TATTENHALL Runners members are fresh back from impressing at the Welsh Castles Relay.
The two-day, 20-stage road running event from Caernarfon to Cardiff Castle attracted an international field.
Tattenhall, therefore, were delighted to finish 47th out of the 61 teams taking part.
All of their runners performed extremely well in tough, mountainous and hot conditions.
Elizabeth Renondeau had an outstanding run, finishing second lady on stage 11, a 12.3-mile stretch from Newtown to Llanbadarn Fynydd.
Andrew Sudlow maintained his excellent form, passing the post in 13th on stage five from Barmouth to Harlech, while Amanda Davies was the third lady on stage two from Penygroes to Criccieth after a great display.
Rob Webster brought the Tattenhall team home, running the glory stage into Cardiff Castle.
Seven club members then took part in the Trail up the Beast fell race in Maeshafn.
Rob Arden led the way, finishing 20th in 42 minutes and 32 seconds.
He was followed by Mark Smith in 23rd (44:32) and the impressive Martin Hilton in 39th (46:56).
Next up was Webster in 53rd (49:53), showing little sign of tiredness from the Welsh Castles Relay.
Kathy Frankland took two minutes off her personal best time to finish 72nd (53:24), with Sharon Basford 85th (63:54) and Laura Ashford 87th (66:35).
Helsby Running Club was also represented at the Trail up the Beast.
Chris Baynham-Hughes was first in for Helsby in ninth (37:41) after a closely fought battle with Jim O’Hara (38:24) in 11th.
Jayne Joy was first lady home and 14th overall (40:07), smashing the women’s course record by more than a minute.
Following up were Adair Broughton in 18th (41:50), Colin Thompson in 27th (44:53), Steve Riley in 29th (45:00), Ian Landucci in 30th (45:09), Vanessa Griffiths in 49th (48:28), Janet Robertson in 50th (48:32), Paul Foster in 57th (50:25), Rachel Arnold in 58th (50:40), Tom de Jong in 77th (54:15) and Nesta Hawker in 80th (57:19).
Robertson (29th in 22:36) and Ben Williams (39th in 23:17) then set course PBs when competing at Saturday’s Delamere Park Run.
Riley (22nd in 22:06) spearheaded a Helsby pack also containing Helen Tudor (51st in 24:12) and Alison Meakin (25:54).
On the same day Andy Robinson completed the Welsh Vegan 3,000s Ultra – a race covering more than 31 miles and 13,000ft – in a time of 11 hours and 14 minutes for 11th position.
The following day Roy Gaskill was 58th (41:01) and Clare-Louise Miller 215th (48:01) at the Sport in the Port 10k Road Race, and Dave Feakes 214th (1.57:49) and Lesley Feakes 238th (2.00:36) at the Cross Bay Challenge.
