Wilmslow Parkrun Members results 29th April 2023

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Even after Friday night’s Mid-Cheshire 5k we still had 37 club runners out on Saturday. They ran at 11 events.

I am just back this weekend. Again there’s just the basic results. Feel free to add a comment about any PB, AG or other success.

Alderley Park – we will be training here on Tuesday!!

Big news items: Tom is the new Category Record holder at Alderley. And Ian registered 75^th Age Category Win for the V75 Category win!! Wow 😊

While some members choose to hone their bodies in the warmth of mainland Spain or its islands; others in the lake district or the hills in Wales. I chose god’s country again. The hills , sand and steps slowly building up strength was my preparation. Yorkshire Wolds, Cleaveland Way and Filey Brigg were my preparation.

But after a 300m warm-up the back, calfs and quads informed me I might need a week to just to recover from my week away. Still, having learned from the Gentlemen’s Club runners at Stretford the other week. I positioned myself nearer the start than normal.

Having ticked off my sub-30 here last year – today it was to PB and set Ian a time to better. There was a delay to the start – couldn’t hear why. But seeing I was surrounded by several prams I began to fear the course had been reversed! Needless panic. Everyone turned and started walking towards and past me!

We started on 1-2-3 go! The whoosh of fast runners passed me with only a few bumps to contend with. After 30 seconds there was a 30-metre gap between me and the fast-pack. Great – for a change I could run without constantly changing my pace. Thirty seconds later the faster ones who were further back started to stream by! I was Blowing already. Perhaps I would need to come back again as today might go belly up. Especially as My head phones played up at the start and there was no music to gauge my pace to the beats!! However, At 1K they let me know that I’d gone really fast. At 2K slower. At 3K much slower. It now would be challenging going for a PB let alone the time I was after.

Looking back to when my parkrun times suddenly went south [not knowing I was suffering from arthritis] I noted that it was in May 2019 I ran a rather slow 26:41. And after that the times steadily got worse. And I discovered I’d need a new hip. I set a goal to one day try and beat that time.

So that Goal of getting under that time would have to wait another day or month or so.

The final, short lap 3 – seemed much longer this time. But a glance at my watch as I spotted the finish line surprised me. My charge to pass the elderly looking gentleman in front of me lasted about 10 seconds. And I plodded on to the finish. Just about keeping the heavy footsteps behind me. Behind me. The watch indicated I was due a really good reward. And I Queued for several minutes hovering between what to have: bacon batch or sausage batch. When it was my turn to be served, the server informed me that the chef was ill that day and neither option would be available!!! ☹

The PB achieved. The time for Ian set. The 26:41 Goal beaten. 😊 I could always stop ant Peter Herd’s on the way back 😊 A new goal is required. There’s still Cheadle, Woodbank and Wythenshawe for sub-30. But Lyme Park might be a hill too high for 2023.

Summary

Busiest: Stretford [676]; Quietest: Cheadle [50]
Tourists: Kent [Alan] Midlands [Richard];
First finisher: Louisa, Chloe
Top AG: Tom
80+ % AG: Janet [87.32%];83.67%]; Graham [81.24%] and Tom [80.42%]
Tom new Category Record holder at Alderley
PBs: Paul and Kathryn; Susan, Patrick; Jim, Mike and Tom

Wilmslow members results are below:

Bramhall parkrun

A total of 328 runners took part at Bramhall parkrun event #685

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Gareth N R GRIFFITHS	U/a	17:35
13	13	Graham SCREAWN	WRC	20:22
18	1	Laura HENDERSON	U/a	20:42

Bromley parkrun

A total of 647 runners took part at Bromley parkrun event #618

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Joe SCANES	U/a	15:40
13	1	Kay SHEEDY	U/a	17:53
142	115	Alan Charles TURNER	WRC	23:11

South Manchester parkrun

A total of 369 runners took part at South Manchester parkrun event #599

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Connor ROGERS	U/a	15:48
17	1	Rachael ROZHDESTVENSKAYA	U/a	19:18
203	122	Ian ASHCROFT	WRC	27:42
283	152	Roy POWNALL	WRC	31:45

Ally Pally parkrun

A total of 282 runners took part at Ally Pally parkrun event #497

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Peter GOULD	U/a	18:10
27	1	Gaia ASHWORTH	U/a	22:13
46	41	Jonathan DUNKLEY	WRC	23:16

Wythenshawe parkrun

A total of 337 runners took part at Wythenshawe parkrun event #520

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Callum ROWLINSON	U/a	15:57
22	1	Alice WELCH	U/a	21:55
35	31	Paul GARNETT	WRC	22:26

Lyme Park parkrun

A total of 109 runners took part at Lyme Park parkrun event #398

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Carl KRYSTEK	U/a	19:10
11	1	Rachel BAILEY	U/a	23:31
17	15	Paul NORRIS	WRC	24:42
42	6	Janine ELLIS	WRC	26:41
47	40	Colin WALTON	WRC	26:57
59	12	Kathryn PATRICK	WRC	29:30

Cheadle Hulme parkrun

A total of 50 runners took part at Cheadle Hulme parkrun event #321

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Dave NORMAN	U/a	18:32
17	1	Chloe FITZPATRICK	WRC	26:37