FROM one to 100, it's been a fine week for Denbigh Harriers.

There was a first for Craig Jones at the Hawarden Estate Trail 5k, while Elen Baugh raced her 100th parkrun.

Sunday’s inaugural Hawarden Trail 5k took place on Sunday, with two Harriers taking to the start line.

Craig Jones was out to win it after an opening kilometre raced in under three-and-a-half minutes, despite the corrugated ground and fierce little hill.

Unfortunately, the course had to be changed at the last minute, so the 5k lead runners hit three stiles on the descent through the wood and they caught all the back-markers in the 10k race.

This meant long queues and an ankle breaking effort to get past them on the narrow cart-track on the way uphill out of the wood.

It was exciting until the constant jinking, acceleration and hitting bushes took its toll on the respiratory system.

It was a bit short of 5k, too, but nobody was complaining as the competitors crawled around the second lap, wishing for the finish.

Craig Jones managed to gain his first outright win in a time of 20 minutes and 30 seconds.

Seventh overall was Chris Baldwin - and the first VM60 - in 27.26.

The toughest race of the week was also on Sunday, with six Harriers heading over to Llanberis to run the Scott Snowdonia Trail Marathon and half-marathon.

There are usually a few Harriers on the course, with many running this year for the second or third time, alongside those making their debut.

Taking on the toughie, not just 26.2 miles of running but 1,685 metres of climbing too, was Ceri Belshaw.

Ceri, who has previously raced the Snowdonia Marathon but much prefers the hills, finished in five hours and 43 minutes to be the 18th lady overall.

Five Harriers also raced the half-marathon.

In her second attempt, the first Harrier home was Emma Collins, finishing in a great time of two hours and 37 minutes, nearly five minutes quicker than her previous time.

This was sufficient for her to be the third VF50.

Second home was Daniel Schraibman in a time of three hours and 11 minutes, completing his third time racing this event.

Next was Anwen Brown in three hours and 16 minutes, a massive 17 minutes faster than last year.

All her training is clearly paying off.

David Spencer (3-34) and Roger Snaith (3-46) brought the Harriers home, both taking to Snowdon for their first time at this race.

As always, Saturday started with parkrun action.

Four Harriers made the short trip to Conwy, with Elen Baugh leading the Harriers home in 25.09.

Elen was the seventh lady as she completed her century of parkruns.

She was supported around the course by dad David Baugh (25.10), with Jeff Jones (28.08) and Rob Parry (29.01) also racing.

In his second race of the day, David Baugh and wife Menai ran the Tal y Fan Fell race, starting from the Rowen carnival field and then completing an 8.9-mile loop.

The course climbed 2,300 feet straight up and over Tal y Fan towards Penmaenmawr for three miles, before heading back towards the Conwy Valley.

It was a hot and sunny afternoon, with only a slight breeze on the top of Tal y Fan to cool the runners down, resulting in a few drop outs.

Menai finished as first VF60 and 45th overall in a time of 2-05, with David finishing 20 minutes ahead of her in 30th place.

Earlier in the week, it was great to see Rhian Pierce back racing after a long spell out through injury.

Settling quickly back into fine form, Rhian was the third lady at the Druid Fell Race.