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Conwy Half Marathon 2018 – And Other Activities

Conwy Half Marathon 2018 – And Other Activities

The Run Wales Conwy Half Marathon holds a special place in our running hearts. The 2013 version was the first half marathon we ever ran. A couple of years later, we ran our half marathon PB here when completing the 2015 version. Unfortunately, since then we have struggled with injuries and fitness. Last year, for example, although we had entered, following injury we weren’t ready and ended up volunteering instead (which was great in its own way!) This was the 10th anniversary of the event,…

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Flintshire 10K

Flintshire 10K

Sunday was the Flintshire 10K event organised by Run Wales. After our visit on Saturday to the Blue Planet Aquarium, Andy and I drove over to  Holywell where we stayed over at the Hotel Victoria. It was a hotel but with a self catering kitchen. Sunday morning we drove over to Mold where the Flintshire 10K started from. The Leisure Centre was where race HQ was located. We got there early as you had to collect your race numbers. First…

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Conwy Half Marathon 2013

Conwy Half Marathon 2013

Sunday 24th November was the 2013 Conwy Half Marathon which is organised by Run Wales. We arrived in Conwy just before 10 am and had a short walk along the quayside.  It wasn’t too busy. There was an important visit to L’s Coffee and Book Shop for coffee and lovely cake! Feeling suitably refreshed, we went back to the car and got ourselves ready. It was actually much warmer in Conwy than it had been in Stockport. Once we were about…

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Conwy Half-Marathon Recce

Conwy Half-Marathon Recce

Our blog posts are mainly about our cycling adventures, our day trips and our tours. Occasionally we write posts about walks we have been on, and every so often we have included a post about somewhere we have visited. Strangely however we have never written anything previously about another interest of ours, that of running. This Conwy Half-Marathon Recce post finally corrects that. On Sunday 24th November we are participating in the Conwy Half-Marathon organised by Run Wales. It will…

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