Race 2 of Aberastwyth series of runs took place on Wednesday 29th July with 18 runners representing Sarn Helen. Sarn Helen ladies impressed on the night taking the top 3 spots
Hosted by Trots Running Club the St Clears 5 and 10 mile races have become a popular event on the racing calendar. Both distances are ran on tarmac on a countryside route with challenging hills to overcome. Layla Omar-Davies who is running phenomenally well at the moment was 1st Female in the 10mile race in a stunning time of 69:58. Johnathan Price was 3rd overall in the 5mile race in a superb time of 35:09, Kevin Jones had a great run to finish 4th overall and 1st M55 in 36:22, Simon Reed 41:48 and Sarah Puetz 53:18.
What a year to be a competitor at the London Marathon, a jaw dropping sub 2 hour finish for race winner Sabastian Sawe in an incredible time of 1:59:30 and an official new world record for the largest number of finishers in a marathon, 59,830. This is what will stay in the memory of 3 Sarn Helen runners along with their own strong personal performances for years to come, Roxie Thomas 4:19:34, Jo Rosiak 5:00:58 and Dylan John 5:08:00.
The 3rd and final race of The Red Kite Challenge Summer Series was hosted by Sarn Helen Running Club and featured a 4.7 mile challenging route through Longwood Forest.
The 1st of The Aberastwyth Series of 5K races took place last week. Despite the extreme heat Sarn Helen runners achieved great results on the out and back flat, fast course that was on offer. Sarn Helen ladies shone on the night taking the top 3 female positions, 1st female overall in a fantastic PB time of 19:09 was Layla Omar-Davies, making a great comeback following a period of injury and claiming 2nd female and 1st F35 was Dee Jolly in 20:02 with Nia Teify Rees claiming 3rd female and 2nd in the OF category in a superb time of 20:29.
3rd F45 went to Meinir Williams in a great time of 25:03 with Esther Llwyd Jones taking 3rd spot in the U16 girls in a good time of 26:42.
The Forest of Dean Autumn Half Marathon follows a forest trails course with no road crossings, although there are challenging hills runners have the opportunity to witness the forest in it’s glory of autumnal colours. 6 Sarn Helen runners made the journey across the border to participate in the race achieving great results all round. Simon Hall 1:23:36, Mike Davies 1:30:52, Jo Summers 1:34:38, Carwyn Davies 1:37:15, Lou Summers 1:39:15 and 4th in F55 category, Polly Summers taking it easy in a time of 2:08:52.