SMI Endurance Project - Performance Run Squad

🏃‍♀️ Recent 5km Performances 🏃‍♂️

⭐ SSAFA 5km, Cardiff
📍 Wednesday 20th May

Some fantastic performances from the team, with our highest finishers:
🥈 Georgia Palmer – 2nd place
👏 Emily Davies – 4th place

🎉 PB Alert:
🔥 Hermione Jewell – 18:07

⭐ Bob Heffernan & Mary Handley 5km, Ireland
📍 Tuesday 19th May

🎉 PB Alert:
🔥 Rachel Duckworth – 18:16

Well done everyobe

Summer continuing to deliver.

BMC GP Trafford

Immy Tanner followed up making her first BUCS final with a 3s 800m PB of 2.10.95mins for 2nd in the E race.

In same race, Phoebe Ryder-Benson finished 4th to knock 2s of her PB, running 2.12.62. That’s now 8s quicker than she was at the start of 2026.

Aidan Walker got his season fully underway with a 1.53.73 800m PB for 3rd in the G race.

Plymouth 10km

Relative newcomer to the group Jacob Robinson returned home for the weekend to finish 11th in the Plymouth 10km with a PB. He now returns to middle distance track races for the rest of the summer.

Loughborough International

coached athlete Emma Powell, who links in with the group for sessions, made her Welsh debut in the mile race at the Loughborough International.

Some great recent results. All the winter work paying off 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️

Saturday 9th May

South Wales Track Champs
Huw Riley⁩ 800m 🥇 and 3000m 🥇 as part of an extended training session

Cornwall County Champs
Jacob Robinson 800m PB

Sunday 10th May

Caerphilly 10km
Lauren Kennard 🥇 35.46mins (PB)
Yasmin Hadid 40.54mins (PB)
Elliot Barry 41.53mins (PB)

Bristol Half
Max Dalloz 1.23.07hours(PB)

Hereford 5km
Bonnie Collins 🥈

Red Bull Wings for Life
Fintan Pawley completed half marathon

Wednesday 13th May

Cardiff Summer Series 1mile (road)
Tomos Edwards 5th
Connor Hood 8th

UPCOMING RACES 🔥🔥🔥

Time to put the winter work into play with the track season getting underway 🙌

Strong start to the summer competition season for the team 🔥

At BUCS, Immy had her best race yet! booking her place in the women’s 800m final with a PB, while Phoebe also produced another strong race and PB in the semi-finals. Aidan also put together a solid race in the 800 heats! Emily ran 17:11 for 13th in the 5000m, while Huw continued his strong form with a 5000m PB of 15:32.

Ale delivered a great performance at the BUCS Sprint Triathlon 💪

In Oxford, Darcie opened her season with the win in the B Mile, running 4:50.77 👏

A brilliant weekend of racing and plenty more to build on heading into the summer season 🙌

Action from Run with the Wind, Mini Marathon and Düsseldorf Half

800m athletes Immy Tanner and Phoebe Ryder-Benson stepped down to 400m at Run with the Wind

Immy 58.27 (PB)
Phoebe 59.62 (PB)

Libby Hale 14th in U18 Mini marathon and part of Welsh team which won🥈

Dylan Nazareth 7th with 68.21mins in Düsseldorf Half as he continues his return following injury

Strong running, and all setting up for exciting summer competition season

More strong performances in Newport this Weekend! Shows the good winter we have had and ready for an exciting summer.

10km PBs for Emily Davies (35.53mins - 2nd) and Chloe Mahy (41.21mins), Georgia Palmer 4th in HM and Tash Griffiths (HM) and Niamh James (10k) setting up for good summer!!💪🏼💪🏼

UPCOMING RACES 🔥🔥🔥

Track season is soon approaching 🔜🔜🔜

On Saturday we had athletes at both the Welsh and Midlands road relays.

Georgia ran the fastest senior women’s leg of the day by 55s helping her club gain the national title 🥇

Emily ran the third fastest leg of the senior women’s race helping her team claim bronze 🥉

Dylan helped his club secure bronze in the senior men’s race 🥉

In the mini marathon trials, Libby had a huge return to racing coming 2nd overall and 1st in her age group to secure automatic selection for the Welsh mini marathon team 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

At the midlands road relays, Bonnie helped her team come 11th overall 🔥

On Sunday, Elliott ran 1:33:27 at the Berlin half marathon