The morning of the Winter Solstice was appropriately very dark and gloomy. There was a hint of rain in the air but it was mild with very little wind. Conditions underfoot were very wet following the recent rain.
There were a total of 202 runners at Ashton Court, the lowest attendance since 4th May 2013, which was the day before the Bristol 10k. However, on the last Saturday before Christmas in 2012, there were only 136 runners. This is probably a better statistic to show how the event has grown in the last year. Twenty-six of the runners were from Bristol & West.
Probably due to many of the club’s athletes being weighed down by fancy dress, there were no PBs recorded. Even a piece of tinsel makes a difference.
The Runner of the Week Award goes to Rich Kenington for his fancy dress and also and more significantly his role as photographer on many occasions at the parkrun and other events over the past year.
At Little Stoke there were 164 runners with eight from Bristol & West. There were for PBs from Will Windell, Helen Newberry, Neil Kennedy and Sabrina Patten.
Over the Christmas period there will be normal parkruns on the 28th December, and for the first time an opportunity to do the Little Stoke and Ashton Court double on New Year’s Day with Little Stoke starting at 9.00am and Ashton Court at 10.30am.
Name |
Position |
Time |
Comments |
Ashton Court parkrun |
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Neil Williams |
5 |
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Running as ‘unknown |
Tom Watkins |
14 |
19:49 |
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Pete Mountain |
17 |
20:03 |
1st VM55-59. |
Matt Potton |
18 |
20:15 |
|
Paul Jefferson |
22 |
20:39 |
|
David Engledew |
23 |
20:46 |
1st VM50-54. |
Stuart O’Connell |
24 |
20:52 |
1st JM15-19. |
Sarah Everitt |
31 |
21:15 |
1st VW45-49. |
Colin Traer |
33 |
21:37 |
|
Marie Berryman |
38 |
21:53 |
1st SW30-34. |
Tanya Chowdury |
45 |
22:27 |
2nd VW35-39. |
Henrietta Anstey |
68 |
24:18 |
1st VW40-44. |
Maggie Salter |
89 |
25:42 |
1st VW50-54. |
Christine Burren |
91 |
25:43 |
|
Cecilia Browne |
109 |
26:51 |
|
Alan Graves |
110 |
27:03 |
1st VM70-74. |
Karen Watson |
112 |
27:13 |
|
Neil Miller |
117 |
27:24 |
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Jacob Butterly |
120 |
27:29 |
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Otto Kingston |
139 |
28:54 |
|
Vanessa Redmond |
144 |
29:07 |
|
Barry Mills |
168 |
31:00 |
|
Rich Kenington |
183 |
33:37 |
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Debbie Riddiford |
184 |
33:37 |
2nd VW55-59. |
Emma Withers |
187 |
34:20 |
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Martin Riddiford |
189 |
34:25 |
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Volunteers |
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Alison Engledew |
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Andre Butterly |
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Andrew Malloy |
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Paul Burgess |
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Roger Brocklesby |
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Little Stoke parkrun |
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Will Windell |
14 |
18:57 |
PB by 25 seconds. 1st SM20-24. |
Helen Newberry |
15 |
18:59 |
PB by 13 seconds. 1st lady. 1st SW25-29. |
Neil Kennedy |
19 |
19:12 |
PB by 29 seconds. |
Maria Jones |
43 |
21:09 |
1st JW15-19. |
David Broadbent |
50 |
21:41 |
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Graham Crump |
63 |
22:27 |
1st VM50-54. |
Sabrina Patten |
71 |
23:37 |
PB by 1 second. 2nd VW45-49. |
Rebecca Doye |
78 |
23:55 |
1st SW30-34. |
Roger Brocklesby Reports