Athletics: Pares excellence in Quebec event.Byline: By GARETH HUGHES BUCKLEY'S John Pares PARES. A man's equals; his peers. (q.v.) 3 Bl. Com. 349. proved himself to be among the best ultra-distance runners in the world when he turned in a superb performance at the weekend. Overcoming rain, lightning, high temperatures and even higher humidity humidity, moisture content of the atmosphere, a primary element of climate. Humidity measurements include absolute humidity, the mass of water vapor per unit volume of natural air; relative humidity (usually meant when the term humidity , he finished 31st out of 145 starters in the World 24-hour race in Drummondville, Quebec Drummondville is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal, on the Saint-François River. Drummondville is the seat of Drummond Regional County Municipality. As of 2006[1], the population was 67,392. . He covered a total of 210 kilometres 851 metres and was third Briton home. The British team finished sixth in the men's event, which was won by Japan. The first man home, Japanese Ryoichi Sekia, covered 263km5 62m. Pares, 41, set off at a conservative pace but as the hours passed he gradually worked his way up the field, reaching 14th place at one stage, but then slipped back in the final couple of hours. Mountain-running specialist Steve Gillil-and gave the Snowdon race a miss this year and compensated by winning the Dolgellau five-mile race closer to home. The Bro Dysynni veteran finished just one second ahead of Paul Dodsworth (Warring-ton), with Simon Shiels (Abergele) third, showing further signs of a return to the form which earned him so many titles over the years. Tim Davies (Maldwyn), three-times winner of the Snowdonia race, also turned his attention to the flat, joining a quality field in the Great Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. 10k race in Cardiff. He finished 23rd overall in 31m 42s. Anglesey-born Tracey Morris had fine run in 45th place overall, clocking 33m 44s, and Eryri's Paul Wathan returned to something like his old form with a time of 35m 54s to take 69th position. The L35 class was won by Colwyn Bay's Tammy Lewis-Jones in 38m 22s. SELECTED RESULTS OF DOLGELLAU 5: 1 S Gilliland (Bro Dysynni, M45) 26m 03s, 2 P Dodsworth (Warrington, M35) 26.04, 3 S Shiels (Abergele, M40), 4 D Garratt (Road Runners) 26.26, 5 I Jones (Coventry) 26.46, 6 M Lee (Rossendale, M40) 27.42. JM: 1 0 Gallop (Meirionnydd) 28.54, 2 T Roberts (Meir) 33.21, 3 I Jones (ua) 35.10. M35: 2 D Roberts (Bro Dys) 28.54, 3 N Harding (ua) 35.14. LADIES: 1 H Worthy (Vale Royal Vale Royal is a local government district and borough in Cheshire, North West England. It contains the towns of Northwich, Winsford and Frodsham. It takes its name from Vale Royal Abbey, formerly one of the largest in England, which was situated near the village of Whitegate. ) 31m11s, 2 L Barker barker a term for an animal that does not usually bark which makes a violent respiratory effort, often during a convulsion, accompanied by a sound which roughly resembles a dog's bark. (Aberystwyth) 31.59, 3 P Cunnadine (ua, L40) 33.23, 4 A Faycell (Aberystwyth) 33.26, 5 M Taverner (Vale Royal, L45) 33.47, 6 J Molyneux (Vale Royal, L45) 34.08. L35: 1 N Brown (ua) 50.00, 2 C Owen (Meir) 51.57. SELECTED RESULTS OF INTERNATIONAL SNOWDON RACE: 1 A Jones (Salford) 1h 05m 38s, 2 I Holmes (Bingley, M40) 1-08.16, 3 B Bardsley (England) 1-08.26, 4 S Bailey (England) 1-08.34, 5 T Cornthwaite (Blackburn) 1-08.44, 6 J Lennox (Scotland) 1-09.56. M40: 2 J Hunt (Dark Peak) 1-15.10, 3 E Murden (Shelton) 1-22.46. M50: 1 G Jones (Shrewsbury) 1-24.20, 2 I Edgar (Eryri) 1-26.39, 3 G McAra (Cheshire HR) 1-27.17. LADIES: 1 M Wilkinson (Eng)1h 20m 36s, 2 J Mclver (Eng) 1-21.07, 3 N White (Bingley) 1-22.49, 4 0 Walwyn (Eng) 1-24.47, 5 H Fines (Bristol) 1-25.21, 6 J Mykura (Scot) 1-25.36. L40:1 J Jepson (Dark Peak) 1-29.49, 2 K Harvey (Pennine) 1-33.11. CAPTION(S): Ace John Pares (inset); and competitors in action in the Snowdon race (main) PICTURE: Richard Williams |
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