athletics Track, Brecon Leisure Centre, Penlan, Brecon, Powys. 1 Croups member ran. Lee Aherne 26:50 (1st).
• Self Transcendence Race Series 3 miles. Friday, 06 June 2008. Bute Park, Cardiff. 22 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 15:44 (2nd); Daniel Harris 17:31 (7th); Mick Tabor 17:49 (8th); Matt Townsend 18:10 (9th); Dave Proud 18:33 (12th); Gerry Crispie 18:35 (13th); Terry Caveney 18:43 (15th); Catherine Beecher 18:58 (18th); Andrew Russell 19:08 (19th); Libby O’Duffy 19:17 (22nd); Steve Alexander 19:44 (25th); Cheryl Hudgell 19:48 (26th); James Horner 20:42 (33rd); Gary John 20:44 (34th); Gillian Kellam 20:52 (36th); Mel James 21:17 (40th); Michael Rossiter 21:38 (43rd); John O’Shea 22:04 (47th); Tina Rossiter 24:09 (54th); Gillian Murphy 27:25 (62nd); Karen Phillips 29:20 (70th); Mike Murphy 29:21 (71st).
• Cardiff Parkrun 17. Saturday, 07 June 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 53 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:25 (1st); Mark Palser 17:38 (4th); Nick Dukes 17:46 (5th); Paul Coker 18:04 (9th); Sandy Johnston 18:20 (10th); Paul Morris 19:35 (14th); Richard Boon 19:43 (17th); Jane Coker 19:48 (19th); Steve Owen 20:05 (21st); Jeff Aston 20:34 (24th); Steve B Lewis 20:41 (26th); Des Davies 20:46 (27th); Julie Lewis 22:56 (39th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 17.
• Dartmoor Discovery Marathon. Saturday, 07 June 2008. Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon. 3 Croups members ran. Alan Mann 5:31:36 (96th); Loretta Daley 5:31:36 (97th); Gil John 6:08:06 (133rd).
• Rose Inn Series, Race 2. Tuesday, 10 June 2008. Redwick, Nr Magor. 141 people finished. 15 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 21:23 (2nd); Mick Tabor 23:38 (12th); Catherine Beecher 25:27 (32nd); Richard Sewell 26:04 (35th); Graeme Donnan 26:08 (37th); Mike Davies 27:08 (50th); Gary John 28:00 (66th); Mike Dix 28:29 (69th); Julie Scholey 28:46 (72nd); Alan Mann 29:07 (74th); Ralph Davey 31:04 (91st); Loretta Daley 34:34 (109th); Joy Davies 36:34 (123rd); Mike Murphy 37:14 (125th); Gillian Murphy 37:14 (126th). Archive of Rose Inn Series, Race 2.
• Cardiff Parkrun 18. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 23 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Ruth Tyler 20:30 (15th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 18.
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 1. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Caernarfon Castle to Penygroes. 3 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 54:55 (2nd); John Diffey 1:04:04 (17th); Sue Neal 1:22:18 (54th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 10. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Llanfair Caereinion to Newtown. 3 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 1:16:18 (4th); Ben Farag 1:34:58 (43rd); Catherine Beecher 1:36:08 (44th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 2. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Penygroes to Criccieth Castle. 3 Croups members ran. Scott Howell 1:04:53 (8th); Steve Owen 1:12:40 (23rd); Ruth McLees 1:13:38 (28th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 3. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Criccieth Castle to Maentwrog. 2 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 1:11:23 (6th); Denis Murphy 1:30:49 (50th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 4. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Maentwrog to Harlech Castle. 3 Croups members ran. Mick McGeoch 56:31 (3rd); Graeme Donnan 1:03:24 (18th); Jude Cassam 1:09:37 (26th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 5. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Harlech Castle to Barmouth. 3 Croups members ran. Mick Tabor 59:03 (6th); Sandy Johnston 1:00:41 (8th); Claire Beatty 1:13:06 (33rd).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 6. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Barmouth to Dolgellau. 3 Croups members ran. Gareth Morgan 1:04:05 (5th); Richard Boon 1:12:57 (22nd); Caroline Dallimore 1:23:53 (44th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 7. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Dolgellau to Dinas Mawddwy. 2 Croups members ran. Richard Bullen 57:12 (5th); Dave Proud 1:09:42 (35th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 8. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Dinas Mawddwy to Foel. 3 Croups members ran. Thomas Griffiths 1:05:53 (4th); Jeff Aston 1:18:00 (31st); Liz Sowter 1:23:54 (45th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 9. Saturday, 14 June 2008. Foel to Llanfair Caereinion. 3 Croups members ran. Daniel Harris 50:46 (4th); John O’Shea 56:35 (15th); Clare Johnson 1:11:02 (46th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 11. Sunday, 15 June 2008. Newtown to Llanbadarn Fynydd. 3 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 1:11:32 (4th); Paul Morris 1:24:40 (25th); Joanna Pritchard 1:26:38 (29th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 12. Sunday, 15 June 2008. Llanbadarn Fynydd to Crossgates. 3 Croups members ran. Stuart Reeves 1:05:02 (2nd); Peter Kellam 1:14:26 (24th); Yvonne Bullen 1:19:54 (37th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 13. Sunday, 15 June 2008. Crossgates to Builth Wells. 3 Croups members ran. Matt Townsend 1:02:59 (5th); Julian Carter 1:03:13 (6th); Sarah McCarthy 1:24:08 (51st).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 14. Sunday, 15 June 2008. Builth Wells to Drovers Arms. 3 Croups members ran. Alexander Fritsch 1:03:30 (3rd); Rob Jones 1:13:23 (20th); Libby O’Duffy 1:22:54 (41st).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 15. Sunday, 15 June 2008. Drovers Arms to Brecon. 3 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 1:07:46 (1st); Paul Coker 1:19:23 (18th); Judi Rhys 1:43:25 (54th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 16. Sunday, 15 June 2008. Brecon to Beacons Reservoir. 3 Croups members ran. Phil George 53:57 (7th); Dave Coles 1:02:29 (30th); Jane Coker 1:04:31 (36th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 17. Sunday, 15 June 2008. Merthyr (Rhyd-y-Car Centre) to Abercynon (Navigation Park). 3 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 52:06 (3rd); Mike Davies 1:01:27 (26th); Gillian Kellam 1:07:26 (39th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 18. Sunday, 15 June 2008. 3 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 51:35 (1st); Terry Caveney 1:01:30 (11th); Carol Miller 1:14:16 (44th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 19. Sunday, 15 June 2008. Abercynon (Navigation Park) to Caerphilly Castle. 3 Croups members ran. Gareth Thomas 1:06:14 (3rd); Clive Osmond 1:19:30 (27th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:28:58 (45th).
• Welsh Castles Relay Stage 20. Sunday, 15 June 2008. Caerphilly Castle to Cardiff Castle. 3 Croups members ran. Dave Williams 1:01:24 (3rd); Gerry Crispie 1:09:37 (22nd); Julie Scholey 1:20:35 (44th).
• Welsh Masters’ 100m. Wednesday, 18 June 2008. Newport Stadium, Spytty Park Sports Complex, Langland Way, Newport. 2 Croups members ran. John Diffey 0:16 (7th); Mike Davies 0:17 (8th). The 200m relay team (John Diffey, Clive Osmond, Mike Davies, Mick Tabor) ran 2:13. John Diffey long jumped 3.35m and Elio Lepore 3.38m. Mike Davies putted a shot 6.44m.
• Welsh Masters’ 3000m. Wednesday, 18 June 2008. Newport Stadium, Spytty Park Sports Complex, Langland Way, Newport. 4 Croups members ran. Mick Tabor 10:51 (1st); Elio Lepore 11:25 (2nd); John Diffey 11:37 (5th); Howard Brown 12:48 (12th).
• Welsh Masters’ 400m. Wednesday, 18 June 2008. Newport Stadium, Spytty Park Sports Complex, Langland Way, Newport. 3 Croups members ran. John Diffey 1:11; Elio Lepore 1:12; Mike Davies 1:15.
• Welsh Masters’ 800m. Wednesday, 18 June 2008. Newport Stadium, Spytty Park Sports Complex, Langland Way, Newport. 3 Croups members ran. Elio Lepore 2:43 (4th); John Diffey 2:47 (8th); Clive Osmond 2:47 (6th).
• Hare And Tortoise Ladies’ 5K. Friday, 20 June 2008. The Traveller’s Rest, Manmoel Road, Oakdale, Blackwood, Gwent. 1 Croups member ran. Julie Scholey 21:08.
• Cardiff Parkrun 19. Saturday, 21 June 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 33 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Paul Morris 19:32 (7th); Graeme Donnan 19:57 (11th); Steve Owen 20:06 (12th); Tim O’Sullivan 20:51 (13th); Liz Sowter 22:06 (17th); Julie Lewis 22:48 (21st); Sasha Macken 27:07 (30th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 19.
• Llanelli Waterside 10k. Sunday, 22 June 2008. Llanelli Festival Fields, Millennium Coastal Park, Llanelli. 681 people finished. 8 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 34:52; Sandy Johnston 39:32; Gerry Crispie 40:23; John Diffey 41:28; Catherine Beecher 42:25; Andrew Russell 43:43; Jeff Aston 44:19; Liz Ashton 47:29. Thanks to Stu Crees, Matt Townsend, and Jeff Aston for helping with these.
• SSAFA 5k #2. Wednesday, 25 June 2008. Blackweir Tavern, North Road, Cardiff. 90 people finished. 29 Croups members ran. Clare Johnson 26:18 (84th); Geoff Wright 27:24 (87th); Tony Dorsett 27:49 (89th); Chris Discombe 15:35:00 (4th); Julian Baker 15:38:00 (5th); Lee Aherne 16:01:00 (8th); Stuart Crees 16:12:00 (10th); Phil Cook 16:14:00 (11th); Nick Dukes 16:46:00 (16th); Mick McGeoch 17:42:00 (22nd); Rob Jones 17:52:00 (24th); Daniel Harris 17:56:00 (25th); Mick Tabor 18:10:00 (28th); Richard Self 18:15:00 (29th); Julian Carter 18:18:00 (32nd); Sandy Johnston 18:25:00 (34th); Gerry Crispie 18:41:00 (39th); Matt Hurford 18:43:00 (42nd); Joanna Pritchard 19:36:00 (49th); Steve Owen 19:59:00 (53rd); Richard Sewell 20:09:00 (54th); Paul Morris 20:17:00 (57th); Mike Davies 20:22:00 (58th); Alan Mann 20:48:00 (62nd); Mike Dix 21:05:00 (64th); Julie Scholey 21:11:00 (66th); Jeff Aston 21:24:00 (69th); Yvonne Bullen 22:06:00 (73rd); Loretta Daley 23:08:00 (77th). Thanks as ever to Peter Morris for preparing these.
• 2008 Humph’s Hilly Half Marathon. Saturday, 28 June 2008. Bourton Rovers FC, Rissington Road, Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos. 277 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 1:18:35 (5th); Maria Zubizarreta 1:35:59 (57th); Liz Sowter 1:43:43 (93rd); Clare Johnson 2:00:52 (202nd).
• Cardiff Parkrun 20. Saturday, 28 June 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 37 people finished. 10 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 17:41 (5th); Paul Morris 19:38 (11th); John O’Shea 19:41 (13th); Cheryl Hudgell 19:49 (15th); Catherine Beecher 20:01 (16th); Ruth Tyler 20:16 (17th); Liz Ashton 22:02 (24th); Howard Brown 22:09 (25th); Mal Rowson 27:18 (31st); Eirian Arwyn 29:36 (35th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 20.
• Abertillery 10k. Sunday, 29 June 2008. Abertillery Sports Centre. 3 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 33:59 (1st); John Diffey 40:39 (5th); Andrew Russell 42:04 (13th). Andrew Russell improved his PB by 1 min and 23 seconds. Well done Andrew.

July

• YMCA 5k. Friday, 04 July 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:59 (10th).
• Aberdare 10k. Saturday, 05 July 2008. Aberdare. 181 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Andrew Russell 40:36 (23rd); Steve Alexander 42:00 (38th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 21. Saturday, 05 July 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 27 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:18 (1st); Rob Evans 19:32 (7th); Steve Owen 20:15 (11th); Steve Alexander 20:44 (14th); Des Davies 20:48 (15th); Yvonne Bullen 21:26 (18th); Martin Pinnell 21:55 (19th); Julie Lewis 22:31 (21st); Sarah McCarthy 23:11 (24th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 21.
• Llanwonno 10K. Saturday, 05 July 2008. Brynffynon Hotel, Ynysybwl, Pontypridd. 56 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Paul Coker 38:26 (8th); Gerry Crispie 39:49 (13th); Terry Caveney 39:59 (14th); John Diffey 40:06 (15th); John O’Shea 40:37 (16th); Catherine Beecher 41:23 (19th); Jane Coker 41:38 (20th); Steve Williams 48:24 (42nd); Caroline Dallimore 51:59 (45th); Geoff Wright 58:27 (54th); Eirian Arwyn 1:00:00 (56th).
• Richmond Park Time Trial. Saturday, 05 July 2008. Richmond Park, London. 68 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Jeff Aston 21:25 (23rd).
• Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon Harter Fell Class. Saturday, 05 July 2008. 2 Croups members ran. Mike Davies 9:43:25 (34th); Tim O’Sullivan 9:43:25 (34th).
• Rose Inn Series, Race 3. Tuesday, 08 July 2008. Redwick, Nr Magor. 139 people finished. 14 Croups members ran. Mick Tabor 23:50 (14th); Andrew Russell 25:58 (30th); John O’Shea 26:01 (32nd); Graeme Donnan 26:30 (37th); Alan Mann 26:49 (44th); Jeff Aston 27:17 (49th); Mike Davies 27:23 (52nd); Mike Murphy 27:25 (53rd); Julie Scholey 27:51 (57th); Loretta Daley 31:21 (81st); Linda Jensen 35:04 (103rd); Gillian Murphy 35:19 (106th); Alan Bladen 36:46 (121st); Karen Phillips 40:16 (127th). Official results: 21Kb PDF file. Archive of Rose Inn Series, Race 3.
• Swansea Bay 5k. Tuesday, 08 July 2008. Blackpill Lido, Swansea. 280 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Jeremy Forshew 20:14 (70th); Adam Abraham 21:41 (109th); Sarah McCarthy 22:59 (147th). Official results: 58Kb PDF file. Archive of Swansea Bay 5k.
• Self Transcendence Race Series 4 miles. Friday, 11 July 2008. Bute Park, Cardiff. 77 people finished. 18 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 22:10 (4th); Daniel Harris 23:08 (6th); Stuart McIlroy 24:03 (10th); Matt Townsend 24:44 (13th); Matthew Hopkins 24:47 (14th); Gerry Crispie 24:58 (16th); Catherine Beecher 25:18 (19th); Andrew Russell 26:04 (24th); Dave Proud 26:30 (28th); Marcus Coles 26:33 (29th); Cheryl Hudgell 26:37 (31st); Mike Murphy 26:38 (32nd); Alan Mason 26:41 (33rd); Steve Alexander 26:51 (34th); James Horner 27:47 (40th); Michael Rossiter 28:52 (46th); Tina Rossiter 32:06 (52nd); Gillian Murphy 36:18 (66th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 22. Saturday, 12 July 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 32 people finished. 6 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 17:34 (3rd); Jerry Cleall-Harding 18:42 (10th); Martin Pinnell 19:30 (13th); Steve Owen 19:41 (15th); Kellinu Portelli 19:58 (18th); Des Davies 20:30 (20th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 22.
• Frampton 10K. Monday, 14 July 2008. Frampton-on-Severn Community Centre, Lake Lane, Frampton-on-Severn. 474 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 33:28 (3rd); Phil George 36:21 (22nd); Mick McGeoch 36:32 (25th); Mick Tabor 37:26 (37th); Catherine Beecher 40:12 (71st); Libby O’Duffy 40:39 (80th); Paul Morris 40:52 (86th); Ruth Tyler 41:52 (102nd); Joanna Pritchard 41:56 (105th); Steve Owen 42:18 (114th); Alan Bladen 58:41 (400th). Archive of Frampton 10K. PBs for Stuart and Katie. We won the ladies team (3 to score) and had 4 in 11. We were 3rd in the Mens Team with 50 pts, behind Bourton RR (15) and Cirencester (22).
• Countryside 5 Miler. Wednesday, 16 July 2008. Newbridge Fields, Bridgend. 85 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 29:01 (5th); Martin Williams 31:29 (20th); John Diffey 33:00 (27th); Matthew Hopkins 33:01 (28th); Richard Boon 34:23 (35th); Mike Davies 34:44 (38th); Steve Owen 35:16 (41st).
• Cardiff Parkrun 23. Saturday, 19 July 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 32 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Sandy Johnston 18:31 (5th); Andrew Russell 19:55 (10th); Steve Owen 19:57 (11th); Steve Alexander 20:06 (13th); Des Davies 20:31 (17th); David McDonald 23:07 (28th); Kellinu Portelli 23:07 (29th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 23.
• Coytrahen Canter 3K. Saturday, 19 July 2008. Coytrahen Nr Bridgend. 28 people finished. 8 Croups members ran. Clive Osmond 11:44 (11th); Alan Mason 12:06 (15th); Mike Davies 12:08 (16th); Alan Mann 13:42 (22nd); Steve Williams 13:50 (23rd); Ralph Davey 14:16 (24th); Gillian Murphy 18:00 (27th); Mike Murphy 18:07 (28th).
• Magor Marsh 10k. Sunday, 20 July 2008. Undy United Football Club, Pavilion Playing Flds, Undy, Caldicot, Gwent. 207 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Phil George 35:42 (8th); Adam Morton 38:06 (23rd); Mike Murphy 41:58 (59th); Liz Sowter 47:00 (108th); Loretta Daley 47:27 (112th); Gillian Murphy 57:59 (169th); Alan Bladen 59:45 (173rd). Official results: 59Kb PDF file. Archive of Magor Marsh 10k.
• SSAFA 5k #3. Wednesday, 23 July 2008. Blackweir Tavern, North Road, Cardiff. 73 people finished. 21 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 15:26 (4th); Julian Baker 16:14 (10th); Stuart Crees 16:16 (11th); Phil Cook 16:37 (13th); Mick McGeoch 17:34 (20th); Rob Jones 17:42 (21st); Daniel Harris 18:31 (26th); Catherine Beecher 19:05 (32nd); Joanna Pritchard 19:34 (35th); Richard Boon 19:49 (38th); Steve Owen 19:59 (41st); Ruth McLees 20:26 (46th); Alan Mann 20:38 (49th); Gary John 21:27 (52nd); Jeff Aston 21:40 (54th); Loretta Daley 22:42 (61st); Steve Williams 23:17 (62nd); Ralph Davey 24:20 (66th); Gillian Murphy 27:12 (70th); Tony Dorsett 27:54 (72nd); Alan Bladen 28:43 (73rd). Thanks as ever to Peter Morris for preparing these.
• Welsh Masters’ 1500m. Wednesday, 23 July 2008. Sobell Sports Stadium, Michael Sobell Sports Centre, The Ynys, Aberdare. 1 Croups member ran. Mel James 5:30 (3rd). Elio Lepore tripled jumped 6.79m. Mike Davies threw a javelin 17.56m.
• Welsh Masters’ 150m. Wednesday, 23 July 2008. Sobell Sports Stadium, Michael Sobell Sports Centre, The Ynys, Aberdare. 2 Croups members ran. Mel James 0:22 (4th); Mike Davies 0:23 (5th).
• Welsh Masters’ 300m. Wednesday, 23 July 2008. Sobell Sports Stadium, Michael Sobell Sports Centre, The Ynys, Aberdare. 3 Croups members ran. Mike Davies 0:51 (4th); Mel James 0:51 (5th); Elio Lepore 0:53 (3rd).
• Welsh Masters’ 600m. Wednesday, 23 July 2008. Sobell Sports Stadium, Michael Sobell Sports Centre, The Ynys, Aberdare. 3 Croups members ran. Elio Lepore 1:54 (2nd); Mike Davies 1:56 (3rd); Mel James 2:01 (4th).
• Tintern Trot. Thursday, 24 July 2008. The Anchor Inn, Tintern, near Chepstow. 130 people finished. 6 Croups members ran. Terry Caveney 47:56 (20th); Clive Osmond 52:03 (38th); Mike Davies 52:08 (39th); Steve Owen 52:34 (43rd); Graeme Donnan 54:46 (56th); Steve Williams 1:01:11 (89th). Official results: 38Kb PDF file. Archive of Tintern Trot.
• Cardiff Parkrun 24. Saturday, 26 July 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 34 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 16:35 (1st); Cheryl Hudgell 20:13 (12th); Des Davies 21:15 (18th); Martin Pinnell 21:32 (19th); Howard Brown 22:52 (22nd); Jemma Nurse 25:35 (30th); Eirian Arwyn 31:01 (34th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 24.
• Dolgellau 5. Sunday, 27 July 2008. Dolgellau. 2 Croups members ran. Graeme Donnan 32:27 (26th); Tim O’Sullivan 32:52 (31st).
• Great Wales Run. Sunday, 27 July 2008. Cardiff Bay. 2500 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 32:22 (42nd); Stuart Crees 33:29 (55th); Daniel Harris 37:53 (92nd); Gerry Crispie 38:46 (99th); Ben Farag 38:53 (101st); Dave Coles 39:03 (106th); Marcus Coles 41:31 (161st); John O’Shea 41:35 (165th); Mike Murphy 41:44 (176th); Steve Owen 42:09 (189th); Jeremy Forshew 42:30 (205th); Richard Sewell 45:38 (371st); Mike James 53:09 (1019th); Gillian Murphy 59:38 (1020th); Mal Rowson 1:01:57 (1021st); Karen Phillips 1:08:33 (1022nd); Annie Conroy 1:10:23 (1023rd).
• Trots Tenby 10k. Sunday, 27 July 2008. Tenby Leisure Centre, Marsh Road, Tenby, Pembrokeshire. 249 people finished. 6 Croups members ran. John Diffey 40:45 (37th); Ruth Tyler 42:16 (51st); Dave Proud 43:03 (59th); Jeff Aston 43:46 (75th); Kellinu Portelli 44:58 (94th); Gary John 49:21 (140th).

August

• Cardiff Parkrun 25. Saturday, 02 August 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 42 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 17:15 (2nd); Phil George 17:33 (4th); Rob Evans 19:19 (9th); Paul Morris 19:53 (14th); Nick Williams 20:26 (18th); John Plain 20:33 (20th); Andrew Sedgmond 30:36 (42nd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 25.
• Brecon 10. Sunday, 03 August 2008. Penlan Athletics Track, Brecon Leisure Centre, Penlan, Brecon, Powys. 399 people finished. 26 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 56:25 (2nd); Gerry Crispie 1:04:08 (21st); Stuart McIlroy 1:05:48 (34th); Matthew Hopkins 1:05:52 (36th); Catherine Beecher 1:08:56 (70th); Clive Osmond 1:10:29 (89th); Alan Mann 1:10:46 (97th); Cheryl Hudgell 1:10:48 (98th); Libby O’Duffy 1:10:49 (99th); Steve Owen 1:11:12 (105th); Graeme Donnan 1:11:21 (107th); Jeff Aston 1:12:47 (125th); Ruth McLees 1:13:02 (129th); Tim O’Sullivan 1:13:37 (137th); Kellinu Portelli 1:14:02 (140th); Maria Zubizarreta 1:14:46 (151st); Loretta Daley 1:19:34 (190th); Julie Scholey 1:19:55 (195th); Michael Rossiter 1:20:35 (201st); Gary John 1:20:43 (203rd); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:21:37 (209th); Liz Ashton 1:21:50 (213th); David McDonald 1:24:26 (239th); Tina Rossiter 1:26:44 (265th); Sue Neal 1:29:51 (285th); Clare Johnson 1:30:36 (291st). Official results: 73Kb Excel file. Archive of Brecon 10.
• Welsh Masters’ 1000m. Wednesday, 06 August 2008. Newport Stadium, Spytty Park Sports Complex, Langland Way, Newport. 1 Croups member ran. Paul Coker 3:19.
• Welsh Masters’ 200m. Wednesday, 06 August 2008. Newport Stadium, Spytty Park Sports Complex, Langland Way, Newport. 1 Croups member ran. Mel James 0:32 (4th).
• Welsh Masters’ 3000m. Wednesday, 06 August 2008. Newport Stadium, Spytty Park Sports Complex, Langland Way, Newport. 4 Croups members ran. Paul Coker 10:46; Jane Coker 11:37; Jeff Aston 12:45; Howard Brown 13:08.
• Welsh Masters’ 400m. Wednesday, 06 August 2008. Newport Stadium, Spytty Park Sports Complex, Langland Way, Newport. 1 Croups member ran. Mel James 1:11:00 (4th).
• Mynyddislwyn ’Murder’ Mile. Friday, 08 August 2008. Church Inn, Mynyddislwyn, Newbridge, Gwent. 42 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Cheryl Hudgell 11:26 (19th); Libby O’Duffy 11:26 (20th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 26. Saturday, 09 August 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 43 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Mike Lewis 16:36 (3rd); Stuart McIlroy 18:33 (10th); Gerry Crispie 18:39 (11th); Mick Tabor 18:45 (12th); Rob Evans 19:18 (14th); Paul Morris 19:27 (16th); Terry Caveney 19:40 (20th); Des Davies 20:25 (25th); Steve Alexander 20:32 (26th); Nick Williams 20:35 (27th); Rhys Lewis 22:38 (35th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 26.
• Cymmer Off Road Novice Triathlon. Saturday, 09 August 2008. Cymmer Swimming Pool, School Road, Cymmer. 43 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Jemma Nurse 58:38 (17th). Splits: 9:38/34:18/14:42. A really good performance.
• Rose Inn Series, Race 4. Tuesday, 12 August 2008. Redwick, Nr Magor. 163 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 21:24 (7th); Mike Lewis 22:07 (10th); Nick Dukes 22:12 (11th); Mick McGeoch 23:38 (19th); Paul Coker 24:10 (22nd); Mick Tabor 24:46 (27th); Andrew Russell 26:07 (41st); Jane Coker 26:08 (42nd); Clive Osmond 26:15 (45th); Mike Davies 26:17 (46th); Graeme Donnan 26:29 (48th); Richard Sewell 27:07 (57th); Jeff Aston 27:38 (63rd); Gary John 27:43 (65th); Julie Scholey 27:53 (69th); Ralph Davey 29:56 (90th); Steve Williams 30:27 (97th). Official results: 54Kb PDF file. Archive of Rose Inn Series, Race 4.
• Cardiff Parkrun 27. Saturday, 16 August 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 31 people finished. 5 Croups members ran. Stuart McIlroy 18:24 (6th); Rob Evans 19:21 (9th); Nick Williams 20:13 (17th); John Plain 20:18 (18th); Steve Alexander 20:40 (19th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 27.
• Tidewater Striders 1 Mile. Saturday, 16 August 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 5:03 (9th).
• Merthyr Police 10k. Sunday, 17 August 2008. Merthyr Tydfil College, Ynysfach, Merthyr Tydfil. 208 people finished. 23 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 36:02 (4th); Ruth Pickvance 37:09 (6th); Mick McGeoch 37:10 (7th); Phil George 37:13 (8th); Paul Morris 40:30 (30th); John O’Shea 40:57 (35th); Clive Osmond 41:26 (39th); Wouter Poortinga 41:39 (43rd); Mike Davies 41:54 (49th); Graeme Donnan 42:25 (55th); Andrew Russell 43:08 (61st); Jeff Aston 43:22 (65th); Steve Owen 43:31 (66th); Nick Williams 43:52 (70th); Julie Scholey 44:33 (77th); Gary John 45:18 (83rd); Frank Williams 46:09 (95th); Ralph Davey 49:54 (131st); Gillian Murphy 59:30 (193rd); Mike Murphy 59:31 (194th); Nicola Poole 59:59 (196th); Eirian Arwyn 1:01:52 (197th); Karen Phillips 1:08:14 (206th).
• Les Croupiers 5k Time Trial. Thursday, 21 August 2008. Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff. 53 people finished. 47 Croups members ran. Richard Bullen 16:37 (1st); Phil Cook 16:56 (2nd); Nick Dukes 17:06 (3rd); Matthew Hopkins 18:02 (4th); Scott Howell 18:06 (5th); Paul Coker 18:18 (7th); Julian Carter 18:45 (8th); Phil George 18:45 (9th); Catherine Beecher 19:01 (10th); Terry Caveney 19:18 (11th); John O’Shea 19:24 (12th); John Diffey 19:25 (13th); Rob Evans 19:26 (15th); Wouter Poortinga 19:31 (16th); Alan Mason 19:38 (17th); Dave Proud 19:43 (18th); Mike Davies 19:45 (19th); Joanna Pritchard 19:46 (20th); Andrew Russell 19:54 (21st); Richard Boon 20:04 (22nd); Jane Coker 20:05 (23rd); Steve Alexander 20:19 (24th); Paul Morris 20:38 (25th); Gary John 21:01 (26th); Maria Zubizarreta 21:08 (27th); Jeff Aston 21:27 (29th); Kellinu Portelli 21:34 (30th); Jude Cassam 21:36 (31st); Frank Williams 21:38 (32nd); Alan Mann 21:39 (33rd); Julie Scholey 21:40 (34th); Richard Brewer 22:09 (35th); Howard Brown 22:26 (36th); Yvonne Bullen 22:36 (37th); Andrew Sedgmond 22:49 (38th); Ralph Davey 22:52 (39th); Julie Lewis 22:59 (40th); Steve Williams 23:16 (42nd); Loretta Daley 23:25 (43rd); Jane Ash 24:43 (45th); Clare Johnson 26:28 (46th); Malcolm Farnham 26:58 (48th); Tony Dorsett 27:33 (49th); Geoff Wright 28:22 (50th); Joy Beavon 29:06 (51st); Karen Phillips 29:50 (52nd); Eirian Arwyn 30:31 (53rd).
• Cardiff Parkrun 28. Saturday, 23 August 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 48 people finished. 5 Croups members ran. Steve Alexander 20:08 (22nd); Des Davies 20:42 (25th); Luther Williams 24:16 (37th); Nick Williams 24:17 (38th); Annie Conroy 25:48 (42nd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 28.
• Leek Half Marathon. Sunday, 24 August 2008. Brough Park Leisure Centre, Brough Park, Leek, Staffordshire. 2 Croups members ran. Alan Mann 1:49:32 (164th); Loretta Daley 1:55:05 (220th).
• Machen Mountain 10k. Monday, 25 August 2008. Machen Welfare Recreation Ground, Commercial Road, Machen. 153 people finished. No Croups members ran. . Archive of Machen Mountain 10k.
• Parc Bryn Bach Aquathlon Race 5. Thursday, 28 August 2008. Parc Bryn Bach, Merthyr Road, Tredegar. 37 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Gareth Morgan 29:31 (11th); Martin Pinnell 33:40 (25th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 29. Saturday, 30 August 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 49 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Brian Richardson 18:53 (10th); Gerry Crispie 19:00 (11th); Phil George 19:11 (12th); Sandy Johnston 19:28 (14th); Libby O’Duffy 20:02 (18th); Andrew Russell 20:08 (19th); Steve Alexander 20:36 (23rd); Graeme Donnan 20:38 (24th); Elio Lepore 21:07 (31st); Jeff Aston 21:37 (37th); Luther Williams 23:48 (47th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 29.
• Olbury Power Station 10. Sunday, 31 August 2008. Oldbury Power Station, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire. 437 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 55:46 (4th); Phil George 59:43 (20th); Kellinu Portelli 1:13:16 (157th); Steve Alexander 1:14:18 (173rd).
• Virginia Beach Rock and Roll Half Marathon. Sunday, 31 August 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:21:27 (51st).

September

• Cardiff Parkrun 30. Saturday, 06 September 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 31 people finished. 6 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 17:02 (1st); Andrew Russell 19:54 (11th); Nick Williams 20:22 (14th); John Plain 20:23 (15th); Steve Alexander 20:45 (17th); Howard Brown 22:41 (21st). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 30.
• Roman Run. Saturday, 06 September 2008. Silver St, Brecon, Powys. 10 Croups members ran. Libby O’Duffy 2:13:20; Cheryl Hudgell 2:14:20; Maria Zubizarreta 2:19:09; Ruth McLees 2:24:55; Alan Mann 2:36:26; Michael Rossiter 2:38:22; Kellinu Portelli 2:38:48 (96th); Caroline Dallimore 2:39:40; David McDonald 2:53:10 (119th); Tina Rossiter 3:03:54.
• Wimbledon Common Time Trial. Saturday, 06 September 2008. Wimbledon Common, London. 130 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Mick Tabor 18:29 (11th).
• Cardiff 10k. Sunday, 07 September 2008. Cardiff Bay. 1332 people finished. 42 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 32:36 (16th); Chris Discombe 32:49 (20th); Richard Bullen 33:09 (23rd); Stuart Crees 33:43 (29th); Mike Lewis 35:12 (40th); Mick McGeoch 36:32 (54th); Scott Howell 36:34 (55th); Martin Williams 37:16 (63rd); Stuart McIlroy 37:17 (64th); Daniel Harris 37:50 (71st); Julian Carter 37:59 (76th); Dave Coles 38:14 (78th); Gerry Crispie 39:05 (97th); John Diffey 39:33 (106th); Brian Richardson 39:35 (108th); Matt Hurford 39:42 (112th); Paul Morris 40:22 (124th); Terry Caveney 40:52 (140th); Jane Coker 41:27 (152nd); Mike Davies 41:27 (154th); Marcus Coles 41:27 (153rd); Richard Sewell 41:41 (163rd); Adam Abraham 42:48 (196th); Steve Owen 42:59 (189th); Eurof Davies 43:20 (222nd); Neil Tatnell 43:47 (241st); Gary John 44:07 (250th); Jude Cassam 44:23 (258th); Mike Dix 44:25 (260th); Julie Scholey 44:29 (265th); Frank Williams 44:29 (266th); Yvonne Bullen 44:49 (283rd); Gillian Kellam 45:09 (298th); Alan Mann 46:47 (358th); Kellinu Portelli 51:02 (574th); Katie O’Brien 52:15 (640th); Mike James 52:29 (653rd); Annie Conroy 53:31 (718th); Colin Slocombe 54:39 (792nd); Tracey Newman 56:18 (861st); Joy Davies 59:46 (1020th); Ralph Davey 1:11:37 (1266th). Thanks to race referee Derek Williams for these and the final vetted results in spreadsheet format. There are some photos by me.
• Cardiff Parkrun 31. Saturday, 13 September 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 53 people finished. 8 Croups members ran. Phil George 17:56 (5th); Stuart McIlroy 17:57 (6th); Scott Howell 18:01 (7th); Dave Proud 19:45 (16th); Graeme Donnan 20:14 (19th); John Plain 20:28 (23rd); Steve B Lewis 22:30 (37th); Richard Brewer 22:44 (41st). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 31.
• Bala Standard Distance Triathlon. Sunday, 14 September 2008. Penllyn Leisure Centre, Pensarn Road, Bala, Gwynedd. 479 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Richard Self 2:28:42 (236th).
• Bristol Half Marathon. Sunday, 14 September 2008. Anchor Road, Harbourside, Bristol. 6 Croups members ran. Daniel Harris 1:22:17 (130th); Gerry Crispie 1:24:40 (201st); Catherine Beecher 1:30:03 (458th); Steve Owen 1:35:27 (856th); Des Davies 1:46:59 (2532nd); Jane Ash 1:58:20 (4698th). Jane Ash knocked 16 minutes off her previous PB in her third outing over this distance.
• Chippenham Half Marathon. Sunday, 14 September 2008. Chippenham Sports Club, Hardenhuish Park, Bristol Rd, Chippenham, Wiltshire. 1097 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 1:14:31 (5th); Phil Cook 1:15:45 (7th); Nick Dukes 1:18:35 (17th); Phil George 1:18:56 (19th); Cheryl Hudgell 1:32:32 (154th); Maria Zubizarreta 1:34:39 (183rd); Jeff Aston 1:35:53 (206th); Steve Alexander 1:37:42 (246th); Kellinu Portelli 1:39:17 (281st); Liz Ashton 1:42:51 (351st); David McDonald 1:50:49 (524th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 32. Saturday, 20 September 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 52 people finished. 8 Croups members ran. John Diffey 18:56 (8th); Richard Boon 19:47 (12th); Jane Coker 19:53 (14th); Nick Williams 19:59 (15th); Graeme Donnan 20:39 (23rd); Tim O’Sullivan 20:50 (25th); James Horner 21:36 (32nd); Wendy Boon 22:00 (34th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 32.
• New Park Quarter 6k. Saturday, 20 September 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 21:34 (2nd).
• Admiral Swansea Bay 10K. Sunday, 21 September 2008. St Helens Rugby Club, Swansea. 2744 people finished. 43 Croups members ran. Richard Bullen 33:43 (26th); Lee Aherne 34:45 (38th); Nick Dukes 35:21 (47th); Phil George 35:43 (54th); Scott Howell 36:37 (78th); Martin Williams 36:59 (83rd); Matt Townsend 37:38 (102nd); Stuart McIlroy 37:53 (110th); Adam Morton 38:37 (135th); Nick Rees 39:08 (152nd); Brian Richardson 39:28 (161st); Matt Hurford 39:41 (170th); Sandy Johnston 40:08 (191st); Libby O’Duffy 40:29 (208th); Catherine Beecher 40:47 (219th); Mike Davies 41:23 (247th); Marcus Coles 41:26 (249th); Wouter Poortinga 41:28 (254th); Dave Proud 41:43 (266th); Andrew Russell 41:48 (272nd); Alan Mason 42:20 (304th); Cheryl Hudgell 42:38 (327th); Steve Owen 42:47 (335th); Jeff Aston 43:19 (368th); Mike Murphy 43:29 (380th); Mike Dix 44:01 (416th); Jude Cassam 44:31 (448th); Gillian Kellam 44:49 (468th); Adam Abraham 44:56 (477th); Yvonne Bullen 45:46 (538th); Loretta Daley 47:08 (646th); Sarah McCarthy 48:18 (765th); Lesley Woodward 48:45 (808th); Howard Brown 48:47 (810th); Sue Neal 52:31 (1182nd); Annie Conroy 55:10 (1463rd); Linda Jensen 57:29 (1688th); Tony Dorsett 57:44 (1711th); Joanne Stanway 58:12 (1742nd); Mal Rowson 58:18 (1758th); Joy Davies 1:00:11 (1942nd); Samuel David Stanway 1:02:55 (2126th); Gillian Murphy 1:04:38 (2235th). Official results: 233Kb PDF file. Archive of Admiral Swansea Bay 10K. I’m pretty certain that I got everyone; I’m less certain that chip positions are all correct.
• Anglesey Marathon. Sunday, 21 September 2008. Mona Showground, Gwalchmai, Holyhead, Anglesey. 1 Croups member ran. Alan Mann 3:42:20 (74th).
• New Forest Marathon. Sunday, 21 September 2008. Station Road, New Milton, Hampshire. 491 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Mick McGeoch 2:59:55 (10th); Firouz Mal 4:01:36 (241st).
• Cardiff Parkrun 33. Saturday, 27 September 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 58 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:20 (3rd); Stuart Crees 16:33 (4th); Stuart McIlroy 18:02 (8th); Brian Richardson 19:05 (12th); Sandy Johnston 19:28 (14th); Catherine Beecher 19:35 (15th); Richard Sewell 19:58 (21st); Marcus Coles 20:03 (23rd); Nick Williams 20:17 (27th); Rob Scott 20:29 (29th); Tim O’Sullivan 20:36 (30th); Gillian Kellam 21:14 (35th); James Horner 21:25 (36th); Yvonne Bullen 21:56 (40th); Sian Evans 22:13 (46th); Richard Barlow 24:04 (49th); Eirian Arwyn 31:02 (58th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 33.
• Neptune 8K. Saturday, 27 September 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 29:15 (5th).
• Richmond Park Time Trial. Saturday, 27 September 2008. Richmond Park, London. 1 Croups member ran. Mark Palser 17:59 (2nd).
• Berlin Marathon. Sunday, 28 September 2008. Berlin, Germany. 4 Croups members ran. Gerry Crispie 2:55:08 (846th); Ben Farag 3:13:12 (2840th); Mike Davies 3:16:38 (3395th); Jeremy Forshew 3:23:53 (4749th).
• Pembrokeshire Half Marathon. Sunday, 28 September 2008. Boathouse Cafe, Dale, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. 121 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Libby O’Duffy 1:35:29 (25th).
• Portishead 10k Multi Terrain Race. Sunday, 28 September 2008. Portishead Lake Grounds, Portishead, North Somerset. 1 Croups member ran. Rob Scott 44:09 (23rd).

October

• Cardiff Parkrun 34. Saturday, 04 October 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 43 people finished. 12 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 15:58 (1st); Lee Aherne 16:18 (4th); Stuart Crees 16:27 (5th); Richard Bullen 16:43 (6th); Rob Scott 19:21 (13th); Elio Lepore 20:10 (15th); Graeme Donnan 20:26 (18th); Nick Williams 20:42 (21st); Jeff Aston 21:02 (24th); Dave Miller 21:23 (27th); Yvonne Bullen 21:50 (29th); Phil George 21:52 (30th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 34.
• Baxters Loch Ness Marathon. Sunday, 05 October 2008. Fort Augustus, Scotland. 1402 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Alan Mann 3:34:48 (252nd); Loretta Daley 3:42:36 (348th).
• BUPA Great North Run. Sunday, 05 October 2008. Newcastle Upon Tyne. 3 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 1:21:05 (145th); Richard Sewell 1:54:12 (9049th); Sarah Dawes-Clark 2:20:48 (24682nd).
• Cricklade Half Marathon. Sunday, 05 October 2008. Cricklade Leisure Centre, Stones Lane, Cricklade, Wiltshire. 230 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Phil George 1:18:11 (3rd). Archive of Cricklade Half Marathon. Well done to Phil, as he came close to winning this. Contrary to the official result, the winner was neither female nor a vet.
• Ford Köln Marathon. Sunday, 05 October 2008. Cologne, Germany. 1 Croups member ran. Julian Baker 2:30:16 (15th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 35. Saturday, 11 October 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 40 people finished. 8 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 16:55 (2nd); Mark Palser 18:14 (4th); Rob Scott 19:23 (8th); Wouter Poortinga 19:46 (10th); Richard Sewell 20:04 (13th); James Horner 20:52 (20th); Andrew Sedgmond 22:03 (25th); Richard Barlow 23:43 (31st). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 35.
• Stonewall Jackson 20 Miler. Saturday, 11 October 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 2:07:46 (3rd).
• Gwent League #1: Men. Sunday, 12 October 2008. Newbridge Fields, Bridgend. 313 people finished. 44 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 34:06 (11th); Richard Bullen 34:29 (18th); Lee Aherne 34:58 (26th); Stuart Crees 35:05 (28th); Julian Baker 35:18 (29th); Phil Cook 35:36 (32nd); Mark Palser 36:18 (44th); Gareth Morgan 36:22 (45th); Nick Dukes 36:51 (54th); Rob Jones 36:58 (57th); Phil George 37:13 (62nd); Scott Howell 38:43 (95th); Peter Kellam 39:55 (121st); Alexander Fritsch 40:08 (125th); Daniel Harris 40:11 (128th); Martin Williams 40:49 (142nd); Elio Lepore 40:53 (145th); John Diffey 40:55 (147th); Gareth Lynch 41:00 (148th); Nick Rees 41:05 (150th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 41:20 (158th); John O’Shea 41:24 (161st); Sandy Johnston 41:29 (164th); Rob Scott 41:35 (166th); Richard Sewell 41:50 (169th); Richard Self 42:06 (173rd); Clive Osmond 42:32 (183rd); Steve Alexander 43:48 (212th); Mike Davies 44:04 (217th); John Plain 44:23 (224th); Graeme Donnan 44:44 (230th); Gary John 44:49 (234th); Alan Mason 44:57 (237th); Jeff Aston 45:27 (247th); Mike Murphy 46:16 (261st); Tim O’Sullivan 46:21 (262nd); Alan Mann 46:55 (267th); Mel James 47:05 (269th); Richard Barlow 50:06 (294th); Richard Brewer 51:04 (298th); Howard Brown 51:21 (299th); Steve Williams 52:51 (302nd); Steve G Lewis 53:24 (313th); Ralph Davey 53:24 (303rd).
• Gwent League #1: Women. Sunday, 12 October 2008. Newbridge Fields, Bridgend. 144 people finished. 23 Croups members ran. Libby O’Duffy 27:02 (24th); Joanna Pritchard 27:27 (29th); Ruth Tyler 27:59 (38th); Maria Zubizarreta 28:27 (43rd); Cheryl Hudgell 28:59 (50th); Jude Cassam 29:39 (58th); Claire Beatty 29:43 (60th); Gillian Kellam 29:53 (65th); Julie Scholey 30:24 (70th); Liz Ashton 30:46 (75th); Edwina Turner 31:13 (78th); Yvonne Bullen 31:15 (80th); Ruth Davies 31:56 (87th); Caroline Dallimore 33:12 (94th); Loretta Daley 33:30 (97th); Sue Neal 33:44 (102nd); Ann James 34:21 (107th); Tina Rossiter 36:05 (117th); Annie Conroy 37:04 (121st); Clare Johnson 37:25 (124th); Gillian Murphy 40:05 (133rd); Angela Neal 40:16 (134th); Eirian Arwyn 41:55 (137th).
• Henley Half Marathon. Sunday, 12 October 2008. Henley Rugby Club, Dry Leas, Marlow Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. 1179 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 1:33:00 (123rd).
• Cardiff Parkrun 36. Saturday, 18 October 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 31 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Richard Sewell 20:13 (12th); Phil George 20:16 (13th); Nick Williams 20:31 (15th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 36.
• Ladies’ National 4 Stage Road Relays. Saturday, 18 October 2008. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 4 Croups members ran. Libby O’Duffy 16:47; Joanna Pritchard 17:03; Jane Coker 17:42; Yvonne Bullen 19:13. Distance 4.314 km.
• Mens’ National 6 Stage Road Relays. Saturday, 18 October 2008. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 6 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 18:51; Phil Cook 19:59; Mark Palser 20:18; Mick McGeoch 21:51; Stuart McIlroy 21:53; Paul Coker 23:16.
• Abingdon Marathon. Sunday, 19 October 2008. Tilsley Park Track, Dunmore Road, Abingdon, Oxfordshire. 2 Croups members ran. Phil George 2:45:09 (16th); Alan Mason 3:23:47 (195th).
• Cardiff Half Marathon. Sunday, 19 October 2008. Cardiff. 44 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 1:12:56 (9th); Stuart Crees 1:14:32 (12th); Nick Dukes 1:16:46 (23rd); Gareth Morgan 1:20:58 (57th); Martin Williams 1:21:01 (64th); Scott Howell 1:21:05 (60th); Daniel Harris 1:21:16 (64th); Gerry Crispie 1:23:13 (97th); Adam Morton 1:24:15 (113th); Matthew Hopkins 1:25:57 (136th); John Diffey 1:26:14 (146th); Rob Sage 1:26:47 (160th); Rob Scott 1:26:57 (161st); Darren Morgan 1:28:01 (197th); Laura Jackson 1:28:04 (199th); Libby O’Duffy 1:29:11 (259th); Mike Davies 1:29:36 (299th); Richard Boon 1:29:41 (294th); Jeremy Forshew 1:30:02 (318th); Andrew Russell 1:30:17 (329th); Terry Caveney 1:30:51 (337th); Lyndon Tudor-Maisey 1:31:01 (368th); Graeme Donnan 1:31:12 (371st); Scott Hemmens 1:31:55 (421st); Steve Owen 1:32:31 (458th); Wouter Poortinga 1:32:37 (470th); Tim O’Sullivan 1:33:43 (552nd); Marcus Coles 1:33:50 (601st); Adam Abraham 1:34:11 (549th); Neil Tatnell 1:35:49 (650th); Steve Alexander 1:36:29 (721st); James Horner 1:36:31 (689th); Gillian Kellam 1:37:05 (728th); Jude Cassam 1:37:35 (770th); Alun Jones 1:38:16 (825th); Liz Ashton 1:38:54 (901st); Mike Murphy 1:38:55 (816th); Michael Rossiter 1:43:05 (1418th); Loretta Daley 1:45:40 (1567th); Alan Mann 1:45:40 (1569th); Sarah McCarthy 1:48:02 (1866th); Tracey Newman 1:58:45 (3130th); Annie Conroy 2:00:52 (3360th); Clare Johnson 2:05:29 (3833rd). This is - in the words of Andrew Russell - a work in progress. I’m adding members as I hear from them.
• Beacon of Hope 5k. Saturday, 25 October 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:45.
• Cardiff Parkrun 37. Saturday, 25 October 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 50 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 15:56 (1st); Stuart McIlroy 18:08 (8th); Elio Lepore 19:34 (15th); Sandy Johnston 19:36 (16th); Ruth Tyler 19:52 (20th); Richard Sewell 20:04 (21st); Nick Williams 21:16 (31st); Dave Miller 21:46 (33rd); Richard Barlow 22:46 (36th); Ralph Davey 23:14 (37th); Eirian Arwyn 30:42 (49th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 37.
• OMM Class B. Saturday, 25 October 2008. Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Cumbria. 2 Croups members ran. Caroline Dallimore 5:34:10 (131st); Nick Dallimore 5:34:10 (131st). 23.0km, climb 1450m, 5 controls.
• OMM Class C. Saturday, 25 October 2008. Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Cumbria. 3 Croups members ran. Richard Boon 4:47:57 (67th); Graeme Donnan 5:41:44 (118th); Tim O’Sullivan 5:41:44 (118th). 19.5km, climb 1450m, 5 controls. Richard ran with Ian McDonald from San Domenico. Tim and Graeme ran together; Graeme broke a bone in his ankle but soldiered on.
• OMM Elite. Saturday, 25 October 2008. Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Cumbria. 1 Croups member ran. Julian Carter 6:48:09 (42nd). 34km, climb 2150m, 7 controls. Julian ran with Dan Booth.
• OMM Long Score. Saturday, 25 October 2008. Seathwaite, Borrowdale, Cumbria. 1 Croups member ran. Rob Sage 5:46:12 (7th). 29 controls, limit 6 hours, penalty 2 points per part/full minute late. Rob ran with Phil Swann.
• Snowdonia Marathon. Saturday, 25 October 2008. Nant Peris, Caernarfon, Gwnynedd. 4 Croups members ran. Dave Proud 3:32:33 (116th); Richard Self 3:33:26 (120th); Loretta Daley 4:11:43 (504th); Alan Mann 4:32:23 (724th).
• Venice Marathon. Saturday, 25 October 2008. Venice, Italy. 1 Croups member ran. Gerry Crispie 2:55:15. Gerry’s third 2:55 this year. Excellent consistency.
• Beachy Head Marathon. Sunday, 26 October 2008. St Bedes School, Dukes Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex. 880 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. John O’Shea 3:51:00 (59th); Gil John 5:16:00 (612th). Karen Phillips, Gill Murphy, and Mike Murphy completed the course within the run/walk and dinner section in 6hrs plus.
• BUPA Great South Run. Sunday, 26 October 2008. The Pyramids Centre, Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire. 2 Croups members ran. Richard Bullen 56:19 (36th); Yvonne Bullen 1:15:15 (981st). Richie was second over 45 (not 1st over 50; I got that wrong and then erroneously blamed Mick). However, the first female veteran was some way ahead - and not just because the elite women started first. So well done to Paula Radcliffe too.
• Stroud Half Marathon. Sunday, 26 October 2008. Marling School Sports Field, Cainscross Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire. 10 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 1:14:03 (17th); Jamie Nutt 1:23:39 (87th); Rob Scott 1:29:28 (190th); Andrew Russell 1:30:04 (204th); Clive Osmond 1:31:44 (248th); Steve Owen 1:34:32 (315th); Maria Zubizarreta 1:35:08 (327th); Steve Alexander 1:36:22 (364th); Wouter Poortinga 1:41:04 (499th).
• Tour of Torfaen Half Marathon. Sunday, 26 October 2008. Blaenafon Recreation Centre, Middle Coed Cae Road, Blaenavon. 4 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 1:10:39 (3rd); Stuart Crees 1:12:04 (6th); Martin Williams 1:17:36 (17th); John Diffey 1:24:32 (43rd). Thanks to Keith Treharne from Brackla and John Diffey for sending me copies of the, unfortuneately unreadable, official results and to Stuart Crees for helping me find two more Croups members (and for running a new PB).
• Adidas Dublin Marathon. Monday, 27 October 2008. Dublin. 6 Croups members ran. Kellinu Portelli 3:40:29 (1950th); Alan Mann 3:46:50 (2584th); Loretta Daley 3:53:13 (3159th); Michael Rossiter 3:55:07 (3359th); David McDonald 4:02:44 (4172nd); Tina Rossiter 4:58:32 (7213th). Thanks to David McDonald for sending me these.

November

• ’Breeze Fusion’ 2 Mile Road Race. Saturday, 01 November 2008. Grand Cayman. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 11:20 (1st). Steve’s first win and his final race before his last marathon of the year: the Richmond Marathon in the Great Blue state of Virginia.
• Cardiff Parkrun 38. Saturday, 01 November 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 50 people finished. 10 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:24 (4th); Stuart Crees 16:47 (5th); Mark Palser 17:17 (7th); Jamie Nutt 18:07 (9th); Gerry Crispie 19:21 (16th); Elio Lepore 19:44 (18th); Jen Salter 20:47 (28th); Yvonne Bullen 21:36 (33rd); Richard Barlow 22:50 (40th); Eirian Arwyn 30:52 (50th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 38.
• Les Croupiers’ Ladies Fireworks Five. Sunday, 02 November 2008. Llandaff Rugby Club, Western Avenue, Cardiff. 32 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Cheryl Hudgell 33:37 (2nd); Jude Cassam 35:22 (7th); Gillian Kellam 36:13 (8th); Edwina Turner 36:29 (9th); Julie Scholey 36:54 (10th); Loretta Daley 37:47 (12th); Sian Evans 38:15 (13th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 38:39 (15th); Caroline Dallimore 39:21 (16th); Mal Rowson 47:07 (24th); Anne Donald 47:36 (25th); Gillian Murphy 48:44 (28th); Gwenno van Steelant 49:59 (31st).
• Marlow Half Marathon. Sunday, 02 November 2008. Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School, West Street, Marlow. 872 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 1:32:35 (82nd).
• Cardiff Parkrun 39. Saturday, 08 November 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 34 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 17:16 (2nd); Nick Dukes 17:26 (3rd); Stuart McIlroy 18:17 (5th); Matt Townsend 18:54 (7th); Ben Farag 19:01 (8th); Richard Sewell 20:27 (16th); Jen Salter 20:49 (21st); Steve Alexander 21:37 (23rd); Ian Derrick 22:10 (26th); David McDonald 23:17 (28th); Geoff Wright 27:24 (34th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 39.
• Cheddar Half Marathon. Saturday, 08 November 2008. Kings of Wessex Community School, Station Road, Cheddar, Somerset. 2 Croups members ran. Alan Mann 1:38:41 (92nd); Loretta Daley 1:45:06 (131st).
• Kiwanis Club Town Center 5K Run. Saturday, 08 November 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:39.
• Gwent League #2: Men. Sunday, 09 November 2008. University of Bath. 277 people finished. 31 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 34:20 (16th); Mark Palser 36:19 (37th); Lee Aherne 36:23 (41st); Richard Bullen 36:26 (43rd); Stuart Crees 36:27 (44th); Phil Cook 36:52 (49th); Thomas Griffiths 38:17 (73rd); Rob Jones 38:46 (87th); Mick McGeoch 39:21 (98th); Gareth Lynch 39:25 (99th); Rob Scott 40:28 (124th); Elio Lepore 40:29 (125th); Richard Self 40:34 (126th); Nick Rees 40:53 (138th); Martin Williams 40:54 (139th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 42:26 (166th); John O’Shea 42:35 (169th); Andrew Russell 42:55 (176th); David Bright 43:12 (180th); Terry Caveney 43:18 (181st); Clive Osmond 43:19 (182nd); Richard Sewell 43:41 (188th); Steve Alexander 44:43 (205th); Mike Davies 44:55 (209th); Alan Mason 45:20 (218th); Tim O’Sullivan 45:35 (223rd); Mike Murphy 45:59 (232nd); Jeff Aston 47:40 (248th); Richard Barlow 49:20 (258th); Ralph Davey 51:12 (266th); Steve Williams 51:44 (269th).
• Gwent League #2: Women. Sunday, 09 November 2008. University of Bath. 163 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Ruth Tyler 22:07 (26th); Joanna Pritchard 23:01 (39th); Cheryl Hudgell 23:10 (43rd); Gillian Kellam 24:56 (87th); Julie Scholey 25:16 (94th); Liz Ashton 25:27 (97th); Yvonne Bullen 25:43 (101st); Edwina Turner 25:56 (105th); Caroline Dallimore 27:11 (116th); Annie Conroy 30:39 (142nd); Sue Neal 31:00 (144th); Clare Johnson 31:38 (146th); Mal Rowson 32:25 (150th); Angela Neal 32:51 (151st); Eirian Arwyn 34:01 (155th); Karen Phillips 35:41 (160th); Geoff Wright 59:32 (278th).
• Llys Y Fran Race. Sunday, 09 November 2008. Llysyfran Reservoir, Llysyfran, Clarbeston Road, Dyfed. 81 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Bill Fear 53:07 (49th).
• Sodbury Slog. Sunday, 09 November 2008. Chipping Sodbury School, Bowling Road, Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol. 1022 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Daniel Harris 1:14:46 (56th); Matthew Hopkins 1:26:41 (232nd); Alan Mann 1:42:38 (492nd); Loretta Daley 1:42:43 (493rd). Thanks to Alan Mann for finding these.
• BMAF British and Irish Cross Country ’International’ Ladies. Saturday, 15 November 2008. Singleton Park, Swansea. 3 Croups members ran. Edwina Turner 30:52; Ann James 31:38; Gillian Kellam 32:29. Distance: 6k. Edwina was 9th W55; Ann was 11th W55; Gillian ran in the open race.
• BMAF British and Irish Cross Country ’International’ Men. Saturday, 15 November 2008. Singleton Park, Swansea. 5 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 31:01; Phil Cook 31:09; Lee Aherne 31:20; Richard Bullen 32:24; Mick McGeoch 34:43. Distance: 8k. Julian was 12th M35; Phil was 13th M35; Lee was 17th M40; Richie was 15th M45; Mick ran in the open race.
• Cardiff Parkrun 40. Saturday, 15 November 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 61 people finished. 14 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 17:25 (5th); Rob Sage 18:29 (12th); Stuart McIlroy 18:39 (14th); Steve Alexander 20:19 (22nd); Jen Salter 20:33 (24th); Nick Williams 21:05 (29th); Stuart Crees 21:19 (32nd); Liz Ashton 21:33 (34th); Karl Johns 22:02 (38th); Yvonne Bullen 22:10 (40th); Ian Derrick 22:45 (43rd); Graeme Donnan 23:26 (45th); Geoff Wright 26:50 (53rd); Tony Dorsett 27:37 (57th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 40.
• Cornish Marathon. Sunday, 16 November 2008. Millennium House, Pensilva, Liskeard, Cornwall. 207 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Loretta Daley 3:56:03 (103rd); Alan Mann 4:02:54 (118th); Gil John 4:51:09 (189th).
• Richmond Marathon. Sunday, 16 November 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 2:51:27 (20th). Not a PB, but Steve did finish first in the Vet 40 category.
• Cardiff Parkrun 41. Saturday, 22 November 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 54 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:27 (2nd); Phil Cook 16:55 (8th); Mark Palser 17:58 (10th); Stuart McIlroy 18:21 (13th); Phil George 18:37 (14th); Richard Self 18:41 (15th); Rob Scott 18:47 (16th); Elio Lepore 19:03 (18th); Andrew Russell 19:53 (28th); Sandy Johnston 20:09 (31st); Jen Salter 20:23 (32nd); Steve Alexander 20:47 (36th); Yvonne Bullen 22:15 (42nd); Martin Pinnell 23:15 (45th); Ralph Davey 23:46 (48th); Geoff Wright 26:38 (52nd); Tony Dorsett 27:20 (53rd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 41.
• Milan Marathon. Sunday, 23 November 2008. Milan, Italy. 1 Croups member ran. Gerry Crispie 2:57:21 (214th).
• Sospan 10 Mile Multi-Terrain Race. Sunday, 23 November 2008. Pembrey Country Park, Nr. Llanelli. 270 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 59:31 (2nd); Martin Williams 1:07:05 (21st); Rob Scott 1:08:47 (32nd); Ruth Tyler 1:09:48 (40th); Clive Osmond 1:12:44 (59th); Mike Davies 1:14:53 (82nd); Graeme Donnan 1:14:59 (85th); Steve Owen 1:15:17 (88th); Steve Alexander 1:15:29 (89th); Mike Murphy 1:16:04 (94th); Maria Zubizarreta 1:18:30 (107th); Jeff Aston 1:18:42 (111th); Julie Scholey 1:19:10 (116th); Liz Ashton 1:19:19 (118th); Andrew Sedgmond 1:23:06 (149th); Caroline Dallimore 1:24:55 (168th); Jane Ash 1:28:12 (184th); Clare Johnson 1:41:28 (235th); Gillian Murphy 1:47:12 (252nd).
• 30th Annual Turkey Trot 10k. Thursday, 27 November 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 35:56 (8th).
• Cardiff Parkrun 42. Saturday, 29 November 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 53 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:13 (1st); Stuart Crees 16:48 (3rd); Sandy Johnston 19:33 (17th); Ruth Tyler 19:34 (18th); Gillian Kellam 21:27 (32nd); Andrew Sedgmond 21:39 (34th); Stephen Osborne 26:12 (45th); Geoff Wright 26:16 (46th); Tony Dorsett 27:35 (48th); Gwenno van Steelant 29:30 (50th); Eirian Arwyn 34:15 (51st). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 42.
• Sleepwalker Midnight Marathon. Saturday, 29 November 2008. Henderson Hall, Talybont on Usk, Brecon. 38 people finished. 6 Croups members ran. Richard Self 3:07:00 (3rd); Graeme Donnan 3:50:00 (15th); Denis Murphy 4:09:00 (16th); Richard Barlow 4:09:00 (17th); Caroline Dallimore 4:15:00 (24th); Libby O’Duffy 4:15:00 (25th).
• Thirsk 10. Sunday, 30 November 2008. Thirsk Racecourse, Station Rd, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. 1 Croups member ran. Tim O’Sullivan 1:13:37 (332nd). A new PW for Tim and his first race as a V50.

December

• Cardiff Parkrun 43. Saturday, 06 December 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 33 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Andrew Russell 19:55 (10th); Scott Hemmens 20:03 (11th); Tony Dorsett 27:42 (31st). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 43.
• Endurance Life Coastal Trail Series Gower Half Marathon. Saturday, 06 December 2008. Llangennith Village Hall, Opposite The Kings Head Pub, Llangennith, Gower, Swansea. 172 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Sara MacBride-Stewart 2:31:04 (83rd). My apologies to Sara for not putting this up sooner.
• Fort Story Army/Navy 10K. Saturday, 06 December 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 36:19 (3rd).
• Gwent League #3: Ladies. Saturday, 06 December 2008. Blaise Castle, Henbury Road, Bristol, Somerset. 150 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Ruth Tyler 27:24 (21st); Libby O’Duffy 28:27 (36th); Joanna Pritchard 28:41 (39th); Cheryl Hudgell 29:44 (54th); Maria Zubizarreta 30:00 (58th); Claire Beatty 30:35 (63rd); Julie Scholey 31:28 (77th); Liz Ashton 32:06 (85th); Yvonne Bullen 32:25 (91st); Ann James 32:50 (94th); Caroline Dallimore 34:17 (107th); Sue Neal 37:11 (121st); Clare Johnson 39:54 (131st); Gwenno van Steelant 40:55 (135th); Angela Neal 41:23 (137th); Mal Rowson 41:43 (140th); Gillian Murphy 42:13 (141st); Karen Phillips 45:34 (145th); Eirian Arwyn 1:10:00 (150th).
• Gwent League #3: Men. Saturday, 06 December 2008. Blaise Castle, Henbury Road, Bristol, Somerset. 273 people finished. 28 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 39:38 (18th); Phil Cook 39:50 (20th); Lee Aherne 40:04 (24th); Richard Bullen 40:56 (32nd); Stuart Crees 41:17 (36th); Nick Dukes 41:41 (43rd); Mark Palser 41:51 (45th); Rob Jones 43:10 (66th); Gareth Lynch 43:45 (78th); Mick McGeoch 44:05 (85th); Elio Lepore 44:40 (93rd); Richard Self 45:25 (103rd); Gerry Crispie 47:37 (144th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 47:43 (146th); Sandy Johnston 47:54 (154th); John O’Shea 48:05 (156th); Clive Osmond 48:45 (171st); David Bright 49:57 (189th); Steve Alexander 50:55 (209th); Alan Mason 51:38 (217th); Mike Murphy 53:14 (235th); Neil Tatnell 53:19 (236th); Jeff Aston 53:48 (240th); Mike Dix 54:53 (247th); Ralph Davey 59:07 (263rd); Steve G Lewis 1:00:41 (269th); Steve Williams 1:00:41 (267th); Geoff Wright 1:09:03 (273rd).
• Lisbon Marathon. Sunday, 07 December 2008. Lisbon, Portugal. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 3:14:55 (145th). Shaun improved his PB by an impressive 4 minutes.
• Welsh Inter-Regional Cross-Country Championships Women 7km. Wednesday, 10 December 2008. Ysgol Morgan Llwyd Leisure Centre, Cefn Road, Wrexham. 1 Croups member ran. Jane Coker 27:00 (12th). Thanks to Jane Coker for waiting so patiently for the final results to come out.
• Cardiff Parkrun 44. Saturday, 13 December 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 36 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 17:19 (3rd); Richard Sewell 20:13 (14th); Scott Hemmens 20:24 (17th); Jen Salter 20:31 (18th); Martin Pinnell 20:50 (22nd); Nick Williams 22:11 (26th); Ian Derrick 22:14 (27th); Geoff Wright 26:18 (31st); Tony Dorsett 28:19 (35th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 44.
• Santa Claus Shuffle 5k. Saturday, 13 December 2008. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:09 (4th). Steve improved his PB by 14 seconds in his final race of 2008.
• Welsh Inter-Regional Cross-Country Championships. Saturday, 13 December 2008. Ysgol Morgan Llwyd Leisure Centre, Cefn Road, Wrexham. 4 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 32:24 (7th); Stuart Crees 33:05 (11th); Paul Coker 36:53 (10th); Mike Davies 40:09 (19th). Lee missed the start of the ’Masters’ race and ran with Stu in the Senior Men and ’Master’ 35 race; Mike ran when he should have. As the results aren’t out yet (I’m going to guess this will not surprise Phil Cook) and the two races were over the same course and 9.5k, I’m going to treat them as the same thing.
• Calvia Marathon. Sunday, 14 December 2008. Calvia, Mallorca, Spain. 99 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 3:17:30 (26th); Maria Zubizarreta 3:17:31 (27th).
• Hastings Half Marathon. Sunday, 14 December 2008. Hastings, East Sussex. 1174 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Alan Mann 4:00:56 (533rd); Gil John 4:47:35 (968th).
• Merthyr Mawr 10k. Sunday, 14 December 2008. Big Dipper Sand Dune, Merthyr Mawr, Nr Ogmore, South Wales. 583 people finished. 33 Croups members ran. Gareth Lynch 41:05 (22nd); Martin Williams 41:31 (23rd); Richard Self 42:06 (30th); John Diffey 42:45 (40th); Rob Scott 44:39 (63rd); John O’Shea 44:52 (70th); Clive Osmond 46:22 (96th); Mike Murphy 47:08 (109th); Jen Salter 47:47 (126th); Claire Beatty 48:57 (150th); Cheryl Hudgell 49:12 (157th); Steve Alexander 49:34 (163rd); Steve Owen 52:20 (211th); Julie Scholey 52:37 (218th); Mike Dix 53:07 (230th); Jeff Aston 54:33 (256th); Adam Abraham 55:06 (268th); Andrew Sedgmond 55:58 (281st); Jane Ash 59:58 (361st); Fran Machin 1:00:38 (373rd); Clare Johnson 1:02:14 (399th); Mal Rowson 1:10:38 (491st); Anne Donald 1:10:45 (494th); Carolyn Llewellyn 1:23:39 (563rd); Angela Neal 1:23:39 (564th); Sian Llewellyn 1:23:39 (565th); Rhian Llewellyn 1:23:39 (566th); Sue Neal 1:23:39 (567th); Joy Davies 1:29:21 (572nd); Gillian Murphy 1:29:21 (573rd); Tracey Newman 1:29:21 (574th); Karen Phillips 1:29:21 (575th); Joy Beavon 1:29:21 (576th). Official results: 92Kb Excel file. Archive of Merthyr Mawr 10k.
• Cardiff Parkrun 45. Saturday, 20 December 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 58 people finished. 24 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:16 (2nd); Stuart Crees 16:46 (3rd); Mark Palser 18:06 (9th); Richard Self 18:53 (13th); Ruth Tyler 19:05 (14th); Mike Murphy 20:01 (20th); Graeme Donnan 20:16 (24th); Richard Sewell 20:21 (25th); Mick McGeoch 20:34 (27th); Martin Pinnell 20:45 (29th); Libby O’Duffy 20:51 (31st); Jen Salter 21:20 (33rd); Nick Williams 22:00 (36th); Yvonne Bullen 22:42 (40th); Ralph Davey 23:57 (46th); Jeff Aston 24:19 (48th); Richard Crawford 24:50 (49th); Stephen Osborne 26:00 (50th); Linda Jensen 26:22 (52nd); Mick Tabor 26:23 (53rd); Geoff Wright 27:01 (54th); Tony Dorsett 28:53 (55th); Gillian Murphy 29:25 (56th); Eirian Arwyn 39:03 (57th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 45. Congratulations to Mick McGeogh for running his first event (here)!
• Telford 10K. Sunday, 21 December 2008. Telford Ice Rink, St. Quentin Gate, Town Centre, Telford. 454 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 36:09 (47th); Phil George 36:33 (54th). Slightly slower than last year’s race, which saw 17 men under 31 minutes, four of them under 30. Nicky had a cold; Phil had a hangover. And there was a wind. We believe them.
• Glynneath Boxing Day 5. Friday, 26 December 2008. Glynneath Social Club, Glynneath, West Glamorgan. 291 people finished. 8 Croups members ran. Gerry Crispie 30:56 (42nd); Matt Townsend 31:22 (47th); Clive Osmond 31:36 (52nd); Andrew Russell 32:48 (73rd); Graeme Donnan 32:59 (78th); Mike Davies 33:55 (89th); Alan Mann 35:23 (119th); Annie Conroy 44:05 (226th). Archive of Glynneath Boxing Day 5. Alan Mann won the fancy dress. Someone appreciates him then. Thanks to Mike Davies and Graeme Donnan for finding these.
• Porthcawl Boxing Day Fun Run. Friday, 26 December 2008. The Hi-Tide Inn, Mackworth Road, Sandy Bay, Porthcawl. 151 people finished. 5 Croups members ran. Gareth Lynch 27:19 (7th); Liz Ashton 32:38 (50th); Judi Rhys 34:00 (67th); Mal Rowson 42:25 (190th); Alan Bladen 43:48 (198th). Archive of Porthcawl Boxing Day Fun Run. Thanks to Gareth Lynch for sending me these. And to Liz Ashton, Andrew Sedgmond, and Alan Bladen for providing corrections.
• Cardiff Parkrun 46. Saturday, 27 December 2008. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 31 people finished. 8 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 17:04 (3rd); John O’Shea 19:05 (9th); Cheryl Hudgell 20:30 (13th); Richard Sewell 20:38 (15th); Rhys Lewis 23:34 (24th); Geoff Wright 26:49 (25th); Tony Dorsett 28:04 (26th); Eirian Arwyn 32:16 (29th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 46.
• Les Croupiers Old Father Time Road Race. Sunday, 28 December 2008. 139 people finished. 43 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 26:54 (2nd); Phil Cook 27:51 (5th); Richard Bullen 29:00 (7th); Phil George 29:55 (11th); Stuart McIlroy 29:57 (12th); Mick McGeoch 30:02 (13th); Martin Williams 30:14 (14th); Richard Self 30:22 (15th); Gerry Crispie 31:36 (25th); Ben Farag 32:03 (32nd); Elio Lepore 32:33 (35th); Mike Murphy 32:35 (36th); Libby O’Duffy 32:44 (37th); Marcus Coles 33:28 (42nd); Mike Davies 33:32 (44th); Richard Sewell 33:41 (45th); Howard Kent 34:00 (49th); Steve Owen 34:01 (50th); Terry Caveney 34:44 (59th); Maria Zubizarreta 35:05 (61st); Alan Mason 35:18 (62nd); Alan Mann 35:42 (64th); Kellinu Portelli 35:48 (65th); Neil Tatnell 35:52 (66th); Andrew Sedgmond 35:57 (67th); Jeff Aston 36:06 (69th); Yvonne Bullen 36:10 (70th); Nick Williams 36:42 (75th); Judi Rhys 36:54 (76th); Julie Scholey 37:10 (77th); Ralph Davey 38:54 (88th); Steve G Lewis 40:30 (95th); Steve Williams 40:35 (97th); Jane Ash 41:13 (105th); Clare Johnson 42:55 (111th); Geoff Wright 45:26 (122nd); Alan Bladen 45:46 (123rd); Mal Rowson 45:58 (124th); Tracey Newman 47:10 (126th); Joy Davies 47:15 (127th); Errol Alexis 47:37 (128th); Anne Donald 48:10 (131st); Veronica Singleton 49:30 (137th). Results now amended to include Andrew Sedgmond. Thanks to Derek Williams and company for compiling these in freezing conditions. I have some photos here.
• Nos Galan 5K Road Races. Wednesday, 31 December 2008. Mountain Ash Town Centre. 729 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 15:59 (9th); Rob Sage 19:00 (58th); Matt Townsend 19:14 (68th); Peter Kellam 19:14 (67th); Mike Murphy 20:08 (88th); Gillian Kellam 22:07 (143rd); Dave Miller 23:58 (223rd); Gillian Murphy 28:57 (450th); Veronica Singleton 31:44 (567th).

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