Results 2009

You can look up members’ performances from this year in the results database. We’ve had 3057 finishers in 313 races so far this year.

January

Hair of the Dog 5K. Thursday, 01 January 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:54 (4th).
Hereford New Years Day 10K. Thursday, 01 January 2009. Hereford Rowing Club, 37 Greyfriars Avenue, Hereford. 235 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Lee Aherne 34:08 (4th).
Cardiff Parkrun 47. Saturday, 03 January 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 59 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 16:38 (2nd); Richard Bullen 17:16 (7th); Stuart Crees 17:18 (8th); Paul Coker 18:24 (12th); Elio Lepore 19:21 (18th); Sandy Johnston 19:32 (19th); Steve Alexander 20:24 (28th); Richard Sewell 20:29 (30th); Maria Zubizarreta 20:38 (32nd); Jane Coker 20:49 (33rd); Nick Williams 21:22 (35th); Liz Ashton 21:30 (36th); Yvonne Bullen 21:37 (37th); Des Davies 23:19 (45th); Ralph Davey 24:18 (47th); Clare Johnson 26:15 (52nd); Tony Dorsett 28:16 (53rd); Gwenno Williams 29:49 (56th); Eirian Arwyn 31:54 (59th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 47.
Tidewater Striders Tune-Up Series 20K. Saturday, 03 January 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:16:19 (4th).
Gloucester New Year 10. Sunday, 04 January 2009. Severnvale Sports Centre, School Lane, Quedgeley, Gloucester. 356 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Tim O’Sullivan 1:12:08 (114th). Official results: 246Kb PDF file.
Cardiff Parkrun 48. Saturday, 10 January 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 50 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 17:03 (2nd); Paul Coker 18:25 (7th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 19:11 (11th); Sandy Johnston 19:19 (13th); Richard Sewell 19:56 (18th); Jen Salter 20:27 (25th); Nick Williams 20:44 (27th); Tony Dorsett 28:14 (44th); Gwenno Williams 29:12 (47th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 48.
Kymin Winter Race. Saturday, 10 January 2009. Monmouth Boys School Sports Centre, Hadnock Road, Monmouth. 68 people finished. 5 Croups members ran. Terry Caveney 37:52 (31st); Jeff Aston 43:51 (53rd); Jemma Nurse 51:36 (61st); Clare Johnson 53:44 (66th); Eirian Arwyn 55:00 (68th). Distance: 3.95 miles, 1150ft climb. Thanks to Rod Jones for these.
Mud In Your Eye XC 5k. Saturday, 10 January 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 18:21 (4th).
UWIC Indoor Grand Prix. Saturday, 10 January 2009. UWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cyncoed Road, Cardiff. 1 Croups member ran. Chris Discombe 4:00 (1st)
Richard Burton 10k. Sunday, 11 January 2009. Cwmafan Community Centre, Depot Road, Port Talbot. 229 people finished. 16 Croups members ran. Gareth Lynch 37:14 (28th); Phil George 37:45 (29th); Mick McGeoch 38:05 (34th); Martin Williams 39:00 (43rd); Nick Rees 39:35 (50th); Gerry Crispie 40:25 (56th); Ruth Tyler 40:42 (61st); Rob Scott 41:22 (71st); Matthew Hopkins 41:41 (79th); Mike Davies 43:03 (95th); Steve Alexander 43:26 (101st); Scott Hemmens 43:40 (105th); Steve Owen 44:13 (112th); Kellinu Portelli 45:52 (120th); Judi Rhys 46:57 (134th); Adam Abraham 47:34 (142nd).
Rough ’n’ Tumble 10. Sunday, 11 January 2009. Milton Lilbourne Village Hall, Milton Lilbourne, Marlborough, Wiltshire. 559 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Jane Ash 1:50:35 (369th).
Cardiff Parkrun 49. Saturday, 17 January 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 64 people finished. 12 Croups members ran. Wouter Poortinga 19:26 (14th); Scott Hemmens 20:04 (19th); Jen Salter 20:45 (27th); Richard Sewell 20:49 (28th); Graeme Donnan 20:51 (29th); Claire Beatty 21:39 (34th); Yvonne Bullen 21:44 (35th); Richard Bullen 21:44 (36th); Jeff Aston 22:19 (43rd); Geoff Wright 26:42 (56th); Tony Dorsett 28:57 (59th); Eirian Arwyn 31:15 (62nd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 49.
Cardiff Cross Challenge Master Mix Open 6k. Sunday, 18 January 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 39 people finished. 14 Croups members ran. Rob Jones 23:40 (6th); Mick McGeoch 24:03 (8th); Richard Self 24:28 (9th); Paul Coker 24:37 (11th); Elio Lepore 25:37 (13th); Mike Murphy 27:15 (19th); Alan Mason 27:25 (20th); Steve Alexander 27:34 (21st); Jane Coker 27:39 (22nd); Alan Mann 28:20 (25th); Paul Sander 29:25 (30th); Loretta Daley 32:05 (33rd); Gillian Murphy 37:48 (37th); Eirian Arwyn 41:20 (39th).
Cardiff Cross Challenge Senior Men Open 10k. Sunday, 18 January 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 50 people finished. 5 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 32:38 (20th); Julian Baker 35:52 (40th); Stuart Crees 36:27 (43rd); Rob Scott 39:44 (48th); Andrew Russell 42:02 (50th).
Virginia Beach Winter Endurance Challenge XC 5k. Sunday, 18 January 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 18:36 (2nd)
Wanaka Fun Run 5k. Tuesday, 20 January 2009. New Zealand. 1 Croups member ran. Alun Williams 15:12 (2nd)
Cardiff Parkrun 50. Saturday, 24 January 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 51 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:21 (3rd); Richard Wilder 16:35 (4th); Stuart Crees 16:56 (5th); Stuart McIlroy 18:51 (11th); Nick Williams 20:43 (21st); Des Davies 24:41 (42nd); Tony Dorsett 28:17 (48th); Errol Alexis 29:34 (49th); Eirian Arwyn 31:26 (50th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 50.
Welsh Senior Open Indoor Championships: 3000m. Saturday, 24 January 2009. UWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cyncoed Road, Cardiff. 12 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Chris Discombe 8:36 (7th).
Gloucester Marathon. Sunday, 25 January 2009. Severnvale Sports Centre, School Lane, Quedgeley, Gloucester. 188 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Loretta Daley 3:56:07 (89th); Alan Mann 4:07:00 (109th); Gil John 4:45:00 (164th).
Les Croupiers Handicap 10. Sunday, 25 January 2009. Llandaff Rugby Club, Western Avenue, Cardiff. 65 people finished. 62 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 56:23 (1st); Richard Bullen 57:10 (2nd); Stuart Crees 57:13 (3rd); Nick Dukes 59:20 (4th); Mick McGeoch 1:00:56 (5th); Dave Headon 1:01:15 (6th); Phil George 1:01:26 (7th); Martin Williams 1:02:38 (8th); Richard Self 1:03:14 (9th); Simon Nurse 1:05:19 (11th); Brian Richardson 1:05:47 (12th); Rob Scott 1:05:57 (13th); John O’Shea 1:06:38 (14th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 1:06:40 (15th); Matthew Hopkins 1:06:49 (16th); Libby O’Duffy 1:07:52 (17th); Clive Osmond 1:07:58 (18th); Scott Hemmens 1:08:01 (19th); Wouter Poortinga 1:08:06 (20th); Sandy Johnston 1:08:19 (21st); Cheryl Hudgell 1:08:30 (22nd); Mike Murphy 1:08:39 (23rd); Jeremy Forshew 1:08:56 (24th); Andrew Russell 1:09:01 (25th); Graeme Donnan 1:09:08 (26th); Steve Owen 1:09:30 (27th); Steve Alexander 1:10:01 (28th); Joanna Prichard 1:10:02 (29th); Mike Davies 1:10:22 (30th); Terry Caveney 1:10:27 (31st); Marcus Coles 1:11:38 (32nd); Alan Mason 1:12:17 (33rd); Richard Boon 1:12:30 (34th); Tim O’Sullivan 1:12:54 (35th); Liz Ashton 1:13:04 (36th); Yvonne Bullen 1:13:07 (37th); Alun Jones 1:13:15 (38th); James Horner 1:13:32 (39th); Claire Beatty 1:13:45 (40th); Jeff Aston 1:13:57 (41st); Adam Abraham 1:14:20 (42nd); Andrew Sedgmond 1:14:21 (43rd); Veronica Singleton 1:14:54 (44th); Kellinu Portelli 1:15:10 (45th); Ian Derrick 1:16:46 (46th); Shayne Sawyers 1:17:21 (47th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:18:49 (48th); Sarah McCarthy 1:18:52 (49th); Andy Mundy 1:19:18 (50th); Steve Williams 1:19:33 (51st); Dave Lloyd 1:21:25 (52nd); David McDonald 1:22:42 (53rd); Steve G Lewis 1:23:20 (54th); Ralph Davey 1:24:01 (55th); Clare Johnson 1:25:31 (56th); Sue Neal 1:27:49 (57th); Geoff Wright 1:32:16 (59th); Gillian Murphy 1:33:40 (60th); Tony Dorsett 1:38:55 (61st); Alan Bladen 1:39:30 (62nd); Errol Alexis 1:42:30 (63rd); Sandra Caveney 1:52:04 (64th). Official results: 20Kb Excel file. NB now updated. Times have been revised for Clive Osmond and Gill Murphy. A two minute readjustment for Clive moved him up 10 places and positions have been recalculated.
Lliswerry 8. Sunday, 25 January 2009. Lliswerry Leisure Centre, Nash Road, Newport, Gwent. 303 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Stuart McIlroy 48:28 (22nd); Mike Dix 59:42 (140th).
Tidewater Striders Distance Series 25K. Sunday, 25 January 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:35:34 (3rd). Another PB and a good indicator of progress towards Steve’s spring marathon.
Bushy Parkrun 235. Saturday, 31 January 2009. Bushy Park, Teddington, London. 442 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 19:47 (50th).
Cardiff Parkrun 51. Saturday, 31 January 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 81 people finished. 21 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 16:30 (2nd); Mark Palser 17:38 (7th); Richard Self 17:56 (10th); Stuart McIlroy 18:17 (12th); Sandy Johnston 19:21 (16th); Mike Murphy 19:52 (19th); Scott Hemmens 19:58 (23rd); Terry Caveney 20:05 (26th); Steve Owen 20:19 (30th); Alun Jones 20:40 (32nd); Nick Williams 20:44 (34th); Richard Sewell 21:03 (38th); Jeff Aston 21:51 (43rd); Loretta Daley 22:26 (45th); Richard Crawford 24:45 (62nd); Annie Conroy 26:33 (70th); Geoff Wright 26:37 (71st); Gillian Murphy 27:14 (74th); Tony Dorsett 28:08 (75th); Errol Alexis 30:29 (78th); Eirian Arwyn 32:38 (81st). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 51.
Mud In Your Eye 6K Cross-Country. Saturday, 31 January 2009. Virginia, USA. 229 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 22:05 (4th).

February

Welsh Cross-Country Championships (Men). Sunday, 01 February 2009. Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys. 63 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 36:36 (6th); Julian Baker 38:01 (13th); Phil Cook 39:01 (15th); Stuart Crees 39:56 (22nd); Richard Bullen 40:07 (23rd); Mark Palser 40:16 (24th); Richard Wilder 40:47 (25th); Rob Jones 41:28 (27th); Paul Coker 44:16 (41st); Elio Lepore 45:07 (42nd); Gareth Lynch 45:32 (44th); Graeme Donnan 49:59 (55th); Mike Davies 50:29 (57th). Official results: 52Kb PDF file. Archive of Welsh Cross-Country Championships (Men). We were second in the team competition.
Welsh Cross-Country Championships (Women). Sunday, 01 February 2009. Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys. 29 people finished. 8 Croups members ran. Ruth Tyler 26:46 (10th); Libby O’Duffy 27:00 (11th); Joanna Prichard 28:03 (15th); Jane Coker 28:17 (16th); Cheryl Hudgell 28:33 (17th); Yvonne Bullen 30:02 (20th); Julie Scholey 31:00 (23rd); Liz Ashton 31:13 (24th). Official results: 54Kb PDF file. Archive of Welsh Cross-Country Championships (Women). We won the team competition, so we are now officially ’Welsh Cross Country Champions 2009’.
Cardiff Parkrun 52. Saturday, 07 February 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 69 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:56 (8th); Dave Coles 17:58 (10th); Rob Sage 18:10 (11th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 18:57 (14th); John O’Shea 19:12 (16th); Ruth Tyler 19:37 (19th); Mike Murphy 19:40 (20th); Graeme Donnan 20:20 (29th); Steve Owen 20:22 (30th); Catherine Beecher 20:27 (31st); Nick Williams 20:45 (35th); Dave Miller 20:58 (37th); Richard Sewell 21:29 (39th); Jeff Aston 21:50 (42nd); Martin Pinnell 24:41 (56th); Geoff Wright 26:45 (59th); Tony Dorsett 27:58 (60th); Errol Alexis 29:15 (62nd); Eirian Arwyn 37:46 (69th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 52.
Richmond Parkrun 69. Saturday, 07 February 2009. Richmond Park, London. 83 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 20:07 (11th).
Action Duchenne Valentines Love Run 10k. Saturday, 14 February 2009. Bute Park, Cardiff. 318 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Marcus Coles 41:53 (21st); Kellinu Portelli 43:32 (33rd). I took some photos. (I missed the Gwent League.) I thought I’d allowed enough space in database field for long urls, so sorry about having to use tinyurl, but the link was really very very long.
Cardiff Parkrun 53. Saturday, 14 February 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 68 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 18:15 (7th); Stuart McIlroy 18:21 (8th); Peter Kellam 18:53 (10th); Mike Murphy 19:26 (15th); Terry Caveney 19:52 (22nd); Steve Owen 20:06 (23rd); Nick Williams 20:42 (27th); Loretta Daley 22:20 (36th); Richard Crawford 23:54 (44th); Tony Dorsett 27:13 (55th); Errol Alexis 29:12 (58th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 53.
Gwent League #4: Ladies. Saturday, 14 February 2009. Penlan Athletics Track, Brecon Leisure Centre, Penlan, Brecon, Powys. 95 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Maria Zubizarreta 26:17 (21st); Cheryl Hudgell 26:25 (24th); Jane Coker 26:42 (26th); Catherine Beecher 27:31 (32nd); Yvonne Bullen 28:10 (40th); Gillian Kellam 28:28 (43rd); Liz Ashton 28:33 (44th); Sarah McCarthy 29:34 (52nd); Loretta Daley 29:43 (54th); Jane Ash 31:44 (68th); Katie O’Brien 32:14 (70th); Sue Neal 33:32 (74th); Clare Johnson 34:19 (77th); Gillian Murphy 35:49 (81st); Mal Rowson 36:48 (83rd); Eirian Arwyn 38:22 (86th); Angela Neal 39:01 (89th).
Gwent League #4: Men. Saturday, 14 February 2009. Penlan Athletics Track, Brecon Leisure Centre, Penlan, Brecon, Powys. 196 people finished. 32 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 34:30 (9th); Phil Cook 35:45 (14th); Richard Bullen 36:26 (22nd); Stuart Crees 36:37 (23rd); Nick Dukes 38:00 (35th); Richard Wilder 38:09 (39th); Rob Jones 38:17 (40th); Mick McGeoch 38:48 (46th); Gareth Lynch 39:23 (53rd); Richard Self 39:41 (58th); Rob Scott 39:59 (64th); Paul Coker 40:19 (69th); Elio Lepore 40:52 (77th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 41:13 (82nd); John O’Shea 41:43 (95th); Andrew Russell 41:57 (100th); Matthew Hopkins 42:08 (105th); Sandy Johnston 42:13 (106th); Clive Osmond 42:40 (112th); Steve Alexander 44:24 (133rd); Jeremy Forshew 44:43 (138th); Richard Sewell 44:48 (139th); Alan Mann 45:08 (146th); Mike Davies 45:19 (149th); Mike Murphy 45:48 (155th); Tim O’Sullivan 46:07 (157th); Neil Tatnell 47:16 (168th); Jeff Aston 47:47 (170th); Mike Dix 49:18 (180th); Steve Williams 50:55 (189th); Steve G Lewis 52:28 (191st); Ralph Davey 53:41 (194th).
Virginia is for Lovers 14k. Saturday, 14 February 2009. Virginia, USA. 1308 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 49:52 (3rd). Steve claims a new PB. He was only beaten by a 26 year old man and a 27 year old woman. Not bad for a vet!
UWIC Grand Prix 1500m. Sunday, 15 February 2009. UWIC, Cyncoed Campus, Cyncoed Road, Cardiff. 1 Croups member ran. Chris Discombe 3:53 (1st). Another PB for Chris, and a win of course.
Bushy Parkrun 238. Saturday, 21 February 2009. Bushy Park, Teddington, London. 452 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 19:26 (35th).
Cardiff Parkrun 54. Saturday, 21 February 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 111 people finished. 30 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:42 (3rd); Richard Wilder 16:50 (4th); Rob Sage 17:49 (9th); Elio Lepore 19:25 (22nd); Terry Caveney 19:43 (26th); Nick Williams 19:57 (30th); Richard Boon 20:22 (35th); Davey Proud 20:58 (41st); Mick Tabor 21:13 (42nd); Alun Jones 21:26 (46th); Loretta Daley 21:37 (51st); Alan Mann 21:37 (52nd); Wendy Boon 21:54 (55th); Catherine Beecher 21:59 (56th); Maria Zubizarreta 22:42 (59th); Frank Williams 22:59 (60th); Richard Barlow 23:30 (63rd); Richard Crawford 23:36 (64th); Clare Johnson 24:43 (68th); Andrew Russell 25:02 (71st); Geoff Wright 26:25 (75th); Gillian Murphy 26:39 (77th); Mike Murphy 26:40 (78th); Tony Dorsett 26:55 (79th); Des Davies 27:15 (83rd); Errol Alexis 27:39 (84th); Mal Rowson 27:40 (85th); Anne Donald 27:43 (86th); Sandra Caveney 29:17 (93rd); Eirian Arwyn 40:18 (111th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 54.
Tidewater Striders Distance Series 30k. Saturday, 21 February 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:56:58 (2nd)
Bourton Roadrunners 10k. Sunday, 22 February 2009. Victoria Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos. 459 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Gerry Crispie 38:05 (90th).
Colonial Half Marathon. Sunday, 22 February 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:21:22 (21st). A very consistent pair of races from Steve. A fast marathon looks likely. Sadly, he came down with food poisoning Sunday night, and has been recuperating since.
Pontypridd Roadents Reverse 10. Sunday, 22 February 2009. Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd. 289 people finished. 38 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 55:56 (7th); Richard Wilder 56:32 (9th); Phil George 58:52 (12th); Nick Dukes 59:06 (13th); Dave Headon 59:58 (18th); Mick McGeoch 1:00:24 (21st); Martin Williams 1:01:41 (26th); Richard Self 1:01:44 (27th); Stuart McIlroy 1:02:53 (37th); Ben Farag 1:03:53 (43rd); Sandy Johnston 1:05:26 (54th); Libby O’Duffy 1:05:28 (55th); Matthew Hopkins 1:05:31 (56th); Scott Hemmens 1:06:03 (61st); Andrew Russell 1:06:51 (68th); John Diffey 1:06:54 (69th); Mike Murphy 1:07:26 (76th); Graeme Donnan 1:09:04 (84th); Rob Scott 1:09:06 (85th); Mike Davies 1:09:18 (87th); Richard Boon 1:09:28 (90th); Steve Owen 1:09:29 (91st); Steve Alexander 1:11:25 (110th); Jeff Aston 1:11:56 (115th); Tim O’Sullivan 1:12:14 (120th); Maria Zubizarreta 1:13:05 (127th); Shayne Sawyers 1:13:17 (130th); Kellinu Portelli 1:13:18 (131st); Yvonne Bullen 1:13:42 (133rd); Claire Beatty 1:14:43 (142nd); Adam Abraham 1:16:50 (153rd); Andy Mundy 1:17:19 (156th); Alan Mann 1:17:41 (157th); Steve Williams 1:20:10 (176th); David McDonald 1:20:30 (181st); Gary John 1:22:19 (191st); Tracey Newman 1:27:41 (215th); Alan Bladen 1:36:36 (255th). Official results: 155Kb RTF file. Archive of Pontypridd Roadents Reverse 10.
Bridge Inn Winter Series 5k. Tuesday, 24 February 2009. The Bridge Inn, Main Road, Shortwood, Bristol. 107 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Chris Discombe 15:17 (2nd). I think that’s a PB for Chris and a good second place behind Cardiff’s Daniel Stevens.
Basingstoke Parkrun 34. Saturday, 28 February 2009. War Memorial Park, Crossborough Hill, Basingstoke, Hants. 69 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 19:08 (7th).
Cardiff Parkrun 55. Saturday, 28 February 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 58 people finished. 18 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:35 (4th); Mark Cason 17:19 (6th); Stuart McIlroy 17:49 (10th); Richard Self 18:18 (11th); Matt Townsend 18:54 (16th); Ben Pitman 18:59 (17th); Elio Lepore 19:07 (18th); Sandy Johnston 19:12 (19th); Nick Williams 20:16 (24th); Richard Sewell 20:47 (27th); Catherine Beecher 20:53 (28th); Yvonne Bullen 21:37 (31st); Dave Weeden 24:23 (41st); Clare Johnson 25:30 (43rd); Tony Dorsett 27:29 (44th); Des Davies 27:47 (45th); Maria Zubizarreta 29:15 (47th); Eirian Arwyn 38:38 (58th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 55. No photographs today, thank god.
Leeds Parkrun 73. Saturday, 28 February 2009. Hyde Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire. 137 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Richard Wilder 16:56 (4th).
Mud in Your Eye 8k. Saturday, 28 February 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 30:27 (4th).

March

Berkhamsted Half Marathon. Sunday, 01 March 2009. Cricket Club, Castle Hill, Berkhamsted. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 1:26:12 (51st). A PB for Shaun of 5 minutes!
Bideford Half Marathon. Sunday, 01 March 2009. The Pill, Bideford Quay, Bideford, Devon. 1007 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Glenda Edwards 1:55:15 (582nd). The course was accidentally extended by about a third of a mile.
St David’s Day 10k. Sunday, 01 March 2009. Bute Park, Cardiff. 633 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Dave Headon 37:19 (11th); Rob Scott 41:12 (40th); Marcus Coles 41:29 (44th); Steve Owen 42:15 (59th); Andy Cleves 43:27 (75th); Katie Stevenson 56:56 (388th); Gareth Stevenson 58:47 (437th); Alan Bladen 59:09 (445th); Jenny Johnson 1:03:16 (507th). Official results: 195Kb PDF file. Archive of St David’s Day 10k. I took some photos. As this was a ’fun run’ rather than a proper race, the results didn’t include club affiliation. I’ve had to guess which members ran. I know that some names were misspelled (eg Edward Takata in the 5k), so if I’ve missed you, please let me know.
St David’s Day 5k. Sunday, 01 March 2009. Bute Park, Cardiff. 199 people finished. 14 Croups members ran. Dave Williams 16:41 (3rd); Gareth Lynch 17:50 (7th); John O’Shea 18:45 (12th); Matthew Hopkins 18:54 (13th); Clive Osmond 18:58 (14th); Mike Murphy 19:12 (16th); John Diffey 19:25 (19th); Graeme Donnan 20:29 (25th); Shayne Sawyers 20:52 (27th); Gary John 21:19 (32nd); Julie Scholey 22:59 (40th); Gillian Murphy 26:53 (82nd); Mal Rowson 28:01 (90th); Joy Davies 30:43 (120th). Official results: 159Kb PDF file. Archive of St David’s Day 5k. I took some photos. As this was a ’fun run’ rather than a proper race, the results didn’t include club affiliation. I’ve had to guess which members ran. I know that some names were misspelled (eg Edward Takata in the 5k), so if I’ve missed you, please let me know.
Bushy Parkrun 240. Saturday, 07 March 2009. Bushy Park, Teddington, London. 534 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 19:10 (30th).
Cardiff Parkrun 56. Saturday, 07 March 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 80 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:14 (2nd); Richard Wilder 16:58 (4th); Mark Cason 17:10 (6th); Ben Pitman 18:42 (11th); Elio Lepore 18:56 (13th); Dave Headon 19:08 (14th); Gerry Crispie 19:24 (19th); John Diffey 19:36 (24th); Nick Williams 20:04 (28th); Graeme Donnan 20:34 (32nd); Steve Alexander 20:43 (34th); Claire Beatty 20:50 (35th); Catherine Beecher 21:08 (38th); Dave Weeden 23:51 (51st); Geoff Wright 26:22 (59th); Gillian Murphy 26:36 (61st); Tony Dorsett 27:29 (63rd); Errol Alexis 29:54 (68th); Eirian Arwyn 36:13 (80th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 56.
Fort Eustis 10k. Saturday, 07 March 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 36:45 (3rd)
High Peak Marathon. Saturday, 07 March 2009. Edale Village Hall, Station Road, Edale, Derbyshire. 1 Croups member ran. Julian Carter 10:41:00 (8th). Julian did this with members of MDC and reports: Weather conditions were drizzle with low cloud on the tops making navigation more fun. Alas conditions were not frozen and snowy like last time, so the peat bogs were wet and gluppy making the northern section pretty miserable! We had a good result finishing in 8th place overall, and 3rd in the mixed category.
24ème Semi-Marathon d’Orvault. Sunday, 08 March 2009. Orvault, France. 1 Croups member ran. Julian Baker 1:13:07 (11th).
Gloucester 20. Sunday, 08 March 2009. Frampton-on-Severn Community Centre, Lake Lane, Frampton-on-Severn. 504 people finished. 6 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 1:59:26 (3rd); Ben Farag 2:17:53 (41st); Shaun Connor 2:19:58 (53rd); Gerry Crispie 2:20:48 (58th); Terry Caveney 2:26:06 (81st); Clare Johnson 3:06:20 (372nd).
Llanelli Waterside Half Marathon. Sunday, 08 March 2009. Llanelli Festival Fields, Millennium Coastal Park, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. 1170 people finished. 21 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 1:17:43 (4th); Stuart Reeves 1:20:56 (10th); Martin Williams 1:23:47 (21st); Lyndon Tudor-Maisey 1:24:24 (25th); Jessica Parry-Williams 1:24:37 (28th); Scott Howell 1:26:03 (39th); Rob Scott 1:28:54 (67th); Andrew Russell 1:29:00 (70th); Mike Davies 1:33:45 (143rd); Steve Owen 1:36:12 (189th); Alun Jones 1:36:13 (191st); Liz Ashton 1:41:07 (295th); Cheryl Hudgell 1:42:19 (330th); Andrew Sedgmond 1:42:38 (342nd); Adam Abraham 1:43:07 (352nd); Andy Mundy 1:44:20 (376th); Steve Williams 1:47:43 (438th); David McDonald 1:52:10 (566th); Stephen Osborne 1:55:32 (657th); Mike James 2:06:09 (859th); Sarah Dawes-Clark 2:21:33 (1048th). Official results: 114Kb PDF file. Archive of Llanelli Waterside Half Marathon. Another fun run, ie no club affiliation given. Yet again, I’ve guessed at members (there was a faster Michael Davies), so if I’ve missed you or got your time wrong, please let me know.
Cardiff Parkrun 57. Saturday, 14 March 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 88 people finished. 20 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 16:39 (2nd); Dave Headon 18:32 (9th); Jessica Parry-Williams 18:58 (10th); Matt Hurford 19:08 (12th); Ben Pitman 19:46 (18th); Mick Tabor 19:50 (20th); Nick Williams 20:13 (24th); Steve Owen 20:24 (25th); Davey Proud 20:26 (26th); Jen Salter 20:36 (29th); Loretta Daley 22:12 (36th); Richard Crawford 23:51 (46th); Chris Morgan 24:09 (47th); Sian Evans 24:49 (53rd); Annie Conroy 26:05 (59th); Linda Jensen 26:22 (63rd); Tony Dorsett 27:51 (69th); Errol Alexis 29:09 (77th); Ceri Francis 30:51 (82nd); Des Davies 30:53 (83rd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 57.
Cox Falcon 5k. Saturday, 14 March 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:25 (4th).
Gwent League #5: Men. Saturday, 14 March 2009. United Counties Showground, Nantyci, Carmarthen. 170 people finished. 26 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 27:18 (3rd); Julian Baker 28:43 (9th); Phil Cook 29:23 (13th); Stuart Crees 29:37 (14th); Lee Aherne 29:41 (15th); Nick Dukes 29:55 (18th); Phil George 30:20 (22nd); Richard Bullen 30:35 (27th); Mick McGeoch 31:02 (30th); Rob Jones 31:09 (33rd); Gareth Lynch 31:31 (40th); Richard Self 31:42 (41st); Daniel Harris 32:16 (48th); Rob Scott 32:51 (56th); Elio Lepore 32:56 (57th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 33:28 (68th); Peter Kellam 33:29 (69th); Sandy Johnston 33:47 (77th); Matthew Hopkins 34:38 (91st); Matt Townsend 35:39 (109th); Mike Davies 35:58 (115th); Steve Alexander 36:28 (123rd); Alan Mason 36:36 (125th); Neil Tatnell 37:42 (136th); Jeff Aston 38:39 (146th); Steve Williams 41:50 (164th).
Gwent League #5: Women. Saturday, 14 March 2009. United Counties Showground, Nantyci, Carmarthen. 81 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Cheryl Hudgell 21:50 (21st); Catherine Beecher 21:57 (23rd); Joanna Prichard 22:00 (25th); Gillian Kellam 22:30 (32nd); Yvonne Bullen 23:39 (43rd); Julie Scholey 24:45 (47th); Jane Ash 26:09 (57th); Clare Johnson 27:37 (65th); Sue Neal 28:06 (67th); Mal Rowson 29:49 (69th); Angela Neal 30:36 (72nd); Gwenno Williams 31:11 (73rd); Eirian Arwyn 31:46 (75th).
Richmond Parkrun 74. Saturday, 14 March 2009. Richmond Park, London. 97 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 20:07 (12th).
Bath Half Marathon. Sunday, 15 March 2009. Great Pulteney Street, Bath. 10699 people finished. 6 Croups members ran. Ian Bound 1:24:30 (235th); Jeremy Forshew 1:34:58 (800th); Firouz Mal 1:35:20 (842nd); John Thomas 1:44:59 (2125th); Bronwen Atkins 1:45:05 (2516th); Sarah McCarthy 1:52:24 (2749th).
Forest of Dean Half Marathon. Sunday, 15 March 2009. Whitemead Forest Park, Parkend, Lydney, Gloucestershire. 18 Croups members ran. Dave Headon 1:23:51 (26th); Nick Rees 1:25:25 (39th); John O’Shea 1:30:15 (81st); Rob Scott 1:31:00 (94th); Clive Osmond 1:32:18 (121st); Terry Caveney 1:32:35 (127th); Mike Murphy 1:32:42 (126th); Wouter Poortinga 1:34:20 (154th); Cheryl Hudgell 1:37:45 (220th); Graeme Donnan 1:40:17 (269th); Shayne Sawyers 1:41:30 (304th); Claire Beatty 1:42:40 (324th); Kellinu Portelli 1:43:30 (345th); Loretta Daley 1:44:13 (373rd); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:45:30 (422nd); Michael Rossiter 1:45:43 (420th); Julie Scholey 1:47:05 (454th); Gillian Murphy 2:09:29 (1062nd).
Hastings Half Marathon. Sunday, 15 March 2009. Hastings, East Sussex. 3838 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 1:29:53 (185th).
Stafford Half Marathon. Sunday, 15 March 2009. Stafford Town Centre, Market Square, Stafford, Staffordshire. 1 Croups member ran. Dave Williams 1:16:55 (10th).
Cardiff Parkrun 58. Saturday, 21 March 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 89 people finished. 25 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 16:40 (3rd); Stuart McIlroy 18:10 (8th); Elio Lepore 18:46 (10th); John Diffey 19:38 (21st); Steve Owen 20:00 (27th); Steve Alexander 20:15 (29th); Jen Salter 20:22 (30th); Calum Cheshire 20:57 (34th); Richard Sewell 21:01 (35th); Alun Jones 21:06 (36th); Gillian Kellam 21:25 (41st); Alan Mann 21:40 (43rd); Dave Weeden 22:21 (47th); Jeff Aston 22:31 (48th); Frank Williams 23:08 (50th); Richard Crawford 23:40 (54th); Loretta Daley 25:10 (65th); Jemma Nurse 25:26 (66th); Geoff Wright 26:18 (70th); Tony Dorsett 27:42 (75th); Errol Alexis 27:50 (76th); Des Davies 27:51 (77th); Anne Donald 28:37 (80th); Ceri Francis 29:30 (83rd); Eirian Arwyn 34:29 (89th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 58.
Rhayader Round the Lakes 20. Saturday, 21 March 2009. Rhayader Leisure Centre, North Street, Rhayader, Powys. 376 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Dave Headon 2:16:07 (17th); Mike Davies 2:34:22 (78th); Richard Boon 2:41:59 (114th).
Rhayader Round the Lakes 5. Saturday, 21 March 2009. Rhayader Leisure Centre, North Street, Rhayader, Powys. 1 Croups member ran. Chris Morgan 41:15 (35th).
Atlantic College 10k. Sunday, 22 March 2009. Atlantic College, St Donat’s Castle, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan. 474 people finished. 54 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 32:42 (7th); Chris Discombe 32:50 (8th); Lee Aherne 33:03 (9th); Phil Cook 33:47 (17th); Stuart Crees 34:06 (19th); Phil George 34:45 (23rd); Richard Wilder 34:50 (24th); Calum Cheshire 35:22 (29th); Richard Self 36:29 (42nd); Martin Williams 36:32 (44th); Gareth Lynch 36:39 (45th); Mick McGeoch 36:52 (48th); Scott Howell 36:56 (49th); Stuart McIlroy 37:45 (54th); Nick Rees 38:25 (61st); Sandy Johnston 38:45 (68th); Matthew Hopkins 38:46 (69th); Matt Hurford 38:51 (70th); Gerry Crispie 38:57 (72nd); Brian Richardson 39:04 (74th); Stuart Reeves 39:26 (83rd); Mick Tabor 39:32 (87th); Rob Scott 39:49 (92nd); Mike Murphy 39:50 (93rd); Scott Hemmens 40:23 (97th); Clive Osmond 41:13 (110th); Howard Kent 41:21 (112th); Marcus Coles 41:24 (113th); Jen Salter 41:29 (114th); Davey Proud 41:56 (119th); Graeme Donnan 42:15 (127th); Steve Alexander 42:24 (131st); Catherine Beecher 42:56 (141st); Steve Owen 43:06 (143rd); Alan Mann 43:17 (145th); Maria Zubizarreta 43:37 (149th); Jeff Aston 43:44 (150th); Loretta Daley 44:09 (156th); Yvonne Bullen 44:30 (162nd); Andrew Sedgmond 45:46 (179th); Mike Dix 46:43 (190th); Julie Scholey 47:02 (193rd); Stephen Osborne 49:32 (231st); Sian Evans 50:17 (241st); Jane Ash 51:09 (252nd); Gary John 51:40 (258th); Linda Jensen 55:14 (301st); Annie Conroy 56:01 (313th); Alan Bladen 56:41 (322nd); Anne Donald 57:48 (337th); Mal Rowson 58:07 (346th); Gillian Murphy 58:42 (356th); Joy Davies 59:03 (360th); Sasha Macken 59:55 (374th).
East Retford Half Marathon. Sunday, 22 March 2009. East Retford Rugby Club, Ordsall Rd, Retford, Nottinghamshire. 1 Croups member ran. Clare Johnson 1:57:27.
San Domenico 20 Miler. Sunday, 22 March 2009. Merthyr Tydfil College, Ynysfach, Merthyr Tydfil. 8 people finished. 9 Croups members ran. Dave Headon 2:15:30 (11th); Judi Rhys 2:41:37 (68th); Richard Boon 2:56:31 (110th); Robert Chapman 2:57:04 (112th); Andrew Russell 2:57:40 (115th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 2:59:11 (120th); Gary Hyatt 3:01:18 (123rd); David McDonald 3:05:04 (129th); Steve Williams 3:22:47 (164th). Official results: 47Kb PDF file. Thanks to Alan Mann, Clare Johnson, Sara MacBride-Stewart, Andrew Sedgmond and others for these.
Shamrock Marathon. Sunday, 22 March 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 2:56:01 (25th). Bit of a disappointment for Steve, but the best Croups marathon time of 2009 thus far.
Bushy Parkrun 243. Saturday, 28 March 2009. Bushy Park, Teddington, London. 402 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 19:35 (19th).
Cardiff Parkrun 59. Saturday, 28 March 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 91 people finished. 32 Croups members ran. Dave Williams 16:47 (3rd); Nick Dukes 16:56 (4th); Richard Bullen 17:15 (5th); Calum Cheshire 17:24 (6th); Rob Sage 17:47 (10th); Dave Headon 17:47 (11th); Nick Rees 18:31 (16th); Ben Pitman 18:53 (18th); Mick Tabor 19:24 (24th); Gerry Crispie 19:32 (28th); Libby O’Duffy 19:52 (31st); Davey Proud 20:11 (34th); Catherine Beecher 20:26 (37th); Nick Williams 20:27 (39th); Steve Owen 20:29 (40th); Steve Alexander 20:43 (41st); Maria Zubizarreta 20:55 (43rd); Graeme Donnan 21:13 (45th); Yvonne Bullen 21:35 (49th); Liz Ashton 21:40 (51st); Dave Weeden 22:32 (56th); Victor Vinyals 22:44 (58th); Julie Scholey 23:14 (59th); Frank Williams 23:25 (60th); Sian Evans 23:33 (61st); Des Davies 24:11 (64th); Geoff Wright 26:18 (71st); Linda Jensen 26:30 (73rd); Annie Conroy 26:40 (74th); Tony Dorsett 27:42 (76th); Errol Alexis 28:48 (80th); Eirian Arwyn 34:17 (91st). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 59.
Wounded Warrior 5k. Saturday, 28 March 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:39 (2nd)
Drovers Run. Sunday, 29 March 2009. Brynna Nr Llantrisant. 55 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Julian Baker (1st); John Diffey 43:35 (8th); Caroline Dallimore 54:01 (42nd). The second Croups victory this weekend. Now for London?
Pembrokeshire Duathlon. Sunday, 29 March 2009. Neyland Marina, Brunel Quay, Neyland, Pembrokeshire. 98 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 1:02:49 (1st); Gareth Lynch 1:07:31 (4th). 5k run / 22k bike / 2.5k run.
Reading Half Marathon. Sunday, 29 March 2009. Madejski Stadium, Reading, Wilts. 11867 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Sarah Dawes-Clark 2:22:00 (10411th); Karen Mingay 2:31:38 (11131st). Official results: 760Kb PDF file.

April

Cardiff Parkrun 60. Saturday, 04 April 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 88 people finished. 27 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 16:37 (2nd); Calum Cheshire 16:53 (4th); Nick Dukes 16:54 (5th); Phil George 16:56 (6th); Stuart McIlroy 17:59 (9th); Elio Lepore 18:38 (14th); Brian Richardson 18:53 (15th); Mick Tabor 19:03 (18th); John O’Shea 19:10 (21st); John Diffey 19:26 (24th); Richard Boon 19:56 (32nd); Nick Williams 20:13 (33rd); Martin Pinnell 20:23 (36th); Andy Cleves 20:28 (37th); Paul Morris 20:34 (39th); Alan Mann 20:56 (43rd); Loretta Daley 21:30 (46th); Wendy Boon 21:57 (47th); Karl Johns 22:03 (49th); Richard Crawford 23:13 (56th); Frank Williams 23:14 (57th); Chris Morgan 23:20 (58th); Geoff Wright 26:57 (72nd); Tony Dorsett 27:39 (74th); Errol Alexis 29:25 (79th); Ceri Francis 29:50 (80th); Eirian Arwyn 35:02 (88th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 60.
Suffolk YMCA 5k. Saturday, 04 April 2009. Virginia, USA. 157 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:55 (3rd)
Wimbledon Parkrun 118. Saturday, 04 April 2009. Wimbledon Common, London. 125 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 19:35 (15th).
Blackpool Marathon. Sunday, 05 April 2009. Blackpool, Lancashire. 634 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Dave Headon 2:53:19 (12th).
Cancer Care Cymru Canter 5k. Sunday, 05 April 2009. Bute Park, Cardiff. 162 people finished. 12 Croups members ran. Clive Osmond 19:30 (12th); Marcus Coles 19:59 (15th); Steve Owen 20:21 (17th); Alan Mason 20:24 (18th); Chris Morgan 23:48 (32nd); Ralph Davey 23:58 (34th); Howard Brown 24:27 (40th); Angharad Roberts 25:57 (44th); Katie Stevenson 26:42 (53rd); Annie Conroy 26:43 (55th); Mal Rowson 28:09 (61st); Malcolm Farnham 28:22 (62nd).
Marathon de Paris. Sunday, 05 April 2009. Paris, France. 4 Croups members ran. Martin Williams 2:52:16 (481st); Gerry Crispie 2:55:54 (666th); Ben Farag 3:04:15 (1406th); Claire Beatty 3:52:50 (654th).
Rotterdam Marathon. Sunday, 05 April 2009. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 1 Croups member ran. Judi Rhys 3:31:44.
Taunton Half Marathon. Sunday, 05 April 2009. Somerset College of Arts and Technology, Wellington Road, Taunton, Somerset. 1 Croups member ran. Ben Pitman 1:22:11 (33rd).
Welsh Road Relays. Sunday, 05 April 2009. Parc Bryn Bach, Merthyr Road, Tredegar. 13 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 16:29; Lee Aherne 16:42; Daniel Harris 17:35; Gareth Morgan 17:43; Nick Rees 18:22; Peter Kellam 18:39; Elio Lepore 18:49; Libby O’Duffy 19:21; Sandy Johnston 19:31; Catherine Beecher 20:15; Cheryl Hudgell 20:33; Liz Ashton 21:57; Sue Neal 25:57. Distance 5k (accurately measured!). Sue Neal ran for the Senior Men (with Daniel Harris and Gareth Morgan) who were still a runner short and DNFed. The Senior Women (Katie Beecher, Cheryl Hudgell, Liz Ashton, and Libby O’Duffy) came third. The V35 men (Phil Cook, Peter Kellam, and Lee Aherne) came second. The V45 men (Sandy Johnston, Elio Lepore, and Nick Rees) also came third. We done to all; shame about the clash with the Cancer Care Cymrun 5k. I still haven’t seen full results. Thanks to Phil for these.
White Horse Half Marathon. Sunday, 05 April 2009. Millbrook Primary School, School Lane, Grove, Wantage, Oxon. 1 Croups member ran. Richard Self 1:23:29 (25th). A PB by 3 minutes for Richard!
Marathon des Sables. Monday, 06 April 2009. Morocco. 1 Croups member ran. Jen Salter 1 day 2:44:48 (82nd). Fantastic result for Jen. Stages 1 and 6 were abandoned due to flooding.
Bushy Parkrun 245. Saturday, 11 April 2009. Bushy Park, Teddington, London. 406 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Jamie Nutt 17:40 (7th). A surprise PB for Shaun. Another step to a marathon under 3.
Cardiff Parkrun 61. Saturday, 11 April 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 88 people finished. 28 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 16:19 (2nd); Calum Cheshire 16:40 (4th); Richard Wilder 16:56 (5th); Nick Dukes 17:10 (6th); Dave Coles 17:53 (10th); Stuart McIlroy 17:57 (11th); Martin Williams 18:07 (12th); Elio Lepore 18:27 (14th); Mick Tabor 18:59 (17th); Sandy Johnston 19:10 (19th); Paulo Simoes 19:28 (21st); John Diffey 19:35 (23rd); Nick Williams 20:07 (30th); Martin Pinnell 20:10 (31st); Maria Zubizarreta 20:22 (35th); Richard Sewell 20:29 (36th); Catherine Beecher 20:44 (39th); Liz Ashton 21:55 (53rd); Kellinu Portelli 22:26 (56th); David McDonald 22:27 (57th); Frank Williams 22:51 (59th); Howard Brown 24:00 (63rd); Ralph Davey 24:09 (65th); Geoff Wright 26:45 (72nd); Tony Dorsett 26:58 (73rd); Errol Alexis 28:42 (79th); Des Davies 28:46 (80th); Eirian Arwyn 33:02 (88th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 61.
Lions Journey for Sight 5k. Saturday, 11 April 2009. Virginia, USA. 191 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:27 (3rd)
Two Oceans Marathon. Saturday, 11 April 2009. Cape Town, South Africa. 2 Croups members ran. Loretta Daley 5:21:49; Alan Mann 6:07:12. Loretta earned a Bronze medal, which I assume is based on time like the Comrades. Alan was a bit slower and had to settle for a Blue one.
Teifi 10. Sunday, 12 April 2009. Lampeter Rugby Football Club, North Rd, Lampeter, Ceredigion. 150 people finished. 6 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 54:47 (6th); Scott Howell 1:00:07 (18th); Mick McGeoch 1:00:27 (19th); Stuart Reeves 1:06:29 (41st); Mike Davies 1:13:02 (79th); Steve Williams 1:20:21 (112th). Thanks to Derek Williams for sending me these in spreadsheet form.
Easter Bunny 10k. Monday, 13 April 2009. The Nuffield Bar, RNAS Yeovilton. 334 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Phil George 34:41 (13th).
Stockley Park Easter 10k. Monday, 13 April 2009. Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex. 170 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 40:18 (13th).
Bushy Parkrun 246. Saturday, 18 April 2009. Bushy Park, Teddington, London. 553 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 19:14 (44th).
Cardiff Parkrun 62. Saturday, 18 April 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 89 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Stuart McIlroy 17:53 (4th); Ben Pitman 18:51 (9th); Brian Richardson 18:53 (10th); Elio Lepore 18:59 (12th); Andy Cleves 19:28 (19th); John Diffey 19:36 (20th); Davey Proud 19:42 (21st); Paulo Simoes 19:46 (23rd); Richard Boon 19:54 (26th); Richard Sewell 21:00 (43rd); Wendy Boon 21:44 (48th); Steve Williams 22:41 (55th); Dave Weeden 23:06 (61st); Howard Brown 23:37 (67th); Julie Lewis 24:27 (68th); Tony Dorsett 26:50 (75th); Geoff Wright 27:29 (77th); Errol Alexis 28:30 (78th); Eirian Arwyn 38:15 (89th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 62.
Dismal Swamp Stomp Half Marathon. Saturday, 18 April 2009. Virginia, USA. 915 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:18:39 (17th). Steve finished as 2nd ’masters’ runner and 1st local runner as well as collecting an impressive PB.
National 12 Stage Road Relays. Saturday, 18 April 2009. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 12 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 15:54; Calum Cheshire 16:17; Daniel Harris 17:33; Scott Howell 17:39; Mick McGeoch 17:45; Nick Rees 17:51; Julian Baker 28:25; Chris Discombe 28:32; Phil Cook 29:03; Nick Dukes 30:02; Stuart Crees 30:08; Phil George 30:36. Croups finished 36th with a cumulative time of 4:39:45. Belgrave won, finishing five minutes and eleven seconds ahead of Newham. Every one of their short legs was sub 15, which is impressive strength in depth. Times under 18 mins for us were the short legs; the rest are the long legs.
Lochaber Marathon. Sunday, 19 April 2009. Nevis Centre, An Aird, Fort William, Scotland. 1 Croups member ran. Dave Headon 3:42:13 (148th).
Offa’s ’Orror. Sunday, 19 April 2009. The Anchor Inn, Tintern, near Chepstow. 202 people finished. 8 Croups members ran. Rob Scott 1:35:43 (18th); Peter Kellam 1:39:24 (28th); Rob Sage 1:39:30 (29th); Ruth Pickvance 1:40:48 (34th); Cheryl Hudgell 1:49:40 (71st); Shayne Sawyers 2:01:15 (109th); Sian Evans 2:05:44 (124th); Gillian McCue 2:27:36 (185th). Official results: 24Kb PDF file. Archive of Offa’s ’Orror.
Parc Bryn Bach Running Club and Hospice of the Valleys 10k. Sunday, 19 April 2009. Parc Bryn Bach, Merthyr Road, Tredegar. 3 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 34:47 (2nd); Mick Tabor 39:59 (7th); Linda Jensen 56:00. Thanks to Mick Tabor for finding the official results.
Porthkerry Plod. Sunday, 19 April 2009. Porthkerry Park, Barry. 127 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Jamie Nutt 30:48 (2nd); Lyndon Tudor-Maisey 32:41 (7th); Matt Hurford 33:07 (10th); John Diffey 34:29 (17th); John O’Shea 34:46 (19th); Clive Osmond 35:08 (20th); Howard Kent 35:27 (22nd); Marcus Coles 36:06 (26th); Steve Alexander 36:29 (31st); Steve Owen 36:33 (33rd); Richard Sewell 36:41 (35th); Mike Murphy 37:04 (36th); Alun Jones 37:13 (38th); Julie Scholey 41:04 (61st); Michael Rossiter 41:30 (68th); Jane Ash 43:05 (79th); Mal Rowson 50:07 (115th); Gillian Murphy 50:58 (119th); Karen Phillips 58:45 (127th). Official results: 63Kb RTF file. Archive of Porthkerry Plod.
University of Wales, Newport 8th ISCA Duathlon. Sunday, 19 April 2009. University of Wales, Newport Sports Centre, Lodge Road, Caerleon, Newport. 89 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 1:00:12 (1st); Gareth Lynch 1:05:06 (13th); Nick Rees 1:10:28 (26th); Ruth Tyler 1:17:28 (47th). Official results: 153Kb MS Word file.
Bushy Parkrun 247. Saturday, 25 April 2009. Bushy Park, Teddington, London. 453 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Paul Coker 22:07 (129th).
Cardiff Parkrun 63. Saturday, 25 April 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 97 people finished. 16 Croups members ran. Stuart McIlroy 17:49 (6th); Rob Sage 17:56 (8th); Sandy Johnston 19:03 (14th); Clive Osmond 19:08 (15th); Scott Hemmens 19:54 (22nd); Cheryl Hudgell 20:03 (24th); Jen Salter 20:15 (28th); Alun Jones 20:26 (29th); Shayne Sawyers 20:39 (36th); Dave Miller 21:50 (43rd); Jenny Hughes 22:19 (50th); Geoff Wright 26:23 (79th); Tony Dorsett 26:56 (80th); Gwenno Williams 28:27 (87th); Errol Alexis 30:11 (91st); Eirian Arwyn 34:26 (97th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 63.
Chesapeake Bay 10k. Saturday, 25 April 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 36:55 (3rd)
Llandovery Triathlon 400m/20k/5k. Saturday, 25 April 2009. Llandovery Swimming Complex, Cilycwm Road, Llandovery, Carmarthenshire. 88 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Gareth Lynch 1:12:03 (5th); Gareth Morgan 1:15:35 (12th).
Big Sur Marathon. Sunday, 26 April 2009. Big Sur to Carmel, California, USA. 3078 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Williams 4:36:47 (1631st).
Hamburg Marathon. Sunday, 26 April 2009. Hamburg, Germany. 1 Croups member ran. Andrew Sedgmond 3:51:11 (4213th). Sorry about the delays with these: my monitor has died, and I’m doing the best I can from my laptop.
London Marathon. Sunday, 26 April 2009. London. 35247 people finished. 27 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 2:28:43 (44th); Lee Aherne 2:34:08 (88th); Stuart Crees 2:39:16 (164th); Phil Cook 2:42:58 (237th); Phil George 2:44:38 (282nd); Nick Dukes 2:45:04 (298th); Mick McGeoch 2:53:20 (544th); Scott Howell 2:55:44 (673rd); Gerry Crispie 2:56:20 (698th); Richard Self 2:59:08 (877th); Jessica Parry-Williams 3:02:01 (52nd); Stuart Reeves 3:03:25 (1113th); Libby O’Duffy 3:12:49 (160th); Terry Caveney 3:18:47 (2339th); Shaun Connor 3:19:58 (2471st); Andrew Russell 3:27:31 (3314th); Maria Zubizarreta 3:28:11 (462nd); Eurof Davies 3:30:12 (3667th); Veronica Singleton 3:30:17 (518th); Firouz Mal 3:41:51 (5244th); Jeff Aston 3:45:01 (5741st); Mike Davies 3:45:53 (5857th); John Thomas 3:55:55 (7684th); Gary Hyatt 4:21:53 (12558th); Richard Boon 4:33:39 (14679th); Adam Abraham 4:38:27 (15522nd); Tracey Newman 4:44:15 (5219th). I’ve now added some names I missed because their club affiliation wasn’t recorded. 10 sub 3 hour performances - the most we’have since 1998. 6 of those were PBs: Lee, Stuart, Phil G, Nick, Scotty, and Richard.
Shakespeare Marathon. Sunday, 26 April 2009. Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire. 2 Croups members ran. Tim Lewis 4:09:47 (512th); David McDonald 4:22:03 (606th).
Pentyrch Hill Race. Tuesday, 28 April 2009. Pentyrch RFC, Parc-y-Dwrlyn Fields, Penuel Road, Pentyrch. 125 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Rob Scott 54:10 (22nd); Matt Townsend 55:02 (27th); John O’Shea 56:35 (33rd); Catherine Beecher 57:01 (39th); Cheryl Hudgell 58:11 (47th); Steve Alexander 59:38 (54th); Shayne Sawyers 59:45 (55th); Nick Dallimore 1:00:00 (57th); Liz Ashton 1:04:30 (77th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:04:41 (79th); Graeme Donnan 1:04:46 (80th); Julie Scholey 1:08:21 (97th); Caroline Dallimore 1:08:49 (100th); Richard Boon 1:09:14 (103rd); Rod Jones 1:13:28 (109th); Jemma Nurse 1:16:39 (117th); Gillian Murphy 1:22:51 (121st); Mike Murphy 1:22:53 (122nd); Geoff Wright 1:26:04 (125th).

May

Cardiff Parkrun 64. Friday, 01 May 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 74 people finished. 6 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 16:34 (5th); Elio Lepore 18:57 (15th); Martin Pinnell 21:36 (37th); Julie Lewis 23:57 (53rd); Tony Dorsett 27:34 (65th); Eirian Arwyn 34:07 (74th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 64.
Cardiff Try-A-Tri. Sunday, 03 May 2009. Fairwater Leisure Centre, Cardiff. 91 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Ben Pitman 56:34 (1st); Jen Salter 1:01:54 (9th). Jen was 1st lady, so that’s a very satisfying result.
Frederick Marathon. Sunday, 03 May 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 3:02:11 (14th).
Les Croupiers Castles Time Trial. Sunday, 03 May 2009. Llandaff Rugby Club, Western Avenue, Cardiff. 34 people finished. 32 Croups members ran. Calum Cheshire 56:57 (1st); Julian Baker 59:28 (2nd); Jamie Nutt 59:52 (3rd); Nick Dukes 1:00:06 (4th); Dave Coles 1:01:19 (5th); Daniel Harris 1:01:41 (6th); Mick Tabor 1:01:46 (7th); Dave Headon 1:02:28 (8th); Martin Williams 1:02:41 (9th); Matt Hurford 1:04:02 (10th); Gerry Crispie 1:04:14 (11th); Ben Farag 1:04:17 (12th); Matt Townsend 1:06:08 (13th); Davey Proud 1:07:16 (15th); John O’Shea 1:07:25 (16th); Marcus Coles 1:07:41 (17th); Andy Cleves 1:08:05 (18th); Rob Evans 1:08:13 (19th); Mike Murphy 1:08:20 (20th); Catherine Beecher 1:09:25 (21st); Stuart Crees 1:09:26 (22nd); Alan Mann 1:11:18 (23rd); Richard Sewell 1:11:42 (24th); Kellinu Portelli 1:12:10 (25th); Alun Jones 1:12:21 (26th); Shayne Sawyers 1:13:29 (27th); Wendy Boon 1:13:41 (28th); Jenny Hughes 1:14:07 (29th); Julie Scholey 1:20:07 (31st); David McDonald 1:20:12 (32nd); Tracey Newman 1:33:01 (33rd); Gillian Murphy 1:35:44 (34th).
Newport Bay Spring Festival 10km. Sunday, 03 May 2009. Newport Bay, Parrog Road, Newport, Pembs. 42 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Sian Evans 49:36 (31st); Clare Johnson 56:58 (39th).
BMC 3000m. Monday, 04 May 2009. Millfield School, Butleigh Road, Street, Somerset. 16 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Chris Discombe 8:24 (3rd)
Cardiff Parkrun 65. Saturday, 09 May 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 83 people finished. 16 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 17:11 (3rd); Nick Dukes 17:39 (4th); Phil George 18:20 (8th); Adam Morton 18:33 (11th); Mick Tabor 18:53 (12th); Sandy Johnston 19:37 (22nd); Catherine Beecher 19:44 (25th); Rob Evans 19:46 (27th); Jen Salter 20:02 (34th); Terry Caveney 20:02 (35th); Jane Coker 20:07 (36th); Graeme Donnan 20:19 (39th); Dave Miller 21:57 (47th); David McDonald 22:44 (53rd); Tony Dorsett 27:10 (70th); Geoff Wright 29:08 (74th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 65.
Endurance Life Coastal Trail Series Exmoor Marathon. Saturday, 09 May 2009. Parracombe, North Devon. 105 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Sara MacBride-Stewart 5:25:06 (56th). Known as ’The Beast’. Measured over 26.6 miles; approx 4000ft ascent.
Run for Independence 5k. Saturday, 09 May 2009. Virginia, USA. 164 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:39 (6th). Steve makes yet another very quick post-marathon recovery, placing first in his age group.
Bristol 10k. Sunday, 10 May 2009. Anchor Road, Harbourside, Bristol. 1 Croups member ran. Andy Mundy 47:05 (971st).
Tewkesbury Half Marathon. Sunday, 10 May 2009. Tewkesbury Rugby Football Club, The Moats Langet Lane, Gander Lane, Tewkesbury, Glos. 957 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Lyndon Tudor-Maisey 1:21:46 (15th); Rob Scott 1:25:48 (29th); Scott Hemmens 1:31:45 (85th); Kellinu Portelli 1:35:32 (126th). All four members gained PBs. Thanks to Scott Hemmens for sending me these.
Civil Service 10k. Tuesday, 12 May 2009. Battersea Park, London. 153 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Dave Williams 34:35 (5th); Catherine Beecher 40:57 (57th). Official results: 36Kb PDF file. Thanks to Dave Williams for sending me these. Won in windy conditions by a 45+ year old in 32:54. Dave tells me he was third V35: perfectly true; he was just beaten by two even older men! The first non-vet finished 12th. Katie Beecher finished third lady: again a veteran took the top place. The link should work too: ’results’ is spelled wrongly in the url.
BMC 800m B race. Wednesday, 13 May 2009. Cardiff Athletic Stadium, Leckwith Road, Cardiff. 2 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 1:56 (1st); Alan Bladen 1:01:50.
Les Croupiers Duathlon Series 1. Wednesday, 13 May 2009. Llandow Race Circuit, Nr Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan. 29 people finished. No Croups members ran.
Open meeting 3000m. Wednesday, 13 May 2009. Cardiff Athletic Stadium, Leckwith Road, Cardiff. 1 Croups member ran. Julian Baker 9:33 (7th).
Rhayader 5km Race Series. Wednesday, 13 May 2009. Caban Coch Reservoir Dam, Nr Rhayader. 1 Croups member ran. Stuart Reeves 17:42 (5th).
Self Transcendence Race Series 2 miles. Friday, 15 May 2009. Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff. 105 people finished. 26 Croups members ran. Calum Cheshire 10:30 (2nd); Stuart Crees 10:41 (4th); Phil George 10:59 (6th); Daniel Harris 11:07 (9th); Matt Townsend 11:54 (12th); Matt Hurford 11:55 (13th); Andrew Russell 11:56 (14th); Matthew Hopkins 12:10 (18th); Davey Proud 12:12 (21st); Marcus Coles 12:17 (22nd); John O’Shea 12:21 (23rd); Catherine Beecher 12:23 (24th); Shayne Sawyers 12:34 (26th); Alun Jones 12:36 (29th); Terry Caveney 12:40 (32nd); Jenny Hughes 13:10 (38th); Graeme Donnan 13:12 (39th); Mike Murphy 13:13 (40th); Tim O’Sullivan 13:31 (45th); Ruth McLees 13:36 (48th); Michael Rossiter 13:44 (50th); Julie Scholey 14:11 (54th); Caroline Dallimore 15:22 (67th); Gillian Murphy 17:15 (84th); Mal Rowson 18:10 (87th); Karen Phillips 20:06 (97th). Thanks to Garga of Sri Chinmoy RC for sending me these. NB These have now been corrected to include Phil Bristow who finished 28th, but was accidentally omitted from the original results. All runners after him have therefore moved down a position.
Austism Awareness 5k. Saturday, 16 May 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:14 (2nd)
Bedfont Lakes Parkrun 2. Saturday, 16 May 2009. Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Clockhouse Lane, Bedfont, Middlesex. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 20:36 (13th).
Cardiff Parkrun 66. Saturday, 16 May 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 92 people finished. 16 Croups members ran. Calum Cheshire 16:36 (4th); Richard Wilder 16:54 (6th); Adam Morton 18:23 (12th); Jen Salter 19:48 (25th); Richard Boon 19:51 (26th); Paulo Simoes 19:59 (28th); Paul Morris 20:11 (32nd); Dave Price 20:19 (36th); Nick Williams 20:52 (40th); Wendy Boon 21:55 (53rd); Claire Beatty 22:12 (56th); Libby O’Duffy 22:12 (57th); Cath Tailby 22:25 (59th); Frank Williams 22:36 (62nd); Tony Dorsett 27:13 (83rd); Eirian Arwyn 31:23 (92nd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 66.
Masters Relays Men Over 35. Saturday, 16 May 2009. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 4 Croups members ran. Dave Williams 16:09; Phil George 16:31; Marcus Coles 18:13; Alun Jones 20:29. Thanks to Mick McGeoch for sorting out names and times. Distance just under 5k. 20th team.
Masters Relays Men Over 40. Saturday, 16 May 2009. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 8 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 15:56; Lee Aherne 16:02; Richard Bullen 16:39; Dave Coles 17:20; Mike Davies 17:20; Scott Howell 17:32; Matt Townsend 18:06; Alan Mann 21:07. Thanks to Mick McGeoch for sorting out names and times. Distance just under 5k. 21st team.
Masters Relays Men Over 50. Saturday, 16 May 2009. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 6 Croups members ran. Mick McGeoch 17:29; Mick Tabor 17:45; Elio Lepore 18:14; Nick Rees 18:22; Paul Coker 18:27; Mike Murphy 18:51. Thanks to Mick McGeoch for sorting out names and times. Distance just under 5k. 15th team.
Masters Relays Men Over 60. Saturday, 16 May 2009. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 3 Croups members ran. John Plain 19:51; Mel James 22:20; Howard Brown 22:46. Thanks to Mick McGeoch for sorting out names and times. Distance just under 5k. 23rd team.
Masters Relays Women Over 35. Saturday, 16 May 2009. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 4 Croups members ran. Joanna Prichard 19:31; Yvonne Bullen 20:46; Judi Rhys 21:30; Gillian Murphy 26:18. 17th team. Distance just under 5k (3.08 miles from memory). Thanks to Jane Coker for sorting the names and times out.
Masters Relays Women Over 45. Saturday, 16 May 2009. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 3 Croups members ran. Jane Coker 19:35; Veronica Singleton 20:31; Gillian Kellam 21:17. 6th team. Distance just under 5k (3.08 miles from memory). Thanks to Jane Coker for sorting the names and times out.
Masters Relays Women Over 55. Saturday, 16 May 2009. Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham. 3 Croups members ran. Edwina Turner 22:17; Ann James 22:36; Annie Conroy 25:19. 5th team. Distance just under 5k (3.08 miles from memory). Thanks to Jane Coker for sorting the names and times out.
Chester Half Marathon. Sunday, 17 May 2009. Chester Racecourse, Chester. 2091 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Denis Murphy 1:38:49 (381st).
Hereford Half Marathon. Sunday, 17 May 2009. Hereford Leisure Centre, Holmer Road, Hereford. 500 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Ben Pitman 1:26:59 (31st); David McDonald 1:46:58 (174th); Kellinu Portelli 1:47:00 (175th). A PB of over three minutes for David. Thanks to Kellinu for pointing this out.
Sarn Helen Hill Race (16.5M). Sunday, 17 May 2009. Lampeter Rugby Football Club, North Rd, Lampeter, Ceredigion. 90 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Julian Baker 1:48:09 (2nd). Official results: 36Kb Excel File.
Sirhowy Challenge. Sunday, 17 May 2009. Ynysddu Hotel, Ynysddu, Newport, Gwent. 77 people finished. 15 Croups members ran. Phil George 1:09:47 (4th); Mick Tabor 1:13:20 (12th); Catherine Beecher 1:15:48 (19th); Clive Osmond 1:16:20 (20th); Terry Caveney 1:16:22 (21st); John Diffey 1:17:00 (23rd); John O’Shea 1:18:05 (25th); Matt Townsend 1:19:38 (28th); Mike Davies 1:24:30 (41st); Graeme Donnan 1:25:48 (43rd); Tim O’Sullivan 1:26:45 (46th); Julie Scholey 1:30:52 (56th); Caroline Dallimore 1:32:45 (59th); Linda Jensen 1:50:11 (70th); Rod Jones 1:52:12 (72nd). Thanks to Mick Tabor for sending me these. Apologies to Katie Beecher and Tim O’Sullivan who were originally down as unattached.
Staines 10k. Sunday, 17 May 2009. Spelthorne Leisure Centre, Knowle Green, Staines, Middlesex. 508 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 39:58 (41st). Another PB for Shaun! Clearly the result of marathon training and Park Runs across the country.
Queen Mother Reservoir Datchet 10k. Tuesday, 19 May 2009. Queen Mother Reservoir, Horton Road, Horton, Berkshire. 109 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 41:01 (11th).
Rose Inn Series, Race 1. Tuesday, 19 May 2009. Redwick, Nr Magor. 170 people finished. 23 Croups members ran. Calum Cheshire 21:44 (4th); Jamie Nutt 21:51 (6th); Nick Dukes 21:52 (7th); Phil George 22:38 (13th); Mick McGeoch 23:19 (19th); Rob Scott 24:21 (29th); Matt Townsend 24:43 (35th); Andrew Russell 25:06 (39th); John O’Shea 25:15 (41st); Rob Evans 25:18 (43rd); Mike Murphy 25:32 (46th); Clive Osmond 25:42 (54th); Howard Kent 26:20 (60th); Mike Davies 26:31 (63rd); Shayne Sawyers 26:33 (64th); Graeme Donnan 26:50 (68th); John Plain 26:58 (70th); Mike Dix 29:37 (95th); Steve Williams 29:48 (97th); David McDonald 30:03 (99th); Ralph Davey 32:19 (125th); Garry Pashley 34:24 (140th); Gillian Murphy 35:22 (150th). Official results: 63Kb PDF file. Archive of Rose Inn Series, Race 1.
SSAFA 5 km. Wednesday, 20 May 2009. Blackweir Tavern, North Road, Cardiff. 86 people finished. 44 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 15:37 (8th); Julian Baker 16:04 (13th); Stuart Crees 16:27 (16th); Calum Cheshire 16:34 (18th); Jamie Nutt 16:45 (20th); Nick Dukes 16:46 (21st); Richard Bullen 17:27 (23rd); Daniel Harris 17:36 (25th); Mick McGeoch 17:42 (26th); Scott Howell 17:49 (28th); Rob Jones 18:04 (29th); Matt Hurford 18:07 (30th); Julian Carter 18:08 (31st); Adam Morton 18:19 (35th); Matthew Hopkins 19:06 (44th); Marcus Coles 19:12 (46th); Catherine Beecher 19:17 (47th); Eurof Davies 19:18 (48th); Mike Murphy 19:21 (49th); Rob Evans 19:26 (50th); John Diffey 19:36 (51st); Gerry Crispie 19:47 (52nd); Alun Jones 19:54 (54th); Richard Boon 20:08 (55th); Joanna Prichard 20:24 (56th); Cheryl Hudgell 20:37 (57th); Tim O’Sullivan 20:46 (58th); Alan Mann 20:51 (59th); Graeme Donnan 20:56 (60th); Yvonne Bullen 21:14 (62nd); Wendy Boon 21:41 (65th); Mike Dix 21:46 (66th); Jeff Aston 21:49 (67th); Julie Scholey 21:49 (68th); Frank Williams 21:57 (69th); Loretta Daley 22:06 (70th); David McDonald 22:26 (72nd); Liz Ashton 22:28 (73rd); Mark Farrar 23:11 (74th); Chris Morgan 23:55 (76th); Sarah Dodd 24:08 (77th); Gillian Murphy 27:06 (82nd); Tony Dorsett 27:16 (83rd); Alan Bladen 29:37 (85th).
Civil Service Departmental Rep Match 3000m. Thursday, 21 May 2009. CSSC Sports Ground, Riverside Drive, Dukes Meadow, Chiswick, London. 1 Croups member ran. Dave Williams 9:50 (1st)
Bedfont Lakes Parkrun 3. Saturday, 23 May 2009. Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Clockhouse Lane, Bedfont, Middlesex. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 20:07 (5th).
Cardiff Parkrun 67. Saturday, 23 May 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 116 people finished. 28 Croups members ran. Calum Cheshire 16:29 (3rd); Richard Wilder 16:50 (4th); Mark Palser 16:55 (5th); Martin Williams 17:57 (11th); Adam Morton 18:31 (17th); Richard Self 18:33 (18th); Elio Lepore 18:37 (20th); Mick Tabor 18:52 (21st); Davey Proud 19:14 (25th); Paulo Simoes 19:22 (28th); John Diffey 19:40 (32nd); Jen Salter 19:52 (37th); Nick Williams 20:25 (47th); Richard Sewell 20:43 (52nd); Jeff Aston 21:11 (55th); Frank Williams 21:46 (60th); Loretta Daley 21:49 (61st); Liz Ashton 21:52 (62nd); Julie Scholey 22:12 (68th); David McDonald 22:29 (69th); Hannah Elizabeth Davies 24:44 (82nd); Clare Johnson 25:56 (89th); Annie Conroy 26:02 (92nd); Tony Dorsett 27:43 (99th); Errol Alexis 28:27 (105th); Joanne Gamba 29:13 (106th); Maria Carr 32:12 (112th); Eirian Arwyn 33:52 (116th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 67.
Elizabeth River Run 10k. Saturday, 23 May 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 36:40 (12th). Steve finished 1st in the 40-44 age group.
Merthyr Mawr 5k. Wednesday, 27 May 2009. Merthyr Mawr Lane. 128 people finished. 39 Croups members ran. Jamie Nutt 16:45 (3rd); Nick Dukes 16:47 (4th); Richard Bullen 16:52 (5th); Phil Cook 16:59 (7th); Martin Williams 17:32 (9th); Mick McGeoch 17:55 (15th); Nick Rees 18:14 (20th); Matt Hurford 18:19 (23rd); Mike Lewis 18:21 (24th); Ben Farag 18:27 (27th); Rob Scott 18:33 (29th); Matt Townsend 18:42 (34th); Mike Murphy 19:08 (43rd); Matthew Hopkins 19:10 (44th); Andrew Russell 19:16 (45th); Libby O’Duffy 19:29 (48th); Eurof Davies 19:33 (49th); John Diffey 19:36 (52nd); Rob Evans 19:48 (56th); Cheryl Hudgell 19:57 (60th); Graeme Donnan 21:00 (72nd); Jenny Hughes 21:14 (77th); Liz Ashton 21:22 (79th); Yvonne Bullen 21:32 (81st); Jeff Aston 21:38 (83rd); Julie Scholey 21:58 (86th); Andrew Sedgmond 22:03 (87th); Frank Williams 22:14 (90th); Andy Mundy 22:24 (91st); Mike Dix 22:25 (92nd); Gerry O’Beirne 22:44 (97th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 22:46 (98th); David McDonald 22:49 (99th); Howard Brown 23:20 (102nd); Chris Morgan 23:44 (103rd); Hannah Elizabeth Davies 24:22 (108th); Gillian Murphy 27:07 (112th); Alexandria Gunn 30:59 (125th); Maria Carr 31:48 (127th).
Rhayader 5km Race Series. Wednesday, 27 May 2009. Caban Coch Reservoir Dam, Nr Rhayader. 1 Croups member ran. Stuart Reeves 17:49 (5th).
Bushy Parkrun 252. Saturday, 30 May 2009. Bushy Park, Teddington, London. 578 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 20:00 (57th).
Cader Idris Race. Saturday, 30 May 2009. Dolgellau. 3 Croups members ran. Tim O’Sullivan 2:30:37 (198th); Graeme Donnan 2:40:13 (217th); Geoff Wright 3:10:10 (244th). It was hot!
Cardiff Parkrun 68. Saturday, 30 May 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 97 people finished. 21 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:38 (3rd); Calum Cheshire 16:41 (4th); Lyndon Tudor-Maisey 17:29 (7th); Paul Coker 18:28 (14th); Ben Pitman 18:31 (15th); Mick Tabor 18:47 (19th); Elio Lepore 18:59 (23rd); Paulo Simoes 19:01 (25th); Rob Sage 19:29 (27th); John Diffey 19:40 (30th); Cheryl Hudgell 20:02 (35th); Jane Coker 20:09 (37th); Nick Williams 20:33 (40th); Mark Palser 20:46 (42nd); Gillian Kellam 21:30 (47th); Richard Barlow 24:26 (68th); Tony Dorsett 27:30 (80th); Errol Alexis 27:50 (81st); Joanne Gamba 31:45 (91st); Eirian Arwyn 40:23 (96th); Des Davies 50:56 (97th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 68.
Magic Roundabout 10k. Sunday, 31 May 2009. The Begwyns nr Hay-on-Wye. 154 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Mike Murphy 47:49 (34th); Jeff Aston 51:32 (66th); Martyn Yates 59:01 (108th); Eirian Arwyn 1:11:15 (148th).

June

D-Day 10K. Wednesday, 03 June 2009. Mountbatten Centre, Alexandra Park, Twyford Avenue, Portsmouth. 1 Croups member ran. Firouz Mal 43:58.
Self Transcendence Race Series 3 miles. Friday, 05 June 2009. Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff. 104 people finished. 32 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 15:55 (3rd); Calum Cheshire 15:58 (4th); Nick Dukes 16:00 (5th); Jamie Nutt 16:26 (6th); Phil George 16:35 (7th); Daniel Harris 17:28 (13th); Matt Townsend 18:10 (18th); Andrew Russell 18:18 (19th); Marcus Coles 18:23 (20th); Davey Proud 18:28 (21st); Mike Murphy 18:31 (23rd); Catherine Beecher 18:35 (24th); John O’Shea 18:43 (25th); Terry Caveney 18:53 (27th); Gerry Crispie 18:59 (28th); Shayne Sawyers 19:01 (29th); Jenny Hughes 20:12 (41st); Michael Rossiter 20:36 (44th); Julie Scholey 20:43 (46th); Tim O’Sullivan 20:50 (47th); Liz Ashton 20:52 (48th); Ruth McLees 20:52 (49th); Jeff Aston 21:20 (53rd); David McDonald 21:41 (56th); Caroline Dallimore 22:51 (64th); Annie Conroy 25:07 (76th); Gillian Murphy 25:45 (79th); Gillian McCue 27:10 (88th); Mal Rowson 27:59 (91st); Ceri Francis 29:27 (96th); Debbie Ford 29:54 (98th); Maria Carr 30:03 (99th). Official results: 74Kb PDF file. Archive of Self Transcendence Race Series 3 miles.
Bushy Parkrun 253. Saturday, 06 June 2009. Bushy Park, Teddington, London. 447 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 19:46 (42nd). Shaun’s brother Paul has started running and is improving each week. He ran 26:26 for his second 5k.
Cardiff Parkrun 69. Saturday, 06 June 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 75 people finished. 12 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 17:00 (2nd); Mark Palser 17:23 (3rd); Gareth Morgan 17:57 (8th); Ben Pitman 18:38 (12th); Paulo Simoes 19:06 (14th); Sandy Johnston 20:02 (21st); Hannah Elizabeth Davies 25:26 (52nd); Tony Dorsett 27:19 (62nd); Geoff Wright 28:18 (65th); Joanne Gamba 28:30 (67th); Des Davies 28:36 (69th); Eirian Arwyn 33:15 (75th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 69.
Dartmoor Discovery 32 Mile Road Race. Saturday, 06 June 2009. Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon. 117 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Loretta Daley 4:51:30 (32nd); Alan Mann 5:40:50 (88th); Gil John 6:35:35 (114th). Loretta was 4th female and 1st over 40.
Dorney Lake Half Ironman Aquathlon. Sunday, 07 June 2009. Dorney Lake, Windsor. 63 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Shaun Connor 2:06:11 (63rd). Shaun’s splits were: 2k Open Water Swim 34:55; Half Marathon: 1:31:58.
Fairford 10k. Sunday, 07 June 2009. Fairford, Glos. 188 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Richard Bullen 34:46 (5th); Yvonne Bullen 44:48 (42nd). Official results: 19Kb PDF file. Archive of Fairford 10k. Richie was first M40 and Yvonne was second lady overall and 1st over 45. Alan Bladen doesn’t appear in the PDF because there seems to be a bug in the 4th page. Thanks to Richie and Alan for sending me these.
Rose Inn Series, Race 2. Tuesday, 09 June 2009. Redwick, Nr Magor. 166 people finished. 21 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 21:17 (6th); Calum Cheshire 21:30 (7th); Gareth Lynch 22:56 (16th); Matt Townsend 24:51 (32nd); Andrew Russell 24:54 (34th); Mike Murphy 25:01 (38th); Rob Evans 25:14 (41st); John O’Shea 25:27 (44th); John Diffey 25:34 (48th); Catherine Beecher 25:37 (49th); Shayne Sawyers 25:41 (50th); Howard Kent 26:25 (60th); John Plain 26:37 (64th); Alun Jones 27:02 (71st); Tim O’Sullivan 27:05 (73rd); Mike Dix 27:52 (84th); Julie Scholey 27:53 (85th); Jeff Aston 28:07 (87th); David McDonald 29:38 (102nd); Gillian Murphy 34:28 (143rd); Alan Bladen 37:32 (159th). Official results: 155Kb PDF file. Archive of Rose Inn Series, Race 2.
Swansea Bay 5k. Tuesday, 09 June 2009. Blackpill Lido, Swansea. 1 Croups member ran. Jeremy Forshew 19:37.
Rhayader 5km Race Series. Wednesday, 10 June 2009. Caban Coch Reservoir Dam, Nr Rhayader. 1 Croups member ran. Stuart Reeves 17:25 (5th).
Cardiff Parkrun 70. Saturday, 13 June 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 73 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Stuart McIlroy 18:32 (4th); Adam Morton 18:55 (7th); Paulo Simoes 18:57 (8th); Mike Davies 20:47 (19th); Andy Mundy 21:28 (26th); David Furness 22:29 (34th); Richard Crawford 24:10 (42nd); Des Davies 25:38 (46th); Tony Dorsett 27:55 (54th); Errol Alexis 28:23 (55th); Maria Carr 31:26 (66th); Joanne Gamba 31:29 (67th); Eirian Arwyn 34:28 (73rd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 70.
Les Croupiers Duathlon Series 2. Wednesday, 17 June 2009. Llandow Race Circuit, Nr Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan. 1 Croups member ran. Richard Wilder 42:48 (1st)
Cardiff Parkrun 71. Saturday, 20 June 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 106 people finished. 24 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 16:52 (2nd); Richard Wilder 17:01 (3rd); Dave Headon 17:59 (11th); Elio Lepore 18:27 (15th); Eero Keranen 18:34 (16th); Stuart McIlroy 18:40 (17th); Paulo Simoes 18:42 (18th); Adam Morton 18:52 (20th); Catherine Beecher 19:31 (26th); Mick McGeoch 19:52 (30th); Paul Morris 20:04 (32nd); Jen Salter 20:19 (35th); John Plain 20:30 (36th); Alan Mann 21:17 (47th); Claire Beatty 21:54 (54th); Andy Mundy 22:02 (56th); Loretta Daley 22:32 (61st); David Furness 22:37 (63rd); Sara Keranen 23:08 (66th); Des Davies 25:03 (76th); Garry Pashley 26:58 (83rd); Tony Dorsett 27:44 (86th); Gwenno Williams 28:33 (89th); Errol Alexis 28:48 (91st). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 71.
Midnight Sun Marathon. Saturday, 20 June 2009. Tromsø, Norway. 1 Croups member ran. Mark Farrar 4:14:23.
Red Kite Challenge. Saturday, 20 June 2009. Bwlch Nant yr Arian Forest Visitor Centre, Llywernog, Ponterwyd, Aberystwyth. 94 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Mick Tabor 1:29:31 (10th); Linda Jensen 2:20:06 (78th). UK & Welsh Trail Running Championship 2009.
Llanelli Waterside 10k. Sunday, 21 June 2009. Llanelli Festival Fields, Millennium Coastal Park, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire. 717 people finished. 22 Croups members ran. Martin Williams 36:49 (8th); Gareth Lynch 37:16 (13th); Matt Hurford 37:47 (22nd); Ben Farag 38:29 (26th); Gerry Crispie 39:09 (33rd); Matthew Hopkins 39:55 (41st); Davey Proud 40:09 (44th); Mike Murphy 40:21 (47th); Andrew Russell 40:26 (48th); Clive Osmond 41:48 (66th); Kellinu Portelli 43:31 (101st); Richard Beech 43:56 (113th); Jeff Aston 44:13 (123rd); Julie Scholey 45:43 (169th); Judi Rhys 46:11 (181st); Ian Derrick 47:16 (206th); Sian Evans 47:41 (215th); David McDonald 48:01 (224th); Steve Williams 48:33 (236th); Chris Morgan 51:41 (323rd); Gillian Murphy 55:58 (446th); Joanne Gamba 1:00:05 (551st). Official results: 78Kb PDF file. Archive of Llanelli Waterside 10k. NB. These results do not include the handcyclist and are sorted by chip time. Thanks to Andrew Russell and David McDonald for these.
SSAFA 5 km. Wednesday, 24 June 2009. Blackweir Tavern, North Road, Cardiff. 91 people finished. 45 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:20 (10th); Calum Cheshire 16:35 (13th); Nick Dukes 16:46 (15th); Jamie Nutt 17:39 (19th); Gareth Morgan 17:43 (20th); Rob Jones 17:45 (21st); Rob Sage 17:50 (22nd); Mick McGeoch 17:55 (24th); Matt Hurford 18:04 (27th); Elio Lepore 18:21 (30th); Paul Coker 18:40 (33rd); Daniel Harris 18:42 (34th); Matthew Hopkins 19:01 (37th); Marcus Coles 19:09 (38th); Catherine Beecher 19:13 (40th); Rob Evans 19:14 (41st); Adam Morton 19:15 (42nd); John O’Shea 19:18 (43rd); Matt Townsend 19:20 (44th); John Diffey 19:28 (47th); Eurof Davies 19:30 (48th); Shayne Sawyers 20:00 (51st); Howard Kent 20:13 (52nd); John Plain 20:24 (54th); Joanna Prichard 20:27 (55th); Jane Coker 20:33 (56th); Alan Mann 20:49 (58th); Graeme Donnan 20:54 (60th); Cheryl Hudgell 20:55 (61st); Alan Mason 20:55 (62nd); Jeff Aston 21:30 (65th); Liz Ashton 21:33 (66th); Mike Dix 22:03 (70th); Loretta Daley 22:05 (71st); Gerry O’Beirne 22:10 (72nd); Julie Scholey 22:17 (73rd); David McDonald 22:29 (74th); Howard Brown 23:22 (78th); Chris Morgan 23:36 (79th); Sarah Dodd 25:37 (82nd); Gillian McCue 25:43 (83rd); Clare Johnson 25:51 (85th); Gillian Murphy 26:46 (87th); Tony Dorsett 28:22 (89th); Mike Murphy 29:14 (91st).
BMC 1500m ’C’. Saturday, 27 June 2009. Stretford/Trafford Athletic Stadium, Ryebank Road, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Manchester. 1 Croups member ran. Chris Discombe 3:52 (4th).
Cardiff Parkrun 72. Saturday, 27 June 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 109 people finished. 27 Croups members ran. Eero Keranen 18:21 (7th); Sandy Johnston 18:27 (9th); Mick Tabor 18:37 (11th); Martin Williams 18:38 (12th); Elio Lepore 18:47 (14th); Paulo Simoes 19:03 (15th); Davey Proud 19:18 (16th); Dave Price 19:20 (17th); Rob Evans 19:21 (18th); Shayne Sawyers 19:23 (20th); John Diffey 19:44 (27th); Dave Coles 19:50 (28th); Terry Caveney 20:02 (31st); Jen Salter 20:12 (32nd); Richard Sewell 21:29 (42nd); David Furness 22:10 (49th); Dave Weeden 22:14 (51st); Sara Keranen 23:18 (62nd); Sarah McCarthy 23:31 (65th); Loretta Daley 23:34 (66th); Des Davies 25:16 (75th); Joanne Gamba 28:02 (86th); Tony Dorsett 28:14 (87th); Gwenno Williams 29:02 (93rd); Ceri Francis 30:54 (99th); Maria Carr 31:08 (100th); Stuart Crees 35:04 (106th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 72.
Classic Quarter. Saturday, 27 June 2009. Lizard to Land’s End, Cornwall. 83 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Richard Self 9:26:00 (16th). 44 miles of the SW Coast Path. Richard describes his effort as ’scenic but rather painful.’
Rat Race Bristol Weekender. Saturday, 27 June 2009. Bristol. 2 Croups members ran. Julian Carter 8:39:54 (7th); Simon Nurse 8:39:54 (7th). A two day adventure race (running, orienteering, cycling, kayaking, climbing). Julian and Simon, along with Matt Morris from Brecon Multisport enter as ’Les Chimay Trois.’ Teams who competed on both days were entered into an overall category. Naturally, our lads did both, with overall times of 2:31:34 (367 points) and 6:08:20 (740 points).
Moel-y-Gamelin Fell Race. Sunday, 28 June 2009. Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen. 1 Croups member ran. Clare Johnson 2:27:21.

July

Llanwonno 5. Wednesday, 01 July 2009. Brynffynon Hotel, Ynysybwl, Pontypridd. 62 people finished. 14 Croups members ran. Calum Cheshire 29:28 (3rd); Matthew Hopkins 33:40 (10th); John O’Shea 34:08 (13th); Terry Caveney 34:21 (14th); Mike Murphy 34:40 (17th); Mike Davies 35:56 (24th); Howard Kent 36:25 (26th); Andy Mundy 37:28 (29th); Jeff Aston 38:16 (31st); Julie Scholey 38:25 (32nd); Steve Williams 41:02 (42nd); Caroline Dallimore 42:34 (45th); Gillian Murphy 48:44 (56th); Mal Rowson 53:10 (60th). Official results: 23Kb Excel file. Archive of Llanwonno 5. Thanks to Matt Hopkins and Andy Mundy for sending me these.
Birmingham & Black Country Half Marathon. Saturday, 04 July 2009. Wolverhampton to Birmingham. 637 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. David Furness 1:58:47 (302nd); Chris Morgan 2:11:22 (448th). Run entirely on the canal path, so guaranteed flat, but so narrow that the race format is more like a time trial with a staggered start. Certainly an interesting variation.
Cardiff Parkrun 73. Saturday, 04 July 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 102 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:34 (2nd); Nick Dukes 17:21 (4th); Rob Sage 17:58 (6th); Paulo Simoes 19:01 (12th); Eero Keranen 19:09 (13th); Rob Evans 19:13 (17th); Shayne Sawyers 19:25 (19th); Dave Price 19:57 (25th); Catherine Beecher 20:00 (26th); Nick Williams 20:10 (27th); Shaun Connor 20:35 (28th); John Plain 20:44 (30th); Alan Mann 20:57 (36th); Loretta Daley 22:00 (44th); Sara Keranen 23:51 (61st); Des Davies 24:12 (63rd); Tony Dorsett 27:52 (86th); Errol Alexis 28:38 (89th); Gwenno Williams 30:14 (90th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 73. Nice to see Shaun Connor, who seems to have run every Parkrun in the country, back in Wales. Sorry I missed you, Shaun. I slept in. Again.
Aberdare 10k. Sunday, 05 July 2009. Sobell Sports Stadium, Michael Sobell Sports Centre, The Ynys, Aberdare. 276 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Sandy Johnston 38:15 (14th); John Diffey 39:54 (26th); Kellinu Portelli 42:02 (50th); Liz Ashton 42:32 (59th); David McDonald 46:41 (113th); Sarah Dawes-Clark 57:56 (217th); Alan Bladen 58:30 (220th). Thanks to David McDonald for these. No link because the original PDF requires a user name and password. I’ve no idea what this is supposed to achieve.
Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon Carrock Class. Sunday, 05 July 2009. Grasmere, Cumbria. 103 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Mike Davies 12:53:21 (77th); Tim O’Sullivan 12:53:21 (77th).
Saunders Lakeland Mountain Marathon Harter Class. Sunday, 05 July 2009. Grasmere, Cumbria. 107 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Caroline Dallimore 8:08:34 (10th). Caroline ran with her daughter Claire and they won the ladies’ prize - a fantastic victory having spent most of the race in 3rd!
JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. Wednesday, 08 July 2009. London. 11721 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. David McDonald 25:57 (2687th).
Self Transcendence Race Series 4 miles. Friday, 10 July 2009. Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff. 80 people finished. 24 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 21:37 (3rd); Calum Cheshire 22:11 (5th); Nick Dukes 22:22 (6th); Matt Hurford 24:08 (14th); Matthew Hopkins 24:35 (16th); Davey Proud 24:55 (17th); Marcus Coles 25:04 (19th); Gerry Crispie 25:06 (20th); Andrew Russell 25:09 (21st); Catherine Beecher 25:11 (22nd); Matt Townsend 25:26 (24th); John O’Shea 25:28 (25th); Shayne Sawyers 25:30 (26th); Alan Mason 26:47 (31st); Howard Kent 27:16 (37th); Jeff Aston 27:37 (38th); Jenny Hughes 27:46 (39th); Julie Scholey 28:29 (41st); Michael Rossiter 28:46 (44th); Ruth McLees 28:57 (45th); David McDonald 29:37 (48th); Caroline Dallimore 31:12 (53rd); Annie Conroy 34:09 (63rd); Karen Phillips 40:33 (78th). Official results: 53Kb PDF file. Archive of Self Transcendence Race Series 4 miles.
Cardiff Parkrun 74. Saturday, 11 July 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 102 people finished. 21 Croups members ran. Victor Vinyals 17:12 (2nd); Mark Palser 17:47 (3rd); Richard Self 18:16 (5th); Mick Tabor 18:19 (6th); Elio Lepore 18:24 (7th); Paulo Simoes 19:07 (13th); Kellinu Portelli 19:53 (18th); Shaun Connor 20:10 (20th); Jen Salter 20:25 (23rd); Alan Mann 21:04 (35th); Jeff Aston 22:01 (42nd); David Furness 22:18 (47th); Howard Brown 23:33 (57th); Loretta Daley 24:20 (61st); Tony Dorsett 27:04 (78th); Geoff Wright 27:24 (80th); Alan Bladen 27:56 (81st); Errol Alexis 28:17 (82nd); Hannah Elizabeth Davies 28:37 (83rd); Joanne Gamba 31:57 (92nd); Eirian Arwyn 40:12 (102nd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 74. Nice to see Shaun Connor, who seems to have run every Parkrun in the country, back in Wales. Sorry I missed you, Shaun. I slept in. Again.
Kelso 10k. Sunday, 12 July 2009. Kelso Rugby Club, Poynder Place, Kelso, Scotland. 1 Croups member ran. Mike Davies 43:53 (45th).
Frampton 10k. Monday, 13 July 2009. Frampton-on-Severn Community Centre, Lake Lane, Frampton-on-Severn. 443 people finished. 5 Croups members ran. John O’Shea 41:00 (71st); Steve Owen 42:01 (86th); Alan Mann 42:43 (96th); Loretta Daley 45:09 (141st); Karen Phillips 1:08:43 (428th). Official results: 80Kb Excel file. Archive of Frampton 10k.
Rose Inn Series, Race 3. Tuesday, 14 July 2009. Redwick, Nr Magor. 124 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Calum Cheshire 21:40 (4th); Stuart McIlroy 23:56 (20th); Andrew Russell 24:49 (27th); Mike Murphy 24:57 (30th); John Diffey 25:53 (36th); Rob Scott 26:13 (39th); Clive Osmond 26:16 (41st); Julie Scholey 28:04 (56th); Jeff Aston 28:26 (59th); Mike Dix 29:32 (68th); David McDonald 30:49 (77th); Gillian Murphy 34:27 (101st); Alan Bladen 36:22 (111th). Official results: 153Kb PDF file. Archive of Rose Inn Series, Race 3.
Skirt Chaser Wall Run. Tuesday, 14 July 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Libby O’Duffy 24:20 (4th). 3.77 miles. Women started 3:15 minutes prior to men.
Cosmeston Relays. Wednesday, 15 July 2009. Cosmeston Park, Nr Cardiff, Wales. 44 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 15:46; Phil Cook 15:57; Gareth Morgan 16:48; Nick Dukes 16:48; Lyndon Tudor-Maisey 16:50; Mick McGeoch 17:10; Dave Coles 17:21; Martin Williams 17:24; Matt Hurford 17:28; Elio Lepore 17:35; Mick Tabor 17:36; Nick Rees 17:42; Catherine Beecher 18:14; Davey Proud 18:17; Gerry Crispie 18:34; Shayne Sawyers 18:41; Mike Murphy 19:01; Shaun Connor 19:17; Jane Coker 19:24; Shaun Connor 19:40; Mike Davies 19:48; Claire Beatty 20:19; Andy Mundy 20:24; Graeme Donnan 20:28; Jeff Aston 20:30; Liz Ashton 20:36; Ruth McLees 20:50; Julie Scholey 20:52; Howard Kent 21:42; Jenny Hughes 21:49; Steve Williams 22:22; Richard Crawford 22:35; Caroline Dallimore 22:47; Jane Ash 23:03; Elio Lepore 24:24; Clare Johnson 25:18; Sue Neal 25:26; Annie Conroy 25:40; Tony Dorsett 25:56; Sarah Dawes-Clark 26:12; Gwenno Williams 26:48; Mal Rowson 27:22; Mal Rowson 30:28; Rob Sage 32:35. Official results: 87Kb Excel file. Some people ran two legs for two teams, hence two times for the same race.
Les Croupiers Duathlon Series 3. Wednesday, 15 July 2009. Llandow Race Circuit, Nr Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan. 23 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 42:03 (1st); Jen Salter 51:36 (13th); Graeme Donnan 56:15 (16th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 59:05 (20th).
Cardiff Parkrun 75. Saturday, 18 July 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 109 people finished. 17 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 17:21 (2nd); Phil George 17:37 (4th); Martin Williams 17:59 (6th); Paul Morris 19:48 (19th); Dave Price 19:50 (20th); Nick Williams 19:58 (22nd); Jen Salter 19:59 (23rd); Cheryl Hudgell 20:15 (27th); Shaun Connor 20:19 (28th); Liz Ashton 21:09 (39th); Richard Sewell 21:42 (46th); Loretta Daley 21:44 (48th); Des Davies 23:33 (62nd); Richard Crawford 24:15 (68th); Sasha Macken 26:43 (84th); Tony Dorsett 27:18 (89th); Eirian Arwyn 42:16 (109th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 75. Nice to see Shaun Connor, who seems to have run every Parkrun in the country, back in Wales. Sorry I missed you, Shaun. I slept in. Again.
Snowdon Race. Saturday, 18 July 2009. Padarn Park, Llanberis, Gwynedd, North Wales. 431 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Geoff Wright 2:21:21 (418th).
BMC 1500m. Sunday, 19 July 2009. Norman Green Stadium Blossomfield Rd, Solihull. 1 Croups member ran. Chris Discombe 3:50 (4th).
Magor Marsh 10k. Sunday, 19 July 2009. Undy United Football Club, Pavilion Playing Flds, Undy, Caldicot, Gwent. 271 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 34:19 (6th); Mick McGeoch 37:07 (34th); Rob Jones 37:47 (47th); Mick Tabor 38:10 (52nd); Stuart McIlroy 38:50 (62nd); Elio Lepore 39:11 (66th); Mike Murphy 39:55 (78th); Sandy Johnston 40:28 (81st); Gerry Crispie 40:37 (83rd); Andrew Russell 40:47 (86th); Rob Scott 41:34 (98th); Mike Davies 42:28 (111th); Graeme Donnan 43:44 (128th); Jeff Aston 44:25 (138th); Julie Scholey 44:57 (140th); Annie Conroy 55:30 (229th); Gillian Murphy 55:59 (231st); Alan Bladen 57:35 (237th); Mal Rowson 59:38 (248th).
North South 4 miler. Tuesday, 21 July 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Libby O’Duffy 28:58 (23rd).
SSAFA 5 km. Wednesday, 22 July 2009. Blackweir Tavern, North Road, Cardiff. 100 people finished. 49 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:28 (5th); Phil Cook 16:49 (7th); Nick Dukes 16:52 (8th); Jamie Nutt 17:46 (11th); Rob Sage 17:48 (13th); Mick McGeoch 17:52 (14th); Daniel Harris 18:00 (18th); Rob Jones 18:05 (19th); Richard Self 18:07 (20th); Matt Hurford 18:27 (22nd); Ben Farag 18:36 (25th); Catherine Beecher 18:50 (29th); Andrew Russell 18:55 (30th); Davey Proud 19:00 (31st); Marcus Coles 19:11 (35th); Gerry Crispie 19:17 (38th); John O’Shea 19:27 (41st); Eurof Davies 19:33 (42nd); Rob Evans 19:34 (43rd); Shaun Connor 19:35 (44th); Melissa Minshull 19:36 (45th); Shayne Sawyers 19:38 (47th); Scott Hemmens 19:56 (51st); Alan Mason 20:15 (55th); Alan Mann 20:30 (56th); Joanna Prichard 20:41 (58th); Tim O’Sullivan 20:54 (61st); Wouter Poortinga 20:58 (62nd); Alun Jones 20:59 (63rd); Loretta Daley 21:17 (65th); Andy Mundy 21:25 (66th); Claire Beatty 21:37 (67th); Eleri Price 21:48 (69th); Mike Dix 21:51 (70th); Jeff Aston 21:54 (71st); Jenny Hughes 22:00 (74th); Andrew Sedgmond 22:10 (76th); Frank Williams 22:13 (77th); David McDonald 22:25 (79th); Jane Ash 24:21 (83rd); Hannah Elizabeth Davies 24:23 (84th); Richard Crawford 24:30 (85th); Tony Dorsett 26:48 (91st); Sarah Dawes-Clark 26:56 (92nd); Alan Bladen 28:41 (95th); Eirian Arwyn 30:40 (97th); Alexandria Gunn 31:17 (98th); Joanne Gamba 31:17 (99th); Maria Carr 33:03 (100th).
Cardiff Parkrun 76. Saturday, 25 July 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 99 people finished. 21 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 17:36 (2nd); Stuart McIlroy 18:18 (6th); Paulo Simoes 19:05 (10th); Shaun Connor 19:42 (12th); Andy Cleves 19:57 (14th); Jen Salter 20:00 (16th); Mike Davies 20:10 (18th); Cheryl Hudgell 20:21 (20th); Nick Williams 20:22 (21st); Liz Ashton 20:49 (24th); John Plain 20:52 (27th); Loretta Daley 21:22 (33rd); Jenny Hughes 21:24 (35th); Alan Mann 22:20 (47th); Jeff Aston 22:29 (48th); Des Davies 23:45 (57th); Richard Barlow 24:05 (58th); Tony Dorsett 27:09 (69th); Alan Bladen 27:33 (72nd); Errol Alexis 28:05 (75th); Eirian Arwyn 39:48 (99th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 76.
Cardiff Bay 5. Sunday, 26 July 2009. Cardiff Bay. 298 people finished. 28 Croups members ran. Dave Williams 27:35 (4th); Phil Cook 28:03 (5th); Nick Dukes 28:11 (6th); Dave Coles 29:49 (12th); Matt Hurford 29:51 (13th); Ben Farag 30:52 (18th); Paulo Simoes 31:05 (23rd); Gerry Crispie 31:13 (24th); Mike Murphy 31:27 (26th); Marcus Coles 31:45 (27th); Davey Proud 31:48 (29th); Shayne Sawyers 32:32 (39th); Steve Owen 33:12 (43rd); Shaun Connor 33:57 (48th); Alan Mann 34:32 (53rd); Loretta Daley 35:24 (61st); Alun Jones 35:36 (65th); Eleri Price 35:49 (69th); Andy Mundy 35:52 (70th); Neil Tatnell 37:07 (87th); Des Davies 40:06 (136th); Anne Tatnell 41:54 (158th); Tracey Newman 43:25 (174th); Gillian Murphy 46:09 (210th); Alan Bladen 46:09 (209th); Joanne Gamba 46:32 (218th); Anne Donald 49:54 (250th); David McDonald 52:47 (275th). Official results: 103Kb PDF file. Archive of Cardiff Bay 5.
Kymin Dash. Sunday, 26 July 2009. Monmouth Leisure Centre, Old Dixton Road, Monmouth, Monmouthshire. 148 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Mark Farrar 57:24 (89th).
Tenby 10k. Sunday, 26 July 2009. Tenby Leisure Centre, Marsh Road, Tenby, Pembrokeshire. 204 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 34:44 (4th); John Diffey 41:21 (33rd).
Tintern Trot. Sunday, 26 July 2009. The Anchor Inn, Tintern, near Chepstow. 40 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Catherine Beecher 47:44 (18th); Terry Caveney 48:38 (19th); Clive Osmond 51:55 (36th); Mike Davies 52:59 (44th); Nick Dallimore 53:06 (45th); Eleri Price 54:23 (51st); Jeff Aston 56:51 (69th); Graeme Donnan 58:09 (74th); Steve Williams 58:45 (79th); Caroline Dallimore 1:00:16 (84th); Andrew Shardlow 1:00:21 (85th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:02:06 (98th); Jemma Nurse 1:04:32 (103rd).
Siesta Key Biathlon. Tuesday, 28 July 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Libby O’Duffy 22:49 (28th). Distances: 1.75 Run .25 Swim.

August

BAL Steeplechase. Saturday, 01 August 2009. John Charles Centre for Sport (formerly South Leeds Stadium), Middleton Grove, Leeds. 1 Croups member ran. Chris Discombe 9:16 (2nd)
Bushy Parkrun 261. Saturday, 01 August 2009. Bushy Park, Teddington, London. 1 Croups member ran. Jeff Aston 21:40 (95th).
Cardiff Parkrun 77. Saturday, 01 August 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 96 people finished. 18 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 17:06 (2nd); Mark Palser 17:06 (3rd); Richard Wilder 17:42 (4th); Matt Hurford 18:44 (8th); Paulo Simoes 19:15 (11th); Shaun Connor 20:28 (20th); Nick Williams 20:34 (21st); Richard Sewell 21:25 (29th); Paul Morris 22:24 (45th); Julie Scholey 23:00 (51st); Richard Crawford 24:23 (56th); Jemma Nurse 25:35 (63rd); Aelwen Mair Blythe 25:40 (64th); Sarah Dawes-Clark 26:51 (70th); Lorna Mackintosh 27:01 (72nd); Tony Dorsett 27:34 (73rd); Alan Bladen 28:01 (76th); Anne Donald 30:25 (84th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 77.
Brecon 10. Sunday, 02 August 2009. Penlan Athletics Track, Brecon Leisure Centre, Penlan, Brecon, Powys. 251 people finished. 12 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 57:13 (3rd); Dave Coles 1:02:41 (14th); Stuart McIlroy 1:05:08 (24th); Gerry Crispie 1:05:43 (28th); Davey Proud 1:07:08 (34th); Steve Owen 1:11:42 (70th); Nick Williams 1:16:37 (110th); Gerry O’Beirne 1:16:50 (113th); Julie Scholey 1:18:45 (131st); Jane Ash 1:26:26 (181st); Hannah Elizabeth Davies 1:37:35 (222nd); Frank Williams 1:38:46 (229th).
UK Ironman. Sunday, 02 August 2009. Bolton, Lancashire. 1266 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Andrew Sedgmond 13:16:11 (653rd). Andrew was fifth in his age category, too. An incredible performance, especially since he’s had some injury problems. Very well done.
Welsh Masters 100m. Sunday, 02 August 2009. Court Herbert Athletics Track, Neath Sports Centre, Neath Abbey Road, Neath. 1 Croups member ran. Alan Mann 0:18.
Welsh Masters 1500m. Sunday, 02 August 2009. Court Herbert Athletics Track, Neath Sports Centre, Neath Abbey Road, Neath. 3 Croups members ran. Clive Osmond 5:17; Mike Davies 5:31; Alan Mann 5:59.
Welsh Masters 200m. Sunday, 02 August 2009. Court Herbert Athletics Track, Neath Sports Centre, Neath Abbey Road, Neath. 1 Croups member ran. Alan Mann 0:38.
Welsh Masters 3000m Walk. Sunday, 02 August 2009. Court Herbert Athletics Track, Neath Sports Centre, Neath Abbey Road, Neath. 2 Croups members ran. Loretta Daley 20:32; Alan Mann 20:35.
Welsh Masters 400m. Sunday, 02 August 2009. Court Herbert Athletics Track, Neath Sports Centre, Neath Abbey Road, Neath. 2 Croups members ran. Mike Davies 1:13; Alan Mann 1:28.
Welsh Masters 5000m. Sunday, 02 August 2009. Court Herbert Athletics Track, Neath Sports Centre, Neath Abbey Road, Neath. 3 Croups members ran. Alan Mann 20:50; Loretta Daley 21:30; Howard Brown 23:44.
Welsh Masters 800m. Sunday, 02 August 2009. Court Herbert Athletics Track, Neath Sports Centre, Neath Abbey Road, Neath. 2 Croups members ran. Mike Davies 2:43; Alan Mann 3:13.
Neath 800. Wednesday, 05 August 2009. Court Herbert Athletics Track, Neath Sports Centre, Neath Abbey Road, Neath. 1 Croups member ran. Chris Discombe 1:55.
Cardiff Parkrun 78. Saturday, 08 August 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 137 people finished. 32 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:24 (2nd); Richard Wilder 17:22 (5th); Stuart McIlroy 17:55 (8th); Matt Hurford 18:18 (10th); Paulo Simoes 18:42 (13th); Rob Scott 18:51 (14th); Andy Cleves 18:55 (16th); Davey Proud 19:13 (21st); Libby O’Duffy 19:19 (23rd); Shaun Connor 19:38 (27th); Jen Salter 19:49 (29th); Nick Williams 20:12 (32nd); Alun Jones 20:29 (35th); Paul Morris 20:55 (39th); Liz Ashton 21:00 (41st); Graeme Donnan 21:07 (42nd); Richard Sewell 21:28 (47th); Frank Williams 22:00 (55th); Jenny Hughes 22:18 (60th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 23:29 (69th); Des Davies 25:15 (83rd); Aelwen Mair Blythe 26:00 (89th); Sarah Dawes-Clark 26:38 (92nd); Tony Dorsett 26:48 (93rd); Lorna Mackintosh 26:58 (97th); Errol Alexis 27:01 (99th); Alan Bladen 27:50 (106th); Mal Rowson 28:09 (108th); Geoff Wright 28:51 (112th); Anne Donald 29:02 (114th); Ceri Francis 30:14 (122nd); Eirian Arwyn 39:17 (137th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 78.
Rose Inn Series, Race 4. Tuesday, 11 August 2009. Redwick, Nr Magor. 162 people finished. 25 Croups members ran. Jamie Nutt 22:47 (8th); Nick Dukes 22:47 (9th); Mick McGeoch 23:06 (12th); Stuart McIlroy 23:16 (16th); Matt Hurford 24:43 (29th); Catherine Beecher 25:02 (32nd); Andrew Russell 25:11 (33rd); Mike Murphy 25:14 (34th); Rob Evans 25:24 (36th); Gerry Crispie 25:43 (39th); John Diffey 26:03 (41st); Clive Osmond 26:34 (46th); Alun Jones 26:36 (47th); Alan Mann 26:36 (48th); John Plain 26:46 (52nd); Graeme Donnan 27:04 (60th); Liz Ashton 27:05 (61st); Loretta Daley 28:09 (71st); Jeff Aston 28:22 (73rd); Richard Sewell 28:25 (74th); Julie Scholey 28:52 (81st); Jennifer Topalian 28:53 (82nd); Mike Dix 29:41 (92nd); Gillian Murphy 34:56 (139th); Alan Bladen 36:39 (150th). Official results: 233Kb PDF file. Archive of Rose Inn Series, Race 4.
Cardiff Parkrun 79. Saturday, 15 August 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 148 people finished. 31 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 16:53 (4th); Dave Williams 16:56 (6th); Nick Dukes 17:03 (8th); Matt Hurford 18:29 (14th); Paul Coker 18:39 (15th); Elio Lepore 18:57 (18th); Paulo Simoes 19:02 (20th); Sandy Johnston 19:07 (23rd); Davey Proud 19:10 (24th); Gerry Crispie 19:18 (25th); Libby O’Duffy 19:19 (26th); Rob Evans 19:22 (27th); Paul Morris 19:46 (34th); Nick Williams 19:52 (37th); Mick Tabor 20:06 (42nd); Scott Hemmens 20:07 (43rd); Jane Coker 20:10 (44th); Jen Salter 20:27 (49th); Mick McGeoch 21:27 (52nd); Cath Tailby 21:39 (57th); Loretta Daley 21:50 (58th); Frank Williams 22:15 (64th); Joanne Tucker 22:15 (65th); Richard Barlow 23:44 (82nd); Des Davies 25:10 (96th); Hannah Elizabeth Davies 25:45 (99th); Chris Morgan 25:55 (100th); Tony Dorsett 26:51 (106th); Alan Bladen 27:51 (116th); Errol Alexis 28:01 (118th); Eirian Arwyn 42:28 (148th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 79.
Les Croupiers 5k Time Trial. Thursday, 20 August 2009. Pontcanna Fields, Cardiff. 55 people finished. 48 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 16:36 (2nd); Dave Williams 16:43 (3rd); Nick Dukes 16:51 (4th); Jamie Nutt 17:13 (5th); Martin Williams 17:52 (6th); Matt Hurford 18:19 (7th); Stuart Reeves 18:24 (8th); Matthew Hopkins 18:31 (9th); Shayne Sawyers 18:50 (10th); Andrew Russell 18:58 (11th); Davey Proud 19:00 (12th); Mike Murphy 19:08 (13th); Libby O’Duffy 19:14 (14th); Rob Evans 19:28 (16th); John Diffey 19:30 (17th); Steve Owen 19:49 (19th); Shaun Connor 19:51 (20th); Nick Williams 19:56 (21st); Wouter Poortinga 19:58 (22nd); Alan Mason 20:08 (23rd); Gerry Crispie 20:10 (24th); John Plain 20:19 (25th); Alan Mann 20:24 (26th); Alun Jones 20:25 (28th); Tim O’Sullivan 20:38 (29th); Denis Murphy 20:40 (30th); Graeme Donnan 21:02 (32nd); Jenny Hughes 21:11 (33rd); Loretta Daley 21:24 (34th); Jeff Aston 21:29 (35th); Frank Williams 21:42 (36th); Gary John 21:44 (37th); Alun Williams 21:47 (38th); Andy Mundy 21:49 (39th); Mike Dix 21:55 (40th); Adam Abraham 21:56 (41st); Andrew Sedgmond 21:56 (42nd); Julie Scholey 22:03 (43rd); David McDonald 22:20 (44th); Steve Williams 22:55 (45th); Richard Crawford 23:48 (46th); Jane Ash 23:55 (47th); Ralph Davey 24:22 (48th); Gillian Murphy 26:08 (51st); Tony Dorsett 26:57 (52nd); Alan Bladen 28:19 (53rd); Mal Rowson 28:25 (54th); Anne Donald 30:17 (55th). Official results: 41Kb Excel file.
Cardiff Parkrun 80. Saturday, 22 August 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 138 people finished. 21 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:30 (1st); Mark Palser 17:08 (5th); Richard Wilder 18:04 (8th); Calum Cheshire 18:25 (10th); Rob Sage 18:51 (15th); Paulo Simoes 18:56 (16th); Mick Tabor 19:37 (26th); Nick Williams 20:07 (33rd); Cheryl Hudgell 20:10 (35th); Jen Salter 20:31 (42nd); Phil George 20:35 (44th); Liz Ashton 20:35 (45th); Paul Morris 21:01 (47th); John Plain 21:27 (52nd); Loretta Daley 21:35 (55th); Andrew Russell 22:05 (59th); Jenny Hughes 27:01 (94th); Tony Dorsett 27:12 (95th); Errol Alexis 27:58 (101st); Anne Donald 29:43 (111th); Eirian Arwyn 46:44 (138th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 80.
Merthyr Police 10k. Sunday, 23 August 2009. Merthyr Tydfil College, Ynysfach, Merthyr Tydfil. 214 people finished. 25 Croups members ran. Martin Williams 37:45 (19th); Dave Headon 37:56 (21st); Matt Hurford 38:04 (22nd); Daniel Harris 38:06 (23rd); Matthew Hopkins 39:21 (33rd); Gerry Crispie 40:00 (37th); Andrew Russell 40:34 (43rd); Catherine Beecher 40:40 (44th); Shaun Connor 41:02 (51st); Scott Hemmens 41:31 (58th); Marcus Coles 41:45 (60th); Clive Osmond 42:55 (73rd); Nick Williams 43:37 (80th); Denis Murphy 43:42 (81st); Jeff Aston 44:22 (88th); Alun Jones 44:37 (91st); Mick McGeoch 45:02 (96th); Frank Williams 45:32 (102nd); Julie Scholey 46:31 (111th); Judi Rhys 46:47 (114th); Gary John 49:21 (129th); Annie Conroy 55:52 (165th); Alan Bladen 59:29 (189th); Mal Rowson 59:43 (190th); Anne Donald 1:01:10 (197th). Official results: 48Kb PDF file. Archive of Merthyr Police 10k.
Cardiff Parkrun 81. Saturday, 29 August 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 137 people finished. 29 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:25 (6th); Dave Williams 16:36 (7th); Julian Baker 16:56 (8th); Lee Aherne 17:21 (12th); Richard Wilder 17:22 (13th); Nick Dukes 17:28 (14th); Paul Coker 18:39 (20th); Paulo Simoes 18:53 (22nd); Davey Proud 19:12 (26th); John Diffey 19:22 (27th); Mick McGeoch 19:57 (33rd); Shaun Connor 19:58 (34th); Scott Hemmens 20:06 (36th); Paul Morris 20:16 (37th); Nick Williams 20:46 (41st); Martin Pinnell 21:08 (46th); Joanne Tucker 22:12 (63rd); Loretta Daley 24:19 (80th); Des Davies 24:34 (82nd); Clare Johnson 26:01 (96th); Sarah Dawes-Clark 26:50 (101st); Tony Dorsett 27:03 (103rd); Alan Bladen 27:21 (105th); Errol Alexis 27:26 (108th); Hannah Elizabeth Davies 27:34 (109th); Libby O’Duffy 28:31 (117th); Anne Donald 29:51 (122nd); Joanne Gamba 30:03 (123rd); Eirian Arwyn 38:46 (137th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 81.
Machen Mountain 10k. Sunday, 30 August 2009. Machen Welfare Recreation Ground, Commercial Road, Machen. 145 people finished. 24 Croups members ran. Julian Carter 44:28 (4th); Terry Caveney 49:51 (17th); Catherine Beecher 50:13 (20th); John Diffey 51:34 (27th); Nick Dallimore 53:10 (32nd); Clive Osmond 54:06 (41st); Alun Jones 55:42 (51st); Libby O’Duffy 56:05 (54th); Mike Davies 56:06 (55th); Steve Owen 57:16 (62nd); Alan Mason 58:30 (67th); Tim O’Sullivan 59:06 (72nd); Richard Barlow 59:14 (74th); Graeme Donnan 59:59 (83rd); Alan Mann 1:00:37 (86th); Liz Ashton 1:00:47 (87th); Caroline Dallimore 1:01:29 (90th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:02:24 (97th); Julie Scholey 1:03:58 (102nd); Jemma Nurse 1:06:31 (110th); Gillian McCue 1:07:33 (116th); Jenny Hughes 1:08:03 (120th); Errol Alexis 1:13:36 (134th); Clare Johnson 1:13:50 (136th).

September

Cardiff Parkrun 82. Saturday, 05 September 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 127 people finished. 22 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:55 (3rd); Phil Cook 17:07 (5th); Nick Dukes 17:24 (7th); Stuart McIlroy 17:53 (9th); Shayne Sawyers 18:55 (15th); Rob Evans 19:04 (20th); Paulo Simoes 19:11 (21st); Martin Pinnell 20:13 (32nd); Nick Williams 20:32 (34th); Cheryl Hudgell 21:08 (41st); Graeme Donnan 21:17 (43rd); Des Davies 23:55 (71st); Sarah Dawes-Clark 26:47 (90th); Tony Dorsett 26:53 (91st); Errol Alexis 27:48 (97th); Alan Bladen 28:39 (102nd); Anne Donald 28:50 (103rd); Gwenno Williams 29:01 (104th); Ceri Francis 29:41 (107th); Joanne Gamba 31:17 (113th); Maria Carr 35:10 (119th); Eirian Arwyn 43:06 (127th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 82.
Bristol Half Marathon. Sunday, 06 September 2009. Anchor Road, Harbourside, Bristol. 4 Croups members ran. Daniel Harris 1:23:06 (179th); Andrew Russell 1:38:01 (1207th); Rod Perons 1:44:16 (2163rd); Steve Williams 1:49:17 (3139th). Thanks to Andrew Sedgmond for these.
Cardiff 10k. Sunday, 06 September 2009. Cardiff. 2116 people finished. 56 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 33:41 (37th); Nick Dukes 34:11 (41st); Martin Williams 36:26 (64th); Mick McGeoch 36:44 (68th); Dave Headon 37:12 (74th); Dave Coles 37:17 (76th); Matt Hurford 37:24 (77th); Rob Jones 37:36 (79th); Ben Farag 38:31 (96th); Paulo Simoes 38:50 (100th); Mike Murphy 39:02 (103rd); Libby O’Duffy 39:03 (104th); Rob Sage 39:15 (106th); Sandy Johnston 39:20 (108th); Gerry Crispie 39:32 (113th); Davey Proud 39:35 (115th); Brian Richardson 39:38 (117th); Catherine Beecher 39:43 (120th); Marcus Coles 39:49 (123rd); Terry Caveney 40:33 (139th); Jen Salter 40:42 (142nd); Alan Mason 40:46 (145th); Shaun Connor 41:11 (159th); Steve Owen 41:16 (164th); Alan Mann 41:48 (188th); Mike Davies 42:08 (201st); James Horner 42:44 (227th); Eurof Davies 42:46 (231st); Liz Ashton 43:29 (250th); Nick Williams 43:58 (268th); Helen Jessop 44:03 (271st); Andy Mundy 44:49 (310th); Julie Scholey 45:31 (347th); Judi Rhys 46:05 (381st); Joanne Tucker 46:14 (394th); Adam Abraham 46:39 (422nd); Kellinu Portelli 47:23 (471st); David McDonald 47:24 (474th); Neil Tatnell 47:31 (482nd); Sarah McLoughlin 47:32 (483rd); Mike Dix 47:40 (502nd); Clare Johnson 52:58 (931st); Mark Farrar 53:34 (983rd); Gillian Murphy 53:53 (996th); Tracey Newman 54:27 (1053rd); Annie Conroy 55:27 (1158th); Sarah Dawes-Clark 56:03 (1214th); Malcolm Farnham 56:09 (1227th); Simon James 56:34 (1274th); Mike James 56:34 (1273rd); Alan Bladen 57:13 (1309th); Anne Donald 59:25 (1503rd); Mal Rowson 59:40 (1525th); Andrew Sedgmond 1:00:32 (1566th); Karen Phillips 1:03:48 (1766th); John O’Shea 1:05:58 (1862nd). Thanks to Sarah Dawes-Clark for finding these. NB These are chip positions. Thanks to Derek Williams and Mal Rowson for further corrections.
Cardiff Parkrun 83. Saturday, 12 September 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 156 people finished. 27 Croups members ran. Victor Vinyals 16:29 (3rd); Lee Aherne 16:45 (4th); Phil George 17:43 (9th); Calum Cheshire 17:52 (12th); Dave Headon 17:55 (13th); Sandy Johnston 18:53 (22nd); Paulo Simoes 18:55 (23rd); Davey Proud 19:07 (25th); John Diffey 19:26 (30th); Catherine Beecher 19:39 (32nd); Richard Self 19:39 (33rd); Shaun Connor 19:40 (34th); Nick Williams 20:09 (43rd); Martin Pinnell 20:22 (47th); Cheryl Hudgell 20:35 (50th); Jenny Hughes 21:16 (62nd); David Furness 23:11 (83rd); Des Davies 23:19 (86th); Aelwen Mair Blythe 25:19 (103rd); Gillian McCue 26:05 (108th); Clare Johnson 26:13 (112th); Loretta Daley 26:29 (118th); Tony Dorsett 26:51 (121st); Lorna Mackintosh 26:57 (125th); Alan Bladen 27:49 (130th); Errol Alexis 27:59 (133rd); Sandra Caveney 31:30 (144th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 83.
Chippenham Half Marathon. Sunday, 13 September 2009. Chippenham Sports Club, Hardenhuish Park, Bristol Rd, Chippenham, Wiltshire. 1377 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Martin Williams 1:21:40 (24th); Gerry Crispie 1:27:24 (78th); Shaun Connor 1:29:07 (106th); Scott Hemmens 1:29:42 (118th); Mike Murphy 1:30:03 (122nd); Steve Owen 1:33:41 (176th); Clive Osmond 1:36:57 (235th); Liz Ashton 1:36:58 (237th); Jeff Aston 1:37:30 (247th); Richard Beech 1:37:47 (257th); Jennifer Topalian 1:47:11 (497th); David McDonald 1:47:50 (516th); Gillian Murphy 2:03:23 (941st). Official results: 166Kb PDF file. Archive of Chippenham Half Marathon. Thanks to David McDonald and Mick McGeogh for finding these. NB these are now chip times and sorted by same. Well done to Liz Ashton for a 2 minute PB!
Experian Robin Hood Marathon. Sunday, 13 September 2009. Victoria Embankment, Nottingham. 2 Croups members ran. Shayne Sawyers 3:24:01 (179th); Adam Abraham 4:33:55 (1011th). Thanks to Alan Mann for these.
Lake Vyrnwy Half Marathon. Sunday, 13 September 2009. Lake Vyrnwy, Powys. 1242 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Mick Tabor 1:24:57 (69th); Michael Rossiter 1:43:23 (365th); Linda Jensen 2:03:34 (831st). Thanks to Mick Tabor (the over 55 champion!) for these.
Stockholm Half Marathon. Monday, 14 September 2009. Stockholm, Sweden. 8282 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Dave Thomas 1:43:21 (2185th).
Banstead Woods Parkrun 121. Saturday, 19 September 2009. Banstead Woods, Holly Lane, Banstead, Surrey. 139 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Andrew Russell 20:03 (20th). Andrew says that the course is lumpier than the Cardiff course!
Cardiff Parkrun 84. Saturday, 19 September 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 160 people finished. 30 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:37 (2nd); Richard Bullen 17:21 (7th); Richard Wilder 17:33 (9th); Stuart McIlroy 17:40 (11th); Calum Cheshire 18:03 (13th); Richard Self 18:18 (17th); Mick Tabor 18:57 (28th); John Diffey 19:18 (34th); Shaun Connor 19:41 (36th); Alun Jones 19:51 (40th); Jane Coker 20:18 (46th); Nick Williams 20:50 (52nd); Tim O’Sullivan 21:02 (56th); Cath Tailby 21:10 (58th); Sian Evans 22:35 (80th); Paul Morris 22:38 (81st); Yvonne Bullen 22:59 (85th); David Furness 23:12 (89th); Des Davies 23:35 (94th); Caroline Dallimore 23:52 (96th); Sasha Macken 25:59 (116th); Gillian McCue 26:00 (117th); Sarah Dawes-Clark 26:15 (121st); Tony Dorsett 27:02 (125th); Steve Williams 27:06 (126th); Alan Bladen 27:34 (128th); Errol Alexis 28:06 (130th); Joanne Gamba 28:11 (131st); Julie Scholey 28:37 (136th); Eirian Arwyn 39:57 (160th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 84.
All Access 5k. Sunday, 20 September 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 18:07 (9th). Steve is back running after a lay off, and is still looking forward to the Cardiff Half Marathon.
Anglesey Marathon. Sunday, 20 September 2009. Mona Showground, Gwalchmai, Holyhead, Anglesey. 213 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Terry Caveney 3:16:48 (20th); Alan Mann 3:37:04 (50th); Steve Williams 4:12:48 (139th). Terry won the Welsh Masters M50 gold medal, and Alan took the silver. The team (Terry, Alan, and Steve) won the Masters gold as well. Well done, all.
Berlin Marathon. Sunday, 20 September 2009. Berlin, Germany. 14 Croups members ran. Alexander Fritsch 2:30:24 (61st); Stuart Crees 2:35:20 (114th); Nick Dukes 2:46:07 (324th); Phil Cook 2:51:43 (545th); Mick McGeoch 2:53:47 (643rd); Dave Headon 2:57:56 (879th); Phil George 3:04:25 (1486th); Catherine Beecher 3:06:54 (1715th); Brian Richardson 3:13:28 (2466th); Libby O’Duffy 3:14:02 (2540th); Jeremy Forshew 3:24:36 (4215th); Cheryl Hudgell 3:31:26 (5818th); Firouz Mal 3:46:08 (9582nd); Sarah McCarthy 3:54:59 (12438th).
Cardiff Parkrun 85. Saturday, 26 September 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 151 people finished. 14 Croups members ran. Julian Baker 17:24 (7th); Richard Wilder 17:55 (11th); Richard Self 18:36 (20th); Mick McGeoch 19:23 (30th); Alun Jones 19:46 (36th); Nick Williams 20:19 (42nd); John Plain 20:39 (51st); Des Davies 22:37 (73rd); Gillian McCue 25:12 (107th); Errol Alexis 27:13 (120th); Julie Scholey 27:41 (123rd); Alan Bladen 28:01 (126th); Tony Dorsett 28:24 (127th); Eirian Arwyn 38:34 (147th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 85.
Neptune Festival 8k. Saturday, 26 September 2009. Virginia, USA. 661 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 30:44 (9th).
Roundshaw Downs Parkrun 11. Saturday, 26 September 2009. Roundshaw Downs, Purley Way, Croydon. 1 Croups member ran. Mark Palser 17:46 (3rd)
Swansea Bay 10k. Sunday, 27 September 2009. St Helens Rugby Club, Swansea. 2802 people finished. 36 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 33:42 (17th); Jamie Nutt 35:52 (38th); Richard Bullen 35:56 (40th); Martin Williams 36:13 (43rd); Matt Hurford 37:11 (66th); Stuart McIlroy 37:25 (70th); Gareth Morgan 37:57 (89th); Mick Tabor 38:16 (97th); Sandy Johnston 38:45 (105th); Nick Rees 39:09 (117th); Mike Murphy 39:11 (120th); Peter Kellam 39:13 (124th); Marcus Coles 39:24 (134th); Davey Proud 39:30 (138th); Gerry Crispie 39:53 (163rd); Shaun Connor 40:55 (212th); Steve Owen 41:03 (218th); Adam Morton 42:00 (262nd); Liz Ashton 44:04 (403rd); Jeff Aston 44:16 (419th); Alan Mann 44:36 (449th); Julie Scholey 45:47 (539th); Judi Rhys 45:48 (541st); Loretta Daley 46:10 (570th); Yvonne Bullen 48:22 (771st); Matt Townsend 49:43 (942nd); Chris Morgan 51:57 (1162nd); Gillian Murphy 56:06 (1572nd); Hannah Elizabeth Davies 56:25 (1607th); Tony Dorsett 56:33 (1621st); Alan Bladen 57:30 (1727th); Joanne Gamba 57:58 (1767th); Sarah Dawes-Clark 58:31 (1820th); Annie Conroy 58:32 (1822nd); Mal Rowson 59:30 (1904th); Maria Carr 1:15:36 (2664th). NB sorted by chip time.
Bridge Inn Winter Series 5k. Tuesday, 29 September 2009. The Bridge Inn, Main Road, Shortwood, Bristol. 141 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Paul Coker 18:55 (46th); Jane Coker 20:05 (76th). Paul was second M50 and Jane was second W45.

October

Cardiff Parkrun 86. Saturday, 03 October 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 138 people finished. 26 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 16:40 (2nd); Nick Dukes 16:43 (3rd); Calum Cheshire 17:33 (6th); Mick McGeoch 17:51 (10th); Richard Self 18:28 (15th); Catherine Beecher 19:25 (23rd); Elio Lepore 19:29 (25th); John Diffey 19:32 (27th); Shaun Connor 19:40 (29th); Jen Salter 19:43 (30th); Martin Peters 21:04 (47th); Marcia Migay 21:04 (48th); Nick Williams 21:25 (53rd); Jeff Aston 21:33 (56th); Rod Perons 21:56 (58th); Julie Scholey 21:58 (61st); Loretta Daley 21:59 (62nd); Des Davies 22:55 (69th); Jenny Hughes 22:56 (70th); David Furness 23:03 (71st); Alun Williams 24:09 (83rd); Gillian McCue 24:48 (88th); Carys Davies 28:08 (107th); Alan Bladen 28:23 (108th); Joanne Gamba 29:56 (112th); Eirian Arwyn 40:00 (137th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 86.
Liverpool 10k. Sunday, 04 October 2009. Liverpool. 2221 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Denis Murphy 42:44 (178th).
Oldbury Power Station 10. Sunday, 04 October 2009. Oldbury Power Station, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire. 3 Croups members ran. Stuart McIlroy 1:02:47; Kellinu Portelli 1:12:53; David McDonald 1:20:26. Thanks to David McDonald for these.
Race for Literacy 10. Sunday, 04 October 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:03:08 (1st). Another step in the right direction for Steve and I think his first win.
All American Beach Ford 5k. Saturday, 10 October 2009. Virginia, USA. 233 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 18:37 (9th). Steve’s final tune-up race before the Cardiff Half.
Cardiff Parkrun 87. Saturday, 10 October 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 160 people finished. 49 Croups members ran. Dave Coles 17:49 (5th); Andy Cleves 19:02 (12th); Lyndon Tudor-Maisey 19:05 (14th); Davey Proud 19:06 (15th); Dave Headon 19:23 (19th); Brian Richardson 19:27 (20th); Shaun Connor 19:36 (22nd); Alun Jones 19:38 (23rd); Dave Lloyd 19:50 (25th); Scott Hemmens 19:51 (26th); John Diffey 20:07 (30th); Paul Morris 20:19 (35th); James Horner 20:48 (43rd); Martin Pinnell 20:57 (44th); Alan Mann 21:24 (47th); Julie Scholey 21:51 (53rd); Richard Sewell 22:08 (54th); Stuart Crees 22:15 (58th); Chris Discombe 22:16 (59th); Terry Caveney 22:21 (60th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 22:23 (61st); Mick McGeoch 22:24 (62nd); Jen Salter 22:29 (63rd); David McDonald 22:35 (67th); Libby O’Duffy 22:37 (68th); Alun Williams 22:42 (70th); Michael Rossiter 22:54 (73rd); Des Davies 23:04 (76th); Claire Beatty 23:23 (81st); Mel James 23:36 (83rd); Alan Mason 23:43 (85th); Loretta Daley 23:48 (87th); Ralph Davey 23:50 (88th); Kellinu Portelli 23:50 (89th); Chris Morgan 24:08 (92nd); Sara MacBride-Stewart 24:09 (93rd); Liz Ashton 24:12 (94th); Jemma Nurse 25:23 (102nd); Martin Williams 25:24 (103rd); Richard Self 25:24 (104th); Gillian McCue 25:32 (107th); Ben Farag 25:41 (110th); Errol Alexis 27:57 (123rd); Caroline Dallimore 28:25 (129th); Clare Johnson 28:25 (130th); Alan Bladen 28:45 (133rd); Ceri Francis 30:13 (137th); Geoff Wright 31:11 (145th); Eirian Arwyn 42:01 (160th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 87. Thanks to all who came to run in memory of David Furness who was killed in a motorbike accident last Saturday.
Birmingham Half Marathon. Sunday, 11 October 2009. Birmingham. 1 Croups member ran. Scott Howell 1:21:49 (95th). Thanks to Mick McGeogh for telling me about this.
Gwent League #1: Men. Sunday, 11 October 2009. Newbridge Fields, Bridgend. 326 people finished. 36 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 34:31 (20th); Mark Palser 34:51 (24th); Lee Aherne 35:53 (39th); Nick Dukes 36:07 (44th); Phil Cook 36:20 (46th); Stuart Crees 36:38 (51st); Richard Bullen 37:30 (67th); Rob Jones 38:05 (83rd); Mick McGeoch 38:15 (85th); Martin Williams 38:40 (94th); Gareth Lynch 38:44 (96th); Mick Tabor 38:59 (106th); Daniel Harris 39:26 (117th); Richard Self 39:47 (127th); Elio Lepore 40:15 (136th); Rob Sage 40:19 (138th); Nick Rees 40:25 (141st); Rob Evans 40:33 (145th); Peter Kellam 40:41 (147th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 40:57 (152nd); John Diffey 41:33 (170th); Andrew Russell 42:03 (182nd); Mike Murphy 42:30 (190th); Terry Caveney 42:41 (199th); Alun Jones 43:14 (207th); Clive Osmond 43:55 (227th); Alan Mann 45:31 (253rd); Richard Sewell 45:36 (258th); John Plain 46:05 (267th); John O’Shea 46:44 (276th); Neil Tatnell 46:47 (277th); Jeff Aston 47:09 (282nd); Tim Cummings 49:57 (307th); Steve Williams 51:41 (314th); Roy Silver 52:50 (317th); Ralph Davey 54:37 (321st).
Gwent League #1: Women. Sunday, 11 October 2009. Newbridge Fields, Bridgend. 178 people finished. 26 Croups members ran. Catherine Beecher 26:17 (18th); Libby O’Duffy 26:26 (20th); Jen Salter 28:18 (44th); Cheryl Hudgell 28:53 (56th); Maria Zubizarreta 28:53 (57th); Cath Tailby 29:00 (59th); Claire Beatty 29:50 (72nd); Liz Ashton 30:08 (76th); Julie Scholey 30:18 (82nd); Gillian Kellam 30:19 (83rd); Judi Rhys 31:05 (95th); Loretta Daley 31:26 (98th); Sarah McLoughlin 31:31 (101st); Ann James 31:34 (102nd); Edwina Turner 32:10 (111th); Caroline Dallimore 32:23 (112th); Yvonne Bullen 32:31 (114th); Jane Ash 33:47 (126th); Gillian McCue 34:00 (132nd); Sue Neal 35:15 (139th); Gillian Murphy 36:31 (150th); Clare Johnson 37:51 (155th); Mal Rowson 39:27 (161st); Angela Neal 41:16 (164th); Eirian Arwyn 41:38 (166th); Karen Phillips 42:14 (169th).
Cardiff Parkrun 88. Saturday, 17 October 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 122 people finished. 18 Croups members ran. Richard Crawford 17:00 (4th); Nick Dukes 17:35 (6th); Stuart McIlroy 17:46 (7th); Richard Wilder 18:25 (9th); Sandy Johnston 18:57 (15th); John Diffey 19:04 (17th); Paulo Simoes 19:09 (18th); Scott Hemmens 19:22 (21st); Terry Caveney 19:51 (25th); Martin Pinnell 20:27 (32nd); Marcia Migay 21:02 (39th); Nick Williams 21:31 (45th); Claire Beatty 22:12 (50th); Andy Cleves 22:14 (52nd); Martin Williams 22:21 (55th); Des Davies 23:05 (62nd); Jemma Nurse 25:01 (77th); Eirian Arwyn 43:09 (122nd). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 88.
Cardiff Half Marathon. Sunday, 18 October 2009. St Mary St, Cardiff. 8766 people finished. 70 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 1:13:21 (14th); Stuart Crees 1:14:26 (19th); Nick Dukes 1:14:51 (22nd); Martin Williams 1:18:39 (51st); Dave Coles 1:19:00 (58th); Jamie Nutt 1:19:09 (65th); Mick McGeoch 1:20:00 (85th); Steve Speirs 1:20:42 (93rd); Lyndon Tudor-Maisey 1:22:52 (145th); Richard Self 1:22:53 (146th); Daniel Harris 1:23:21 (153rd); Gerry Crispie 1:23:51 (165th); Catherine Beecher 1:24:34 (184th); Nick Rees 1:24:50 (193rd); Matthew Hopkins 1:25:14 (206th); Libby O’Duffy 1:25:34 (218th); Davey Proud 1:26:40 (261st); Marcus Coles 1:26:42 (262nd); Mike Murphy 1:27:03 (279th); Shaun Connor 1:27:28 (303rd); Jen Salter 1:27:45 (327th); Alun Jones 1:28:45 (393rd); Jeremy Forshew 1:29:11 (429th); Andrew Russell 1:29:18 (436th); Andy Cleves 1:29:30 (455th); Shayne Sawyers 1:29:33 (463rd); Paul Morris 1:30:14 (500th); Steve Owen 1:30:30 (516th); Tim O’Sullivan 1:32:35 (667th); Kellinu Portelli 1:33:36 (738th); Richard Boon 1:33:48 (756th); Graeme Donnan 1:33:52 (767th); Alan Mason 1:34:07 (786th); Rod Perons 1:34:50 (844th); Helen Jessop 1:35:36 (926th); Liz Ashton 1:35:51 (948th); Jeff Aston 1:35:59 (962nd); Gerry O’Beirne 1:36:07 (979th); Adam Morton 1:37:17 (1097th); Jennifer Topalian 1:38:06 (1184th); Firouz Mal 1:38:10 (1194th); Neil Tatnell 1:38:44 (1282nd); Judi Rhys 1:39:14 (1349th); Gillian Kellam 1:40:47 (1542nd); Michael Rossiter 1:41:21 (1602nd); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:43:11 (1861st); Joanne Tucker 1:43:37 (1926th); John Thomas 1:44:00 (1990th); Sarah McCarthy 1:44:13 (2026th); Martin Peters 1:45:18 (2218th); Adam Abraham 1:48:21 (2726th); Alan Mann 1:49:21 (2915th); Stephen Osborne 1:53:11 (3611th); Gillian McCue 1:54:35 (3883rd); Mark Farrar 1:55:05 (4006th); Tim Cummings 1:55:46 (2767th); Frank Williams 1:56:06 (4181st); Clare Johnson 1:56:19 (4228th); Gillian Murphy 1:57:44 (4507th); Tracey Newman 2:02:57 (5336th); Errol Alexis 2:05:51 (5775th); Hannah Elizabeth Davies 2:07:41 (6029th); Joanne Gamba 2:09:11 (6235th); Alan Bladen 2:09:26 (6272nd); Sasha Macken 2:09:29 (6276th); Annie Conroy 2:09:58 (6343rd); Ceri Francis 2:11:29 (6529th); Alexandria Gunn 2:19:55 (7403rd); David McDonald 2:24:39 (7748th); Maria Carr 2:44:22 (8387th). Thanks to Derek Williams for sending me these as an Excel file and to Derek (again), Matt Townsend, Jenny Topalian, Andy Cleves, and Alan Mann for providing corrections. Andy and Alan also provided superb pacemaking skills. I saw Matt Hurford running, but I can’t see his name in the results. Gill Murphy was orginally credited with the wrong time, however her actual time was 1:57 which was a PB by six minutes and creditably smashed the two-hour barrier!
Dartmoor Vale Marathon. Sunday, 18 October 2009. Newton Abbot Racecourse, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Williams 4:04:59. Thanks to Andrew Segmond for giving me Dominic’s time.
Beachy Head Marathon. Saturday, 24 October 2009. St Bedes School, Dukes Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex. 2 Croups members ran. Loretta Daley 4:39:00; Alan Mann 4:49:00.
Brighton Parkrun 106. Saturday, 24 October 2009. Brighton, England. 1 Croups member ran. Jeff Aston 21:36 (28th).
Cardiff Parkrun 89. Saturday, 24 October 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 114 people finished. 23 Croups members ran. Martin Williams 18:14 (7th); Richard Wilder 18:20 (8th); Stuart Crees 18:25 (9th); Rob Jones 18:40 (11th); Mick Tabor 18:55 (12th); Elio Lepore 19:04 (14th); Gerry Crispie 19:23 (18th); Matt Hurford 19:26 (19th); Paulo Simoes 19:59 (23rd); Shaun Connor 20:10 (26th); Paul Morris 20:44 (38th); Martin Pinnell 20:48 (40th); Adam Morton 20:59 (42nd); Richard Sewell 21:31 (46th); Des Davies 23:39 (62nd); Aelwen Mair Blythe 24:29 (69th); Richard Crawford 25:46 (83rd); Mark Engstrom 25:47 (84th); Mal Rowson 28:39 (95th); Tony Dorsett 29:02 (96th); Alan Bladen 29:23 (99th); Geoff Wright 29:42 (102nd); Eirian Arwyn 36:04 (114th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 89.
Brentwood Marathon. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Weald Country Park, Weald Rd, Brentwood, Essex. 2 Croups members ran. Loretta Daley 4:28:00; Alan Mann 5:01:00.
BUPA Great South Run. Sunday, 25 October 2009. The Pyramids Centre, Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire. 1 Croups member ran. Richard Bullen 1:00:17.
Frankfurt Marathon. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Frankfurt, Germany. 1 Croups member ran. Ben Farag 3:13:00.
OMM B Class. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Middle of nowhere. 5 Croups members ran. Nick Dallimore 10:52:02; Caroline Dallimore 10:52:02; Tim O’Sullivan 12:44:50; Wouter Poortinga 12:44:50; Graeme Donnan 13:29:51.
OMM C Class. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Middle of nowhere. 2 Croups members ran. Matt Townsend 11:22:43; Catherine Beecher 11:22:43.
OMM Elite Class. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Middle of nowhere. 1 Croups member ran. Julian Carter 12:20:32.
OMM Long Course. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Middle of nowhere. 2 Croups members ran. Denis Murphy ; Andy Cleves . Times are irrelevant.
OMM Medium Course. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Middle of nowhere. 1 Croups member ran. Jemma Nurse . Times are irrelevant.
Snowdonia Marathon. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Nant Peris, Caernarfon, Gwnynedd. 2 Croups members ran. Mark Palser 3:10:19 (26th); Liz Ashton 4:10:14 (567th).
Stroud Half Marathon. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Marling School Sports Field, Cainscross Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire. 2 Croups members ran. Andrew Russell 1:33:37 (221st); Jane Ash 1:50:51 (791st).
Tour of Torfaen. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Blaenafon Recreation Centre, Middle Coed Cae Road, Blaenavon. 383 people finished. 11 Croups members ran. Lee Aherne 1:12:37 (2nd); Scott Howell 1:18:51 (17th); Mick Tabor 1:23:56 (35th); John Diffey 1:25:04 (37th); Davey Proud 1:25:38 (38th); Jenny Hughes 1:34:42 (109th); Tim Cummings 1:43:19 (190th); David McDonald 1:48:49 (239th); Chris Morgan 1:54:19 (277th); Linda Jensen 1:55:20 (285th); Mike James 1:57:17 (304th). Official results: 82Kb PDF file. Archive of Tour of Torfaen. Thanks to all who sent copies of the PDF to me, especially to Mick Tabor who was kind enough to send the URL. Apologies for the quality of these results, I did my best, but anything touched by Adobe Acrobat is automatically FUBAR.
Venice Marathon. Sunday, 25 October 2009. Venice, Italy. 1 Croups member ran. Dave Coles 2:51:36.
Dublin Marathon. Monday, 26 October 2009. Dublin. 3 Croups members ran. Scott Hemmens 3:19:24 (791st); Gerry O’Beirne 3:38:28 (1964th); Alan Mann 4:15:00 (5226th).
Cardiff Parkrun 90. Saturday, 31 October 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 140 people finished. 26 Croups members ran. Nick Dukes 17:00 (4th); Rob Sage 17:40 (7th); Stuart McIlroy 17:58 (10th); Martin Williams 18:12 (12th); Richard Self 19:01 (16th); Simon Nurse 19:14 (18th); John Diffey 19:19 (20th); Paulo Simoes 19:29 (21st); Shaun Connor 19:40 (26th); Jen Salter 19:52 (30th); Adam Morton 20:03 (35th); Paul Morris 20:03 (36th); Terry Caveney 20:09 (39th); Phil George 20:17 (40th); Alan Mason 20:42 (45th); John Plain 21:05 (49th); Michael Rossiter 22:22 (59th); Jennifer Topalian 23:25 (69th); Des Davies 23:39 (74th); Jemma Nurse 25:07 (89th); Gillian McCue 25:55 (99th); Joanne Gamba 26:59 (105th); Errol Alexis 27:41 (109th); Tony Dorsett 28:34 (116th); Geoff Wright 28:51 (121st); Eirian Arwyn 36:59 (138th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 90.
Great Pumpkin Chase 5k. Saturday, 31 October 2009. Virginia, USA. 245 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:52 (2nd)

November

Cardiff Parkrun 91. Saturday, 07 November 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 127 people finished. 23 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 17:40 (5th); Ben Farag 18:49 (8th); Davey Proud 19:12 (14th); Shaun Connor 19:24 (18th); Scott Hemmens 19:31 (20th); Rob Jones 19:37 (23rd); Paul Morris 20:16 (32nd); Martin Pinnell 20:37 (34th); Marcia Migay 21:09 (40th); Nick Williams 21:24 (42nd); Richard Sewell 22:11 (51st); Mick McGeoch 22:39 (61st); Alun Williams 23:53 (69th); Des Davies 24:12 (73rd); Gillian McCue 24:26 (78th); Richard Crawford 25:45 (85th); Tony Dorsett 28:08 (95th); Carys Davies 28:10 (96th); Julie Scholey 30:26 (110th); Richard Self 30:58 (113th); Maria Zubizarreta 31:03 (115th); Christine Faulkner 32:51 (120th); Eirian Arwyn 37:31 (125th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 91.
Gwent League #2: Men. Sunday, 08 November 2009. University of Bath. 295 people finished. 34 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 32:39 (8th); Mark Palser 35:23 (36th); Nick Dukes 35:27 (37th); Stuart Crees 35:39 (43rd); Phil Cook 35:45 (45th); Richard Bullen 35:58 (50th); Rob Jones 37:57 (82nd); Rob Sage 38:09 (86th); Mick McGeoch 38:27 (97th); Richard Wilder 38:35 (100th); Matt Hurford 38:40 (102nd); Richard Self 38:59 (108th); Gareth Lynch 39:27 (117th); Mick Tabor 39:38 (123rd); Sandy Johnston 39:55 (130th); Nick Rees 40:14 (137th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 40:38 (148th); Peter Kellam 41:11 (162nd); Andrew Russell 42:00 (179th); Mike Murphy 42:13 (185th); David Bright 43:06 (202nd); John O’Shea 43:41 (212th); Clive Osmond 44:14 (223rd); Brendan Jones 45:12 (239th); John Magee 45:13 (240th); Neil Tatnell 46:19 (252nd); Jeff Aston 46:46 (256th); D Williams 47:38 (268th); K Williams 50:51 (282nd); Steve Williams 51:25 (284th); Gary Bodman 52:01 (285th); Howard Brown 52:15 (286th); Roy Silver 52:39 (287th); Ralph Davey 54:18 (291st).
Gwent League #2: Women. Sunday, 08 November 2009. University of Bath. 166 people finished. 23 Croups members ran. Catherine Beecher 21:23 (23rd); Libby O’Duffy 22:15 (38th); Maria Zubizarreta 23:08 (51st); Cath Tailby 23:34 (62nd); Cheryl Hudgell 23:58 (75th); Liz Ashton 24:39 (88th); Gillian Kellam 24:47 (90th); Judi Rhys 25:18 (100th); Sarah McLoughlin 25:20 (102nd); Jan Christina Hall 25:47 (107th); Jenny Hughes 26:04 (111th); Julie Scholey 26:19 (114th); Yvonne Bullen 26:23 (117th); Edwina Turner 26:25 (118th); Caroline Dallimore 26:36 (120th); Jane Ash 27:20 (128th); Gillian McCue 27:24 (129th); Sue Neal 29:10 (140th); Gillian Murphy 30:09 (152nd); Clare Johnson 31:16 (155th); Angela Neal 34:05 (158th); Eirian Arwyn 34:54 (160th); Karen Phillips 35:09 (161st).
Nice Marathon. Sunday, 08 November 2009. Promenade des Anglais, Nice, France. 7875 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Gerry Crispie 2:56:44 (183rd).
Sodbury Slog. Sunday, 08 November 2009. Chipping Sodbury School, Bowling Road, Chipping Sodbury, near Bristol. 1035 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Daniel Harris 1:05:04 (63rd); Matthew Hopkins 1:14:03 (203rd); Adam Abraham 1:40:20 (632nd).
Yorktown Battlefield 10 Miler. Sunday, 08 November 2009. Virginia, USA. 158 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 1:01:15 (7th). Steve was 1st 40-44.
British & Irish Masters Cross Country International Men. Saturday, 14 November 2009. Perry Park, Birmingham. 5 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 31:34; Rob Jones 33:56; Mick Tabor 34:04; Lee Aherne 34:34; Sandy Johnston 35:00. Mick has, as always, written a very thorough write-up.
British & Irish Masters Cross Country International Women. Saturday, 14 November 2009. Perry Park, Birmingham. 6 Croups members ran. Libby O’Duffy 25:48; Maria Zubizarreta 28:28; Edwina Turner 31:54; Ann James 32:24; Julie Scholey 32:37; Gillian Murphy 37:03. Mick has, as always, written a very thorough write-up.
Cardiff Parkrun 92. Saturday, 14 November 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 126 people finished. 29 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 17:55 (9th); Rob Sage 18:09 (10th); Catherine Beecher 18:52 (16th); Brian Richardson 19:14 (20th); Gerry Crispie 19:25 (25th); Scott Hemmens 19:31 (26th); Alun Jones 19:36 (27th); Brendan Jones 19:47 (29th); Paul Morris 19:50 (30th); Shaun Connor 19:58 (34th); John Diffey 20:19 (38th); Martin Pinnell 20:22 (39th); Marcia Migay 20:47 (44th); Adam Morton 21:09 (48th); Jen Salter 21:17 (50th); Richard Sewell 21:38 (53rd); Tim Cummings 22:00 (56th); Michael Rossiter 22:26 (58th); Jennifer Topalian 22:47 (63rd); Frank Williams 23:51 (74th); Gillian McCue 25:30 (85th); Sasha Macken 25:47 (87th); Mark Engstrom 26:17 (94th); Geoff Wright 28:24 (102nd); Tony Dorsett 28:35 (103rd); Bill Fear 28:39 (104th); Anne Donald 30:03 (110th); Christine Faulkner 32:21 (117th); Eirian Arwyn 38:30 (125th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 92.
Hellrunner Down South. Sunday, 15 November 2009. Weavers Down, Longmoor Camp, Hants. 2420 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Matthew Hopkins 1:26:03 (331st). Official results: 742Kb Excel file. Archive of Hellrunner Down South.
Jersey Half Marathon. Sunday, 15 November 2009. Jersey Athletics Track, La Grande Route De St. Clement, St. Clement, Jersey. 333 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Lyndon Tudor-Maisey 1:23:47 (9th).
Richmond Marathon. Sunday, 15 November 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 2:58:12 (51st). Steve was 3rd in the M40-44 age group.
Cape Henry 10 Miler. Saturday, 21 November 2009. Virginia, USA. 137 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 58:48 (2nd). The course turned out to be just over a third of a mile short.
Cardiff Parkrun 93. Saturday, 21 November 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 137 people finished. 35 Croups members ran. Chris Discombe 15:47 (2nd); Nick Dukes 16:56 (4th); Dave Coles 18:00 (10th); Stuart McIlroy 18:20 (12th); Ben Farag 18:35 (14th); Richard Self 18:39 (15th); Matt Hurford 18:42 (16th); Sandy Johnston 18:51 (19th); Richard Wilder 19:09 (25th); Paulo Simoes 19:19 (28th); Gerry Crispie 19:21 (29th); John Diffey 19:22 (30th); Jen Salter 19:27 (32nd); Andrew Russell 19:34 (35th); Adam Morton 19:35 (36th); John Magee 20:01 (39th); Paul Morris 20:04 (40th); Maria Zubizarreta 20:06 (42nd); Brendan Jones 20:14 (44th); Dave Williams 21:14 (55th); Liz Ashton 21:53 (62nd); Richard Sewell 22:00 (63rd); Steve B Lewis 22:10 (64th); Martin Pinnell 22:14 (67th); Mark Farrar 23:41 (80th); Loretta Daley 23:59 (85th); Des Davies 24:11 (89th); Gary Bodman 24:33 (90th); Ralph Davey 25:03 (94th); Geoff Wright 28:04 (112th); Tony Dorsett 28:17 (117th); Errol Alexis 28:30 (119th); Anne Donald 29:26 (121st); Sandra Caveney 31:58 (133rd); Jemma Nurse 31:59 (134th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 93.
Finsbury Park Parkrun 4. Saturday, 21 November 2009. Finsbury Park, London. 37 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Jeff Aston 22:52 (20th). Jeff has now run at seven Parkrun venues, and holds fastest in his age group (V60-64) at two of them. Well done, Jeff.
Sospan 10 Mile Multi-Terrain Race. Sunday, 22 November 2009. Pembrey Country Park, Nr. Llanelli. 358 people finished. 28 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 1:00:00 (5th); Nick Dukes 1:00:35 (7th); Catherine Beecher 1:08:30 (37th); Matt Hurford 1:09:30 (44th); Davey Proud 1:11:11 (52nd); Terry Caveney 1:13:05 (65th); Alun Jones 1:13:42 (69th); Mike Murphy 1:14:02 (72nd); John O’Shea 1:14:35 (76th); Clive Osmond 1:16:45 (98th); Steve Owen 1:17:52 (111th); Alan Mason 1:18:08 (117th); Brendan Jones 1:19:50 (131st); Richard Sewell 1:20:00 (132nd); Jennifer Topalian 1:21:57 (155th); Julie Scholey 1:24:43 (182nd); Caroline Dallimore 1:25:05 (188th); Mike Davies 1:26:49 (205th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 1:28:21 (218th); Sian Evans 1:29:09 (226th); Gillian McCue 1:29:44 (234th); Jane Ash 1:30:06 (235th); Jenny Hughes 1:30:20 (239th); Aelwen Mair Blythe 1:32:20 (257th); Steve Williams 1:33:07 (261st); Clare Johnson 1:39:26 (303rd); Rod Jones 1:40:06 (308th); Gillian Murphy 1:41:19 (314th). Official results: 151Kb Excel file. Archive of Sospan 10 Mile Multi-Terrain Race.
Cardiff Parkrun 94. Saturday, 28 November 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 124 people finished. 30 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:56 (8th); Mark Palser 17:09 (10th); Phil George 18:10 (18th); Dave Coles 18:16 (21st); John Diffey 19:10 (26th); Davey Proud 19:16 (28th); Alun Jones 19:20 (30th); Paul Morris 19:54 (39th); Adam Morton 20:01 (40th); John Magee 20:09 (42nd); Gerry Crispie 20:11 (43rd); Marcus Coles 20:16 (45th); Sandy Johnston 20:17 (47th); Alan Mason 20:49 (52nd); Cheryl Hudgell 20:58 (55th); Marcia Migay 21:05 (58th); Dave Williams 21:32 (61st); Nick Williams 21:48 (64th); Richard Sewell 21:57 (66th); John Plain 22:08 (71st); Gary Bodman 22:12 (72nd); Michael Rossiter 22:13 (73rd); Mark Engstrom 25:39 (99th); Bill Fear 27:19 (106th); Geoff Wright 28:35 (112th); Tony Dorsett 28:46 (113th); Alan Bladen 29:11 (115th); Gwenno Williams 30:35 (116th); Christine Faulkner 31:40 (119th); Kellinu Portelli 35:09 (124th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 94.
Sleepwalker Mountain Marathon. Saturday, 28 November 2009. Henderson Hall, Talybont on Usk, Brecon. 110 people finished. 13 Croups members ran. Dave Headon 3:18 (14th); Mick Tabor 3:18 (15th); Richard Self 3:19 (16th); Clive Osmond 3:51 (47th); Matt Townsend 4:11 (56th); Graeme Donnan 4:12 (58th); Tim O’Sullivan 4:12 (59th); Linda Jensen 4:35 (89th); Caroline Dallimore 4:48 (100th); Jenny Hughes 4:48 (101st); Julie Scholey 4:48 (103rd); Gillian McCue 4:48 (104th); Sara MacBride-Stewart 4:48 (105th). Thanks to Matt Townsend, Richard Self, Graeme Donnan (and anyone I’ve forgotten! for sending me these. There doesn’t seem to be a web page; they were distribted by email. Gill McCue’s name was spelled ’Racloe’ for some reason, but Matt spotted this.
Brent Knoll Hill Race. Sunday, 29 November 2009. BASC Ground, Burnham-on-Sea. 122 people finished. 2 Croups members ran. Paul Coker 45:26 (13th); Jane Coker 51:35 (43rd). Paul was 1st V50 and Jane was 3rd Senior Lady.

December

Beacons Ultra. Saturday, 05 December 2009. Talybont Outdoor Education Centre, Station Rd, Talybont on Usk, Brecon, Powys. 84 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Dave Headon 8:21:39 (11th). Well done to Dave for finishing the 45 miles!
Cardiff Parkrun 95. Saturday, 05 December 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 77 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Phil George 17:40 (10th); Rob Sage 18:12 (16th); Julian Baker 18:47 (18th); Davey Proud 19:18 (23rd); Steffen Scholz 19:23 (24th); Jen Salter 19:58 (31st); John Magee 20:20 (34th); Brendan Jones 20:21 (35th); Shaun Connor 20:27 (37th); Dave Williams 21:05 (41st); Mick Tabor 21:11 (42nd); Nick Williams 21:15 (44th); Richard Sewell 21:19 (47th); Liz Ashton 21:26 (50th); Loretta Daley 22:22 (56th); Paul Morris 22:23 (57th); Jennifer Topalian 22:33 (60th); Gary Bodman 23:38 (68th); Alun Williams 23:49 (70th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 95.
Cayman Islands Marathon. Sunday, 06 December 2009. Grand Cayman. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 2:59:05 (1st). A fine victory for Steve and under the 3 hour mark as well.
Gwent League #3: Men. Sunday, 06 December 2009. Hestercombe Gardens, Hestercombe, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton. 254 people finished. 31 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 38:34 (25th); Nick Dukes 38:35 (26th); Stuart Crees 38:39 (27th); Rob Jones 39:37 (62nd); Richard Bullen 39:37 (37th); Rob Sage 41:11 (64th); Mick McGeoch 42:06 (76th); Matt Hurford 42:23 (84th); Gareth Lynch 42:55 (92nd); Matthew Hopkins 43:01 (94th); Mick Tabor 43:28 (107th); Richard Self 43:39 (108th); Jerry Cleall-Harding 43:55 (114th); Sandy Johnston 44:12 (122nd); Steffen Scholz 45:54 (150th); Terry Caveney 46:19 (154th); Alun Jones 46:25 (155th); Andrew Russell 46:45 (157th); Mike Murphy 47:13 (164th); John O’Shea 47:50 (174th); Clive Osmond 48:53 (190th); Richard Sewell 49:31 (197th); Neil Tatnell 50:47 (208th); John Plain 51:05 (212th); Brendan Jones 51:40 (222nd); Mike Davies 52:04 (224th); Jeff Aston 52:31 (227th); Howard Brown 57:22 (245th); Steve Williams 58:40 (247th); Des Davies 1:01:00 (250th); Ralph Davey 1:01:36 (251st).
Gwent League #3: Women. Sunday, 06 December 2009. Hestercombe Gardens, Hestercombe, Cheddon Fitzpaine, Taunton. 125 people finished. 19 Croups members ran. Catherine Beecher 22:54 (9th); Libby O’Duffy 23:44 (23rd); Maria Zubizarreta 24:25 (29th); Cheryl Hudgell 26:10 (56th); Gillian Kellam 27:01 (67th); Liz Ashton 27:41 (77th); Jenny Hughes 28:06 (82nd); Caroline Dallimore 28:08 (86th); Ann James 28:08 (83rd); Edwina Turner 29:35 (91st); Yvonne Bullen 29:53 (95th); Gillian McCue 31:18 (103rd); Sue Neal 32:40 (108th); Gillian Murphy 34:26 (111th); Clare Johnson 35:15 (115th); Gwenno Williams 36:50 (117th); Angela Neal 37:20 (118th); Karen Phillips 39:26 (121st); Eirian Arwyn 42:09 (122nd).
Coastal Trail Series Gower Half Marathon. Monday, 07 December 2009. Llangennith Village Hall, Opposite The Kings Head Pub, Llangennith, Gower, Swansea. 1 Croups member ran. Sara MacBride-Stewart 2:26:07 (160th).
Cardiff Parkrun 96. Saturday, 12 December 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 95 people finished. 24 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:49 (3rd); Rob Sage 17:28 (4th); Stuart McIlroy 18:23 (8th); Libby O’Duffy 19:19 (14th); Andy Cleves 19:34 (15th); Wouter Poortinga 19:34 (16th); Paulo Simoes 19:37 (17th); Brendan Jones 19:49 (19th); Adam Morton 20:24 (23rd); Shaun Connor 20:25 (24th); Dave Williams 20:46 (26th); Nick Williams 21:39 (32nd); Claire Beatty 22:04 (38th); Michael Rossiter 22:12 (41st); Richard Sewell 22:21 (42nd); Gary Bodman 22:27 (44th); Des Davies 22:39 (46th); Sasha Macken 25:09 (66th); Jemma Nurse 25:34 (68th); Tina Rossiter 26:41 (79th); Tony Dorsett 28:36 (88th); Geoff Wright 29:29 (90th); Christine Faulkner 32:06 (92nd); Eirian Arwyn 38:02 (95th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 96.
Merthyr Mawr 10k. Sunday, 13 December 2009. Big Dipper Sand Dune, Merthyr Mawr, Nr Ogmore, South Wales. 616 people finished. 33 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 38:59 (8th); Mark Palser 39:36 (14th); Chris Kiely 39:38 (15th); Martin Williams 41:35 (22nd); Richard Self 42:28 (32nd); Linda Jensen 44:03 (54th); Davey Proud 44:18 (56th); Mick Tabor 44:53 (64th); Melissa Minshull 44:58 (66th); John O’Shea 45:20 (77th); Alun Jones 46:07 (94th); Marcus Coles 47:43 (113th); Richard Sewell 48:12 (123rd); Clive Osmond 48:14 (124th); Steve Owen 49:30 (144th); Andrew Sedgmond 55:24 (263rd); Mike Dix 55:29 (266th); Mark Farrar 59:03 (326th); Gillian McCue 1:01:21 (362nd); Simon James 1:01:40 (370th); Rod Jones 1:01:55 (376th); Clare Johnson 1:07:11 (459th); Adam Abraham 1:10:23 (507th); Errol Alexis 1:11:09 (516th); Gillian Donald 1:17:24 (579th); Karen Phillips 1:20:05 (595th); Joy Beavon 1:20:12 (596th); Tracey Newman 1:20:26 (599th); Sian Llewellyn 1:32:20 (610th); Rhian Llewellyn 1:32:22 (611th); Angela Neal 1:32:30 (612th); Sue Neal 1:32:56 (613th); Carolyn Llewellyn 1:32:56 (614th).
Santa Shuffle 5k. Sunday, 13 December 2009. Virginia, USA. 719 people finished. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 17:44 (6th). Yet again Steve was 1st vet.
Welsh Masters Cross Country Championships Men 40-. Sunday, 13 December 2009. Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys. 79 people finished. 16 Croups members ran. Phil Cook 35:19 (7th); Richard Bullen 35:36 (9th); Rob Jones 37:08 (19th); Dave Coles 38:21 (28th); Mick McGeoch 39:07 (37th); Paul Coker 39:23 (41st); Brian Richardson 40:18 (49th); Peter Kellam 40:54 (54th); Terry Caveney 40:58 (55th); Gerry Crispie 41:43 (57th); Mike Murphy 42:14 (58th); Neil Tatnell 44:54 (73rd); John Plain 45:00 (74th); Graeme Donnan 45:05 (75th); Mike Davies 46:16 (76th); Howard Brown 52:24 (79th). Distance: 9600m.
Welsh Masters Cross Country Championships Women 35-. Sunday, 13 December 2009. Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys. 56 people finished. 5 Croups members ran. Jane Coker 23:45 (10th); Yvonne Bullen 27:15 (36th); Gillian Murphy 31:36 (51st); Gwenno Williams 33:51 (55th); Eirian Arwyn 36:17 (56th). Distance: 5300m.
Cardiff Parkrun 97. Saturday, 19 December 2009. Blackweir Park, Cardiff. 130 people finished. 30 Croups members ran. Martin Williams 18:07 (6th); Andy Cleves 19:07 (13th); Mick Tabor 19:36 (18th); Paulo Simoes 19:40 (19th); Maria Zubizarreta 19:40 (20th); Gerry Crispie 19:41 (21st); Libby O’Duffy 19:41 (22nd); Brendan Jones 19:51 (23rd); Adam Morton 20:30 (29th); Sandy Johnston 21:01 (34th); Nick Williams 21:47 (43rd); Claire Beatty 21:51 (44th); Graeme Donnan 22:02 (47th); Andrew Sedgmond 22:16 (55th); Alun Williams 22:17 (56th); Des Davies 23:02 (63rd); Gary Bodman 23:14 (64th); Jennifer Topalian 24:42 (83rd); Jenny Hughes 24:43 (84th); Gillian McCue 24:45 (85th); Sasha Macken 26:22 (95th); Clare Johnson 26:34 (97th); Gillian Murphy 27:18 (102nd); Tony Dorsett 28:57 (109th); Mike Murphy 28:58 (110th); Errol Alexis 29:11 (112th); Anne Donald 29:30 (115th); Christine Faulkner 29:53 (117th); Sandra Caveney 30:03 (119th); Eirian Arwyn 37:27 (130th). Archive of Cardiff Parkrun 97.
Seashore Nature Trail 50K. Saturday, 19 December 2009. Virginia, USA. 1 Croups member ran. Steve Speirs 3:56:40 (3rd). Steve’s final race of 2009.
Glynneath Boxing Day 5. Saturday, 26 December 2009. Glynneath Social Club, Glynneath, West Glamorgan. 252 people finished. 4 Croups members ran. Stuart McIlroy 29:30 (16th); Gerry Crispie 30:46 (28th); Alan Mason 33:48 (76th); Mike Davies 36:13 (109th). Official results: 30Kb PDF file. Archive of Glynneath Boxing Day 5. Thanks to Mike Davies for finding these (and I’ve inserted his name).
Porthcawl Boxing Day Fun Run. Saturday, 26 December 2009. The Hi-Tide Inn, Mackworth Road, Sandy Bay, Porthcawl. 238 people finished. 3 Croups members ran. Richard Wilder 26:25 (5th); Liz Ashton 32:26 (45th); Mel James 37:10 (105th). Official results: 501Kb Excel file. Archive of Porthcawl Boxing Day Fun Run. Apologies to Liz Ashton: she did run, but she was down as ’Unattached’ in the original results. Thanks for sending the spreadsheet.
Nos Galan 5k Elite. Thursday, 31 December 2009. Mountain Ash Town Centre. 107 people finished. 7 Croups members ran. Stuart Crees 16:42 (15th); Martin Williams 17:54 (27th); Matt Hurford 18:09 (34th); Catherine Beecher 18:25 (39th); John Diffey 19:29 (63rd); Cheryl Hudgell 20:58 (82nd); Liz Ashton 21:24 (86th).

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