parkrun Report – Saturday 30th September 2017

Club members were out in force again on Saturday. For many athletes, parkrun is included in training preparations for the road and cross-country season.

There were a number of first finishers spotted in the results but not many PBs. At Kingsway, Gloucester, Dan SCHOFIELD was first in 18:17 and at Cannons Hill in Birmingham, Jarlath MCKENNA had the best time by a Club member this week recording 15:50 in first place. Another to achieve first place was Dan CANNON at Lanhydrock with a time of 19:56, with Fleur COCKLEY making it a double for the Club, finishing as first female in 24:08. Dan’s run is judged to be the Performance of the Week.

The tourists are now fewer in numbers, but Henrietta ANSTEY completed the Victoria Park, Glasgow course in 24:20 and Sheila WILCOX was at parkrun’s largest event at Bushy Park. Nicola OLDROYD recorded a time of 21:53 at Sheffield Hallam.

In the local runs, Matthew BATTENSBY was the first finisher at Ashton Court, with a time of 17:12. Peter GANDON with 18:23, David EAGON with 18:26 and Henry ORNA with 19:43 were also in the top ten. For the ladies, Liz HILL and Alice DOGGRELL were sixth and eighth female finishers.

As stated earlier, PBs were hard to come by this week. Nathan MARCHANT was in sixth place at Chipping Sodbury finishing in 18:49 a PB by forty-nine seconds. Richard BROWN had a one second improvement at the same location with a time of 22:35 and Michelle EDGELL recorded 29:01 at Cwmbran a sixty-five second PB.

At Pomphrey Hill, Rob STEWART was first in 17:24 with Bill HULL in sixth place with a time of 19:06. Anna FORD was the fourth female in 23:11 with Sabrina PATTEN and Julie ILOGU in eleventh and thirteen positions respectively. Nick CREW’s time of 22:04 was a PB by six seconds.