LAST week saw the penultimate race of the Tuesday evening fell race series.

Denbigh Harrier Menai Baugh was there in her bid to retain her age category title.

The 4.5-mile race was at Abergwyngregyn, starting up a grassy hill with over 800 feet of steep climbing within the first mile.

The route follows a grassy track to Aber Falls, followed by another 400 foot climb before the long mile-and-a-half descent down to the finish.

Menai’s time was 50 minutes and 11 seconds, securing the first F60 prize and a two-minute improvement on last year’s time.

Saturday witnessed Tony Wood taking on the 20k Foel Fras fell race, with 1,077 metres of climbing.

Although the race is named after the hill, it actually takes you up another substantial hill, Drum (770m), before getting to Foel Fras.

After the stunning views from Foel Fras the race then climbs Moel Gwenllian before heading back to the finish over three more hills - yr Arya, Drosgl and Moel Wnion.

This mountain journey took Tony a creditable two hours, 23 minutes and 20 seconds.

Also at the weekend, Sioned Lloyd ran the Coed y Brenin trail half-marathon, which climbs over 2,000 feet on rough paths and track.

While only deciding to do the race two weeks ago, Sioned still managed to knock 11 minutes off her last course personal best, finishing in 2-21.

With many local parkruns called off because of last week's rainy weather, the Harriers had limited choices for participation.

This did not stop Mari Williams from achieving a great personal best in Cardiff.

Cardiff parkrun: 153, Mari Williams 22.51 (pb).

Conwy parkrun: 11, Victor Belshaw 20.34; 15, David Baugh 20.54; 60, Katy Baugh 23.51; 64, Elen Baugh 24.01.