Another sunny Saturday morning. Perhaps the races midweek tired out a few runners. But we still had 19 club runners out running at 8 parkrun events.
Roy topped everyone on tourist miles; first timing and running sub-30 at Land’s End. Oliver chose a scenic parkrun as he first-timed at Trentham; a recent addition to parkrun events and a popular one with 473 runners out on Saturday.
Other first timers included Jim at Didsbury.
Solo-ists included: AndrewG at a very busy Stretford. Not sure if he is recovering from injury as his time is slower than usual – but he may be racing Sunday for all I know. 😊. Rebecca at Macclesfield – a new course and a minute off her 2019 pace. Still not bad after just getting back from holiday!! Alan, another taking to grass PB’d by nearly 2 minutes at a Quiet Cheadle.
A very quiet Bramhall with just Graham and Paul running. Even though the hills had tired Paul out – he still was top in his Age Category [AC].
The Breakfast Club took to Didsbury. Jim also ran and yet again improved his parkrun time for the 6th run on the trot as well as topping his Age Group. Richard had a quickish run. Chris had his fastest time there this year. Carolyn PB’d just beating her 2018 time. No doubt reasons for a pre-birthday breakfast treat! Shazza was there too with her quickest parkrun since 2018!! I wonder if you can get candles on a bacon butty? !!!
That just leaves a busy Wilmslow where we had 8 club runners. Sam first Wilmslow runner home, just a few seconds off his PB. Di first lady finisher again – her quickest time since 2020 and an AG over 80%. I see Mark PB’d by a minute. It’s his 6th PB on the trot at Wilmslow. I wonder if Robin was pacing him. Either way they just pipped young Archie!! Graham had his quickest run for ages; Sharon not her quickest. Colin his quickest since 2020. Andy pacing and finishing with an AG of over 80%. Ian with his quickest Wilmslow time since Jan 21. Di and Andy and Sharon top 3 on AG
Richard and Andy helping out.
Apologies if I have missed anyone.
Summary:
- Busiest: Stretford [477 – Just!]; Quietest: Cheadle [49];
- First Finisher: Sam and Di
- Top AG Di
- AG’s *0%+: Di [82.08%] and Andy [80.97%]
- Tourist: Land’s End [Roy]
Club runners results below:
Bramhall parkrun
A total of 316 runners took Part at Bramhall parkrun event #638
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Club | Run Time |
| 1 | 1 | Gareth N R GRIFFITHS | U/a | 16:49 |
| 20 | 17 | Graham SCREAWN | WRC | 20:24 |
| 46 | 42 | Paul NORRIS | WRC | 22:15 |
| 56 | 1 | Alex BUCKLEY | U/a | 22:48 |
Cheadle Hulme parkrun
A total of 49 runners took Part at Cheadle Hulme parkrun event #273
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Club | Run Time |
| 1 | 1 | Carl BARNES | U/a | 19:17 |
| 12 | 1 | Gill WARING | U/a | 24:32 |
| 13 | 12 | Alan Charles TURNER | WRC | 24:44 |
Wilmslow parkrun
A total of 216 runners took Part at Wilmslow parkrun event #306
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Club | Run Time |
| 1 | 1 | Samuel BAILEY | WRC | 17:25 |
| 7 | 1 | Diane Elizabeth MCVEY | WRC | 19:21 |
| 10 | 8 | Robin HALL | WRC | 19:34 |
| 18 | 15 | Graham DUCE | WRC | 20:51 |
| 27 | 4 | Sharon JOHNSTONE | WRC | 21:18 |
| 35 | 28 | Colin CAISLEY | WRC | 22:15 |
| 38 | 31 | Andy WATTS | WRC | 22:20 |
| 110 | 87 | Ian ASHCROFT | WRC | 27:34 |
Stretford parkrun
A total of 477 runners took Part at Stretford parkrun event #257
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Club | Run Time |
| 1 | 1 | Tom CHARLES | U/a | 15:46 |
| 20 | 1 | Chiara YOUNG | U/a | 19:13 |
| 243 | 169 | Andrew GIVEN | WRC | 27:23 |
Macclesfield parkrun
A total of 221 runners took Part at Macclesfield parkrun event #139
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Club | Run Time |
| 1 | 1 | Mark WALKER | U/a | 18:21 |
| 4 | 1 | Kristy GILL | U/a | 20:04 |
| 24 | 7 | Rebecca JACKSON | WRC | 22:51 |
Fletcher Moss parkrun
A total of 280 runners took Part at Fletcher Moss parkrun event #106
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Club | Run Time |
| 1 | 1 | Jamie PARKINSON | U/a | 16:47 |
| 7 | 7 | Jim PENDRILL | WRC | 19:02 |
| 26 | 1 | Ella DAY | U/a | 21:30 |
| 59 | 47 | Richard HIRONS | WRC | 24:20 |
| 134 | 87 | Chris CANNON | WRC | 28:31 |
| 162 | 50 | Carolyn Ann HIRONS | WRC | 29:43 |
Land’s End parkrun
A total of 78 runners took Part at Land’s End parkrun event #58
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Club | Run Time |
| 1 | 1 | Ben RUSSELL | U/a | 19:10 |
| 10 | 1 | Gail NERURKAR | U/a | 23:12 |
| 47 | 34 | Roy POWNALL | WRC | 29:58 |
Trentham Gardens parkrun
A total of 473 runners took Part at Trentham Gardens parkrun event #15
| Position | Gender Position | parkrunner | Club | Run Time |
| 1 | 1 | Samuel CROZIER | U/a | 16:09 |
| 18 | 1 | Charlotte BAGNALL | U/a | 20:36 |
| 83 | 67 | Oliver Thomas JOHNSTONE | WRC | 25:18 |
The Land’s End ParkRun is certainly scenic. You run about a mile out along an undulating gravel cycle path up to a turning point. You then retrace your steps before running out to three laps around the first and last house in England. Each lap has a climb, so not a particularly fast course. After driving down to Cornwall the day before I was pleased to break 30 minutes.