parkrun Report – Saturday 16th September 2017

With the autumn road running season on the horizon, several prospective members of Mike Down’s men’s teams took the opportunity to have a run out on Saturday.

Over in Wales, Steve MITCHELL was the first finisher at Cardiff in 15:35, while further up the coast at Llanelli Coast, David AWDE was the first finisher in 16:17, with Christian IRWIN third in 19:15. Jarlath McKENNA was second at Cannon Hill in Birmingham in 15:38 and Maciej BIALOGONSKI had a time of 15:43, when finishing first at Krakow.

Ben and Matthew ROBINSON were first and fourth at Kingsway, Gloucester in times of 16:23 and 17:49 respectively. Another first finisher was Henry SLY at Burnham & Highbridge with a time of 17:17, with Michelle EDGELL and Robert COLMAN also in attendance, both recording 30:45.

There were reduced numbers at the Bristol area parkruns, due to the Half Marathon taking place on Sunday. Henry and Billy COCHRANE were first and third at Pomphrey Hill in 16:44 and 17:29 with Billy recording a PB. Matt BURDEN and Julie ILOGU also had PBs with Matt finishing in a time of 20:13 and Julie ILOGU recording 25:32.

At Ashton Court Sarah EVERITT was the first female in 20:58 and the only PB was run by regular parkrunner Joseph HULL who has a 34 second improvement with a time of 20:19. This earns Joseph the Performance of the Week.

Finally, Martha Wheeler and Daryl Phillips (on their travels) took part in San Francisco’s Crissy Field parkrun. A pretty fast and flat course, with a tight infield section. But other than that you just have to admire and take in the backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge .