28th February 2009
It was a surprisingly muddy Bramhall this week but that didn’t stop 180 of us running 2 laps of the park. Quite a few good times were posted and everyone went home with satisfyingly mud splattered kit.
This week it was the turn of the ladies to put in some fast times as former course record holder Louisa Wood (Warrington AC) and newbie Jill Parker (Tri London) both finished under 18 minutes to justify their 2nd and 3rd rankings in the all time league. In an exciting finish Louisa edged out Jill by 2 seconds. Sue Hool finished 3rd in a 20:10, a time that would have won many other weeks. The amazing Mollie Williams was not far behind as first JW14 in a new course PB of 20:22, just 4s away from the JW14 record.
I managed to sneak a win in my last race as a V40 although I was pursued the whole 5k by a slightly below par Liam Thompson who pushed me to a time that I really didn't think was possible for me on this course – in fact it equalled my 5k PB set at Bowden last year.
Stuart ran in for his fourth 3rd place in his last five visits. But he is getting faster almost every time – another course best today.
It was good to see former course record holder Bill Heaton back in the park. For the record only three athletes have topped the table: Mike Halman, Steve Vernon and Bill.
1 Rob Downs 16:28 (85.43%)
3 Stuart Parrott 17:08 (82.78%)
5 Louisa Wood 17:57 (82.45%)
8 Bill Heaton 18:21 (76.66%)
20 Sue Hool 20:10 (73.88%)
71 John Porteous 23:23
180 finished 5k
Full results, loads of photos etc. at www.bramhall.parkrun.com
You had to be there – but at this point we're waiting to start and Nick is giving us yesterday's weather forecast for Milton Keynes.
Martin: "You're last mate – do you want the token or what?"
Rob’s last race a V40 took him within 3 seconds of the V40 record held by Bashir Hussain !
I would never be so rude!!