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Originally from Ireland, but brought up in Montreal, Canada, Angie joined Les Croupiers in March. She had an impressive run for the Ladies team in the Castles Relay and went on to compete in a number of triathlons over the Summer, most notably finishing 8th in the Great Welsh Triathlon at Swansea.She ended her triathlon season by completing her first Half Ironman in 6 hrs 39 mins.
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Some may think that Keith acted as a double agent for us in the 1999 Castles Relay, when he pulled out of his leg while a member of the Bridgend team. His place was taken by Timmy Cummings, who’d been celebrating our defeat with some gusto the night before, and besides hadn’t run much for a while. Bridgend didn’t win.In his short time with us, Keith has remained an excellent team member, and hasn’t let us down once. (Maybe it’s us?) Besides, his partner Ruth is offering very reasonably priced sports massage to club members.
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Originally from Llanelli (he didn’t get a choice).
A new member; he joined in 2002.
Well known for his near-perfect splits (London Marathon of course).
He has a job we all dream of (printing bank notes), but is loath to give away free samples.
Top training tip for 5K: Pint of lager please.
Top training tip for 10K: Better make it two pints please.
Top training tip for Gwent League: Red wine, by the bottle, please.
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A relatively new member to Les Croupiers, Graeme describes his aptitude for running as well-motivated, but distinctly slow. In the results for the Gwent League cross country at Aberdare he was listed as A N Unknown, which he says summarizes his running career very well.
Graeme has a previous life as an outdoor pursuits instructor, and is keen to attempt any event (well almost!) before he gets too old, as he enters his 50th year in 2003, . He’s tried a tri, and will try more, and now wants to have a go at adventure racing.
Dave Coles adds:
As a relative newcomer to the Club, Graeme has come on tremendously and has achieved an enormous amount in the last 2 years. Despite recently reaching an age when he could take it a little easier, Graeme has become one of the hardest and most consistent trainers in the Club, regularly totting up to 60 miles or more a week, and seemingly never off form.
In 2003, he achieved the mighty feat of completing the Barry 40 in an excellent 5.31, and followed this with a respectable 3.24 in London only 6 weeks later. He has also been setting PBs for the half marathon and 10k this year, did a ‘starter’ triathlon, and many other races such as the tortuous Dursley Dozen, and to top it off is doing the Cardiff and New York Marathons.
Anyway, Graeme is a hero and inspiration and has shown what can be achieved with dedication week in week out, and I’m sure he would say he would not have done it without Les Croups!
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Nick used to be a member of Barry & Vale’s Track and Field team about 10-12 years ago. Problem was, the team was top heavy with middle distance talent, so he would pick up useful points in the Pole Vault, Steeplechase or jumps. Always a club man, Nick could be relied upon to fill in events for the team.
In 2003 he resumed his career, and has since been a regular at the Gwent League and road events. Marathon debut at Cardiff 2004, Nick ran 2:55, and shaved a minute off that time at London 2005. Never short of a word of two, Nick and the Goat enjoy continual banter, and there’s never more than a handful of seconds between them in most races.
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Glenda is one of the unsung heroes of the club. She supports all our major ventures, but enjoys nothing more than finding some incredibly tough course, then running amazingly competitively on it. Ever heard of the Bath Hilly 10 Miles? I ran it once, in 1978 - never again! Glenda has done it 13 times, winning the Ladies race three times consecutively 1996-98.
Glenda has also been a member of our all-conquering Ladies Masters Road relay team at Sutton Park (with Wendy Edwards and Edwina Turner), just to prove she has the speed to go with her stamina.
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Not just the man who won an award for designing the new £2 coin, Rob also came up with our club strip, cleverly suggesting both the casino theme and wannabe Welsh international colours. (He did have a head start with the red and the green.) Rob is an original member, and an original in so many ways.
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