A huge shout out to a brilliant turnout of runners in red who this week got out there and did themselves proud.
Ashford parkrun
On a beautiful sunny Saturday morning 21 Striders arrived at Victoria Park to run the 5k route. Kevan Strand was the first Strider to cross the line with a time of 20:57. Mark Niles followed just 16 seconds later in 21:13. Adam Thomas was next with personal best of 24:03. Then Darren Laker came in with a 25:53, another PB. Stephen Rumsey ran a time of 26:06, followed by Richard Coles, who also achieved a PB of 26:38. Tamsin Ritchie finished in 26:54, then Kevin York, 27:22, Vicky Stevenson, 28:05 and Jamie Bartlett, 28:17. Amanda James came through next with a time of 28:33 followed by Martin Whittingham, 29:02. Lee Standen finished in 31:08 with Leanne Clark hard on his heels achieving a personal best of 31:12. Next was Rachel Oliver, 32:23, Sharni Copham, 32:26 and Victoria Shrubsole, 32:29. Then Rita Cooke finished on 34:34 followed by Siobhan Hagan with her daughter Paige in a time of 37:04 and Joanna Whitehead finishing with a PB of 38:17.
As ever, we are very grateful to the volunteers from Striders who helped make this event happen: Peter Broom, Jason Caldwell, Jayne Hattton with her daughter, Kayleigh, Katie Iggulden Exon and Hazel Turner.
Parkrun Tourism
East Grinstead
Justin Burden and Nicola Crawley travelled to West Sussex to run the three laps of East Court in East Grinstead. Justin ran in a time of 25:11 and Nicola, 27:54.
Bedgebury Pinetum
Justine and Jason Wearn ran together in the beautiful Bedgebury Pinetum and Forest in Goudhurst achieving a time of 30:05 and 30:06 respectively.
Plymouth
Brian Forrester was the most intrepid Strider, travelling to Central parkrun in Plymouth, achieving a time of 32:03.
Hastings 5 miler
On Sunday, Caroline Miller, Jayne Hatton and Danielle Moss travelled to Hastings to run this seafront race. Caroline came across the line in 48:28, followed by Jayne, 51:47 and Danielle, 1:06:53.
Sittingbourne Invicta 10k
Peter Broom went to Sittingbourne to through the delightful undulating Kent countryside, finishing with a new personal best for this distance of 1:00:35.
East Grinstead Sprint Triathlon
Lastly, Nicola Crawley successfully completed a 400m pool swim at Kings Leisure Centre, then cycled 26k on an undulating route through the villages of Forest Row and Hartfield, coming back to East Grinstead on a fast flat stretch, before running 5k around East Grinstead town to finish in a time of 1:47:09.
Report by Paul Dunning.
