Ashford Parkrun
It was a hot one for the 5km event at Victoria Park on Saturday morning, but there was a brilliant turnout of Striders who did themselves proud.
First male Strider to cross the line with an impressive time of 20:54 was Kevan Strand. Keith Haynes wasn’t far behind with a time of 21:14, Jason Wearn finished in 22:58, Simon Jackson, 24:52 and Adam Thomas, 25:44. Nicola Crawley was first female Strider over the line with a time of 27:01 followed closely by Tamsin Ritchie, 27:05.
David Gadsby finished in 28:48, Jamie Bartlett, 29:01, followed by Amanda James, 30:06 and Vicky Stevenson, 30:08. Next was Justine Wearn, 31:50, Lisa Gribbin, 31:54 and Martin Whittingham, 31:58.
Michelle Bryant finished with a time of 32:05. Then Rachel Theobald and Kevin York crossed the line with times of 33:03 & 33:04. Siobhan Hagan was next with a time of 33:53 and Rita Cooke completed the run in 34:37.
Thanks, as always to the Strider volunteers: Jason Caldwell, Amanda Cooper, Simon Jackson, Mark Niles, Terry Sellen and Lee Standen.
Parkrun Tourism
Three runners travelled to other Parkruns. Danielle Moss took time out of her festival weekend to run at the Medina I.O.W. parkrun completing in a time of 42:47. Lisa Fulcher made the journey to Shorne Woods Parkrun and finished in 35:35 and Justin Burden went to Folkestone achieving a very respectable time of 22:44.
White Cliffs Triathlon
Finally, our intrepid chairman, Andy Found, competed in the Dover Sprint Triathlon . He completed the 400m swim in 14:13, then onto the bike for 14km with a time of 34:20 and the 5km run in 28:39. His total time with transitions of approx. 7 mins making his total (unofficial time) 1:24:12.
Well done and congratulations to all of you for getting out there and performing so well.
Report by Paul Dunning
