Saturday saw the first Striders parkrun takeover of the year at Ashford with pacers, cake and a plethora of volunteers. Thank you to everyone who came along and showed what a great club we are (but we already know that!)
With pacers ranging from 20-40 mins those who paced did an amazing job, on this occasion, Keith Haynes got the closest within 2 seconds of his pace, but it was a close call with others only 3-4 seconds out. Excellent work!
Our parkrun roll call this week is:
Adam Booth was first Strider across the line at Ashford parkrun with a time of 19:34, followed by Keith Haynes with a time of 21:58, and Terry Sellen third Strider, with a time of 23:43.
They were followed by: Harry Scott 23:45, Mark Niles 23:57, Kevan Strand 24:13, Jason Kennedy 24:47, Jamie Penfold 25:10, Daniel Schwartz 25:11, Josh Stephens 25:26, Aimee Donohue 26:09, Nicola Crawley 26:27, Scott Hawkins 28:11, David Gadsby 28:21, Stephen Rumsey 29:26, Darren Laker 30:08, Christopher Wicks 30:42, Jason Brice 30:48, Catherine Wall 32:05, Jim Wealands 32:17, Paul Baker 32:48, Tamsin Ritchie 32:57, Rita Cooke 34:23, Lee Standen 34:26, Jennifer Watts 34:28, Justin Burden 34:31, Laura Clark 34:32, Lisa Gribbin 34:33, Rachel Tomsett 35:00, Martin Whittingham 35:19, Sonette Schwartz 35:41, Sally Davidson-daniel 35:56, Elle Weekes 36:29, Sharon Gardner 37:57, Leigh Freeman 38:06, Holly Forrest 40:47, Julie Nicholson 46:38, Pauline Tallett 1:04:34 and Sharni Copham 1:04:35.
Parkrun Tourism
Michael Davies completed the Folkestone parkrun in 22:21, Isobel Phillips completed the Holyrood parkrun in 26:06, George Phillips completed the Holyrood parkrun in 26:44, Delia Millen completed the Moors Valley parkrun in 33:55, Richard Randle completed the Moors Valley parkrun in 33:59, Justine Wearn completed the Tetbury Goods Shed parkrun in 31:14, Jason Wearn completed the Tetbury Goods Shed parkrun in 31:17, Angela Craffey completed the The Leas parkrun, Minster in 31:27 and Danielle Moss completed the Walmer and Deal Seafront parkrun in 42:25
After the excitement of London last week, many of our Striders were taking a well deserved rest. For those that were not, a few races were undertaken this weekend.
Travelling down to Dorset, Richard Randle and Dee Millen took part in the Garmin UK trail running festival. A tough off road route saw Richard complete the marathon in a seasons best of 4:33:59, while Dee completed the half marathon in 2:54:56.
Billed as the flattest marathon in the UK, Rachel Misson took on the Boston UK Marathon, finishing in a time of 5:16:28.
Closer to home, Josh Stephen’s took on the Colchester Stampede 10k in 51:44.
We’ll done to everyone this week who, ran, walked or volunteered. Someone keeps telling me that Spring is supposed to arrive soon! Here’s hoping for a few sunnier, warmer and far less windy runs now we have some longer evenings.
Great running Striders!
