There has certainly been a chill in the air this weekend, with the sound of windscreens being scraped from all around prior to the main event – Parkrun! It was actually a lovely weekend for running, once the muscles and extremities had acclimatised to the frosty air. Ashford Parkrun saw a good Strider turnout and a couple of PB’s to boot!
Adam Booth was first for Striders in a time of 18:46 with Keith Haynes taking it easy today and coming in at 19:30! Jack Farrant continues his fine form with another PB – 22:08! (sub 22 next week Jack?) Next in and first lady Strider was Cherith Wright, passing through the funnel at 22:55. Daniel Schwartz came in next with another PB of 23:45 – well done Daniel! Terry Sellen came in at 24:33; Hazel Turner, 25:21; Scott Hawkins, 26:27; Stephen Cleaver, 26:31; Dave Helme, 26:44; Darren Laker, 26:45; Amanda James, 28:53 and George Cromwell with 28:57. David Gadsby finished the 5k in 29:05, with Don Dewar coming in at 29:18. Tamsin Ritchie and Siobhan Hagan finished a second apart at 29:37 and 29:38 respectively. Vicky Stevenson completed the course in 30:21, Cathie wall at 31:15; Rita Cooke, 31:37; Rachel Forrester at 32:00 exactly, Rachel Oliver, 32:37 and a second behind was Ian McCutcheon with 32:38. Vicky and Lucie Shrubsole finished a second apart at 32:54 and 32:55 respectively with Sharni just behind at 33:05. Dee Millen was next to finish in 33:30, Leigh Freeman, 34:07; Brian Forrester, 34:17; Jennifer Watts, 35:02 and rounding off for Striders at Victoria Park was the lovely Julie Foster coming in at 38:20.
Volunteers at Ashford included Jason Caldwell, Amanda Cooper, Don Dewar, Peter Heckel, Richard Randle, Terry Sellen, and Kevan Strand – Thank you so much, your efforts are appreciated by all!
Parkrun Tourists!
We’ll start with the furthest travelled and this week’s winner is Jamie Penfold who travelled to the homeland and braved the bitey North Sea wind at Whitley Bay, completing their Park Run in 23:55!
Rachel Tomsett ran at Dartford Heath and completed their run in 30:16.
Lisa Fulcher went to beautiful Bedgebury for their hilly 5k and completed it in 38:15.
Mark Niles was at Kingdom Parkrun and finished in 23:14
Last but by no means least, Justin Burden was in Woolwich for the Thames Path Parkrun and completed it in 23:13!
There were only two races that we had members competing in this weekend, first of those was the South Downs Trail Run, a Half Marathon starting at Goodwood Racecourse and going through the South Downs National Park. Both George and Isobel Phillips completed the race and finished together in 2:35:06.
Finally, we had a rowdy rabble out in Benidorm, wreaking havoc (probably), sampling the wines and devouring the carbs, oh and doing a bit of running (in matching kit!).
There was a 10k option and Sarah Martins completed this race, finishing in 1:10:33.
And then there was the Half Marathon! First to finish was Ned Golding in 2:22:20, with Nic Crawley seconds behind in at 2:22:28. Justine Wearn came in at 2:25:26 and Jason Wearn finished in 2:28:43 – well done to you all, it looked like you’ve all had a great weekend!
That’s it for the report this week, have a great week everyone 😊
