Jamie Tharme completed 100k North Wales Ultra challenge…plus other race results..

Jamie Tharme completed 100k North Wales Ultra challenge.

Report by Don Hale.

Endurance runner Jamie Tharme must be a glutton for punishment as he took part in the gruelling new 100k North Wales Path Ultra race last Saturday just a week or two after competing in a tough marathon event.

Jamie eventually completed this tremendous challenge of running from Nova at Prestatyn to Bangor – with a good many hills thrown in – in a magnificent time of 15 hours and 2 minutes, covering a Strava distance of 101.95 kms including 2,044m of elevation.

Feeling utterly exhausted, Jamie later admitted: “I’ve done a lot of stupid things in my time, but this is definitely up there. Wow! That was so hard!”

Two other well-known local runners also took part including ultra-race tacklers, Amanda Durber and Bethan Wyn Roberts. The pair ran together throughout and completed the course in an amazing time of 15 hours 7 minutes.

Amanda later confirmed: “100km North Wales Path Ultra completed. A great experience, challenging terrain, and weather at times plus 2,000 plus metres of elevation.

“Huge thanks to Bethan for the time we’ve spent training in all weather conditions over the past few months, I couldn’t have done it without you. It certainly all paid off. And thanks to my sister Karen for joining us and keeping us safe, and to Buddug Jones and Elen Wyn Bohanna, and Dylan for driving us home.”

*Alderley Edge Bypass 10k: Steve Forsyth and Will Williams from NWRRC hit the road running in Cheshire on Sunday at the Alderley Edge Bypass 10k race with Steve making his official race debut for the club, finishing 9th overall out of a top-quality field of 1,462 entrants, and he also won his MV40 age cat in just 34 minutes and 53 seconds.

Will also gave a good chase and recorded a similar excellent time of 38.23 in 40th place overall, and finished 5th in his MV45 age cat. After the race Steve said: “Not bad after food poisoning and not run other than this race.”

*Liverpool Spring 10k: A quartet of club runners travelled to Liverpool last Sunday for the Spring 10k race at Sefton. Kelly-Marie Alford and Cai Roberts ran together and finished in 736th and 737th places respectively in a good chip time of 52.05 amongst a massive entry of some 3,645 finishers. And it was good to see Mandy Owen back racing again with a determined effort in 1,245th place in 59.46, with husband Charlie Owen finishing in 1.11.17 in 1,797th place.