Only (parkrun) fans
- brian17harris
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
After a packed week last week, this could be the shortest weekly report ever. (If you did race, do let us know!)
{There's still time to enter this club 5k race in a few weeks time - several of us will be going}
Almost as far away as you can get from the UK (apart from NZ, before Steve Hale corrects me), Paul Timms ran his first Australian parkrun at the Pirrama course in Sydney.
It was a great achievement just to get to the start line as his "workplace" only landed at 06.00 and he had to change out of uniform and make the journey into town ready for 08.00. He was apparently well chuffed to make it, although one might argue that’s not entirely evident from his photo ;-))
The McAdams were driving to the Gloucester North event but unfortunately had to turn back due to a road closure. Fair dues though, they did just make it back in time to run at Cirencester! There were no near-PB’s or milestones there. First member home, Luke Campbell was part-way through a longer run with friends, so sub-20 minutes not on the menu.
Kate Kilby clocked the best age-graded time at Maryport (81.8%).
David Moss posted the nostalgic “curly-wurly” Strava plot of his activity at Keynsham – for our younger readers, this was a chocolate bar first sold in 1970, with a distinctive shape. With a strava section names after it to make the point.
Cirencester: 10 Luke Campbell 20.28, 20 Toby Conway (J) 21.46, 82 Alan McAdam 26.13,
101 Jonathan Higgs 27.01, 116 Brendan McCarthy 27.28, 136 Dorian Matts 28.22,
143 Rachel McAdam 28.45, 276 Ruth Fulford 39.16, 322 finished.
Tetbury: 77 Susanna Austin 26.31, 95 Peter Rowland 27.29, 220 finished.
Swindon, Lydiard Park: 52 Casey Vatcher 22.45, 448 finished.
Carterton, Kilkenny Lane: 19 Martin Croucher 22.24, 22 Colin Tapley 22.54, 162 finished.
Cheltenham, Pittville Park: 436 Sophie Mason (J) 29.47, 817 finished.
Keynsham, Somerdale Pavilion: 104 David Moss 25.42, 350 finished.
Maryport Prom, nr Workington: 25 Kate Kilby 25.33, 86 finished.
Pirrama, Sydney, Australia: 79 Paul Timms 24.03, 331 finished.
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