Ystrad Runners
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Ystrad Mynach Running club AKA Ystrad Runners is a Welsh Athletics affiliated running club. We run Monday and Thursday 6:30. Runners of all abilities welcome
Meeting at Tredomen Gateway/Parc Penallta. Ystrad Runners is here for you! Any gender and abilities welcome to this fun and friendly club. If your unsure about taking the first steps into becoming a runner, why not come along and see what we are about or send us a message to discuss. Look forward to speaking and meeting you soon.
31/05/2026
Well it’s been a bit less of a busy week for ystrad runners
Ruth Corney hit the streets while up in Liverpool.
Stephen Evans , Darren and Ches Smith headed to Solemate in Merthyr to try out the Saloman new trainers
Luke Davies has been out doing some slow and steady session for some knee rehab
Next we hit the weekend
Penallta parkrun had some epic results - massive congrats to Evan Taylor-Price who smashed it and came 1st, quickly followed by his dad Darren and Cath Edw . Massive congrats to Michelle Louise Taylor who hit 50 volunteers this weekend!
Nigel Herbert done a great job tailwalking in Pontypridd Parkrun
Well done to the wonderful ladies who did a lovely 7k run
Sunday saw Graham Wearne hit the trails, Darren head out with Maverick Run to ogmore and Jordan Morris & Cath headed out on a long run ahead of next weeks Swansea half!
Well done all! Looking forward to another great week in some cooler temperatures
28/05/2026
We're meeting at Taf Bargoed/Trelewis lakes for our session tonight.
Usual meeting time 6:30 in the lakes carpark.
Don't forget a drink and sun screen
See all later
27/05/2026
Little delayed with the recent round ups of running life at Ystrad runners. So here's two weeks worth of running
Darren was in the glorious Cotswolds for another ultra.
Hannah Loughlin and Evan stayed local for parkrun at Penallta parkrun with both of them achieving course PBs
Mike was in the beautiful Isle of Wight for Medina IOW parkrun ease back in after ankle problems.
We had some mid week running from Kieran Loughlin at the SSAFA 5K race in Bute park alongside some of the next generation of athletes from Rhymney Valley Athletics.
Back to parkrun
Evan, Darren. Mike and Leslie were at Penallta and Nigel Herbert made a trip down West to Parc Dewi Sant
Treforest 10k in a heat wave for Michelle Louise Taylor Jordan Morris Cath Edw Hannah, Kieran, Evan and Darren. Great running from everyone especially in the heat. Stephen Evans popped over as part of his bike ride to cheer them all on.
Ches Smith Darren and Steve headed up to Merthyr and Sole mate for a Salomon shoe event and a plod around Merthyr testing out some of the newest shoes.
A fantastic two weeks of running everyone
Another week, another set of miles, smiles, and slightly questionable mountainous routes… ⛰️
Saturday saw Stephen Evans ride from his house to Cardiff to then destroy the Carten100 race…how’s the 🍑 feeling?
Louisa Hill completed The Lap. Not quite an ordinary lap but a beautifully mountainous 46.5 Mile lap in the Lake District. Absolutely Fantastic and she finished the race with the biggest smile 😆
Graham Wearne smiled proudly after finishing 5th in the EPONA 100K. Another Saturday rambling through the mountain tops. Always in awe. 👏🏽
Jen Judd Took the boys for a morning trail run. Great job keeping up Darren and Luke Davies!!
Helen Williams absolutely smashed her partner Hyrox Sim in the glorious sunshine 💪🏽
Park Run… Nigel Herbert took to Ponty to give out tons of enthusiasm. Leslie Loader, Darren (after completing a trail run) and Mike stayed local and ran some excellent times around Penallta 👏🏽 👏🏽 Cath Edw cannot stop smashing her PRs, this time completed at Mount Edgcumbe 🤩
Ang, Vicki, Liz, Alyson and Sue had a lovely morning run with the usual debate about who’s watch distance was correct 🌞
Jordan Morris and Natasha Bishop jogged in the evening sun and put the world to rights.
SUNDAAAAAAAAAY - Caerphilly 10K
The leaning tower of Caerphilly leans more than Pisa… still not as much as the runners after all those hills!!!
A huge congratulations to all of our Ystrad Runners who smashed their goals and PBs. You were outstanding and a privilege to watch and ‘woop’ for. Evan, Leslie, Kieran Loughlin, Ches, Wayne and Cheryl 🏅
Jordan began her training for Sierra Nevada by climbing the Sleeping giant and Henrhyd falls. Breath taking views ⛰️
All these updates and I’m ready for carb loading and a lie down.
Amazing as always YR 👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
06/05/2026
It's round up time
First off were those crazy ultra runners were at it again this time taking on the Howum
Jen Judd secured a podium spot coming in as third female, Louisa Hill Graham Wearne and Darren all put in amazing runs.
Luke headed out for a trail run and managed to only take one wrong turn.
Stephen Evans headed out on two wheels.
Wayne Jones Liz Jarrett Alyson Smith Cheryl Griffith Angela and Vicky headed over to Penallta for a 10k
Evan made a rare appearance at parkrun finishing fourth and with a PB
After running the Howum Darren along with Michelle Louise Taylor were down in Southampton. It was the marathon for Darren and the half for Michelle.
May day bank holiday means the Milton Keynes marathon with Dave taking part and knocking 3 minutes off his PB
Great running from Ystrad runners
06/05/2026
It's round up time
First off were those crazy ultra runners were at it again this time taking on the Howum
Jen Judd secured a podium spot coming in as third female, Louisa Hill Graham Wearne and Darren all put in amazing runs.
Luke headed out for a trail run and managed to only take one wrong turn.
Stephen Evans headed out on two wheels.
Wayne Jones, Liz Jarrett Alyson Smith Cheryl Griffith Angela and Vicky headed over to Penallta for a 10k
Evan made a rare appearance at parkrun finishing fourth and with a PB
After running the Howum Darren along with Michelle Louise Taylor were down in Southampton. It was the marathon for Darren and the half for Michelle.
May day bank holiday means the Milton Keynes marathon with Dave taking part and knocking 3 minutes off his PB
Great running from Ystrad runners
29/04/2026
Well in all the excitement of the weekend we managed to miss out a few events.
So here we go
On Thursday evening Amy Bevan Sam, Ann and Michelle Louise Taylor decided they needed to run to England and back again before it got dark.
The Severn bridge twilight run did not disappoint and the sunset was glorious.
On Saturday Sam, Amy along with the kids and Amy's husband took part in the St David's hospice colour dash at Tredegar park. Looks like they had a great time and the sunshine was out in full force for them as well.
28/04/2026
It’s a long one, sit tight!
What an awesome week we have had at Ystrad Runners
First there was parkrun…
We had Nigel & Jordan linking up with the local health board, Aneurin Bevan Health board at Newport, Darren completed Riverfront (rather a short distance for ultra runner Darren, but he still bagged himself a PB), Steve took part in parkrun across two countries, aka Severn Bridge 🏴 🏴, Hannah, Kieran and the 2 junior Loughlins went to Cwmbran with both Leslie and Mike staying closer to home and going to Penallta..
Away from parkrun on Saturday we had Jen tackling the trails (for a long run), and Liz, Cherril, Wayne, Vicky and Alyson took to the local trails…
Not content with a parkrun this week, our chief race commentator and dot watcher, Luke took on the Phoenix running south wales series and smashed out 53k (that’s nearly 33 miles for us that work in miles)… WOW!
Moving to Sunday, not taking away the sub 2 hours by the winner (which was amazing in its own right!), we had our own champions in the big smoke…
Keeping Luke in a job by tracking everyone, we had…
Louisa, who can usually be found completing a trail ultra), taking on the London Marathon for the second time in TWENTY SEVEN years…
We had Rob D running for Cynon Valley Pals, a charity close to his heart… Robs highlight of the day was overtaking Daddy Pig!
We then had Natasha running for the clubs charity of the year, Velindre, Tash should have run last year but a thing called a baby got in the way.
Ystrad runners you do us all proud, you are all amazing, whether you took part in the any of the above or you simply cheered everyone on! Thank you!
20/04/2026
Here is another weekly round up! It’s been a busy one!
We had a great week of club including a great tempo session and a hilly session! Well done all!
This was followed by a BUSY weekend!
parkrun first! Our home run was filled with Darren, Dave and Robert Davies having great runs! Nigel Herbert went to Pontypridd and Mike went a bit further to Wetherby. Big shout out to Cath Edw who got a PB at Cwmbran! 🙌🏼
Stephen Evans went on a big bike ride Saturday ahead of the big run on Sunday
Run 4 Wales gave the club 5 free spaces for the Newport marathon festival - this was filled by Steve undertaking the half and crushing a big PB! Michelle Louise Taylor , Kieran Loughlin and Jordan Morris did the 10k with both Michelle and Kieran smashing PBs! Helen also did the half for Sparkle charity - well done!
Our unofficial club members did the 1mile and did absolutely amazing!
Was great catching up with ex club member Carl Field on the start line!
Evan headed north and done the Manchester marathon! He stuck to a plan got a massive PB with a time of 3h15! Wow!
Jen headed to the hills and done the trail run with maverick runners!
Great week of running all! Can’t wait to see what this week brings
15/04/2026
Some raced, some paced, all showed up—love to see it Ystrad Runners.
Weekend catch up of 10 April 🗓️
Saturday 🍃
Darren, Hannah Loughlin and Helen were all smiles for Penallta Park Run 🏃🏽♀️ 🏃🏽♂️
Nigel Herbert took a plod around Chippenham Park run to warm up his legs for race day.
Stephen Evans morning was spent running around Bryn Bach! Ruth Corney fought off all weathers during her long run ☀️ ☔️ 💨 The hills saw Jen Judd complete a Trail Run whilst dodging hail stones ⛰️
Our very own Louisa Hill took part in the Ladies Vets Tennis Double and Single Finals! Congratulations on the silverware 🎾
Sunday 🍦
Alun King and Nige absolutely smashed 26.2 Miles at the Brighton Marathon on Sunday. They both hit the tarmac and chased down exceptional PB’s! You’re both incredible 🏅
Kieran Loughlin took on Hospice of the Valleys 10K finishing with zooooomie time 👏🏽
Cath Edw stormed the hills of Penallta Pony Run. Fantastic 🐴
A big round of applause for all of YR who got out on the weekend. Keep running and keep smiling 😊
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