parkrun Report – Saturday 18 November 2017

Two new local parkruns, at Thornbury and Eastville Park had their inaugural runs on Saturday. Thornbury attracted 337 runners with David AWDE finishing first in 17:49. Dan SCHOFIELD was fifth in 19:30. Nathan MARCHANT was eighth and first JM15-17 in 19:58 and Henry ORNA was ninth and first VM35-39 in 20:09.  Bob COX was first VM60-64 in 24:25.

679 runners were at Eastville, a remarkable number, at what is the first senior parkrun within the city boundaries. This is a record for a parkrun in the Bristol area; exceeding the previous best of 624 at Ashton Court in April this year. Chipping Sodbury, Pomphrey Hill and Ashton Court had lower numbers this week and it remains to be seen how numbers will settle down over the next few weeks. Robbie STEWART was the first finisher at Thornbury; and Henry SLY and Ciaran MCQUADE were in the top ten. CAMILLA BRIGGS was the second female in 20:33 and Molly CHILTON was third in 20:54.

Ben ROBINSON had another outstanding run at Kingsbury Water. His dog assisted time of 13:00 was the best in the parkrun world this week.

Daniel TITHERADGE was the first finisher at a relatively quiet Ashton Court. His time was 18:18 a PB by thirty-six seconds. This was the Performance of the Week. Alice DOGGRELL was the fourth female and first VW35-39 in 22:25.

Andrew DRAKE was second at Chipping Sodbury in 17:43 and Helen NEWBERRY was first female in 18:32. Jonathan BENNETT was first at Pomphrey Hill in 18:56. Lisa NEWING was the first female in 21:35.

The Club’s other first finisher was Helen SHARPE, the first female at Cardiff in 18:29.

Tourist runners included Andy and Marie MALLOY at Upton House, a relatively new course near Poole. Steve GRANT had a PB by fourteen seconds at Stretford with a time of 19:42.