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- Bretts Parkrun Roundup

Parkrun report - Saturday 16th March 2019

by Brett Rumfitt

Parkrun report - Saturday 16th March 2019

Parkrun report from Saturday 16th March.
Beginning overseas in Oslo, where a total of 57 runners took part at Tøyen parkrun event #64. Olivia Scammell was 9th female to finish here and boyfriend Spencer was 9th overall.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Mikkel Andreas TRØSTHEIM Unattached 00:19:3532 1 Beate ELVEBAKK Unattached 00:27:2146 9 Olivia SCAMMELL Baffins Fitclub 00:32:26
Not to be outdone Colin Edwards was in Paris.
A total of 43 runners took part at parkrun du Bois de Boulogne, Paris event #158

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Andrew WALLACE Clapham Chasers RC 00:17:4116 1 Hildegarde GELDENHUYS Unattached 00:25:4542 24 Colin EDWARDS Baffins Fitclub 00:42:22
A total of 209 runners took part at Aldenham parkrun event #195. A warm welcome back to parkrun for Warren Barker.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Samuel FENN Harrow AC 00:19:003 1 Kat ALPE Metropolitan Police AC 00:20:5225 23 Warren BARKER Baffins Fitclub 00:23:52
A total of 289 runners took part at Portsmouth Lakeside parkrun event #150. Louise Griffin was 1st lady only 0:03 outside her best time, 12th overall and 7th best age-graded time. Tom Heard ran a 1:20 PB here too.Emily Spencer ran one of her fastest too.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Craig BERRYMAN Havant AC 00:16:5512 1 Louise GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:20:5838 34 Paul GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:23:2956 49 Tom HEARD Baffins Fitclub 00:24:51170 51 Emily SPENCER Baffins Fitclub 00:30:48171 120 Gary SEAMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:31:00259 113 Laura DIAMOND Baffins Fitclub 00:37:27
Meanwhile a total of 290 runners took part at Fareham parkrun event #159

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Martin STOCKLEY Eastleigh RC 00:17:1716 1 Mandy MARSDEN Unattached 00:22:14179 49 Alex YORKE Baffins Fitclub 00:32:57
A huge total of 706 runners took part at Chelmsford Central parkrun event #330

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Stephen SKINNER Run Fast 00:17:272 1 Gemma KERSEY Unattached 00:17:46329 272 Alex MILLHAM Baffins Fitclub 00:27:48
A total of 249 runners took part at Whiteley parkrun event #103. Jason Smith ran a fast time here. In fact the 3rd fastest Baffineer at this venue. Jason has been running to and from other local parkruns. This is fast if he ran to Whiteley!

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Matt RISDEN Southampton AC 00:16:273 1 Nikki MOXHAM Gosport Road Runners 00:19:0539 32 Jason SMITH Baffins Fitclub 00:22:41
A total of 109 runners took part at Queen Elizabeth parkrun event #310 including debuts here for Sarah Ottery and Fran Waterman during their trail training run.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 James BAKER Chichester Runners & AC 00:17:3416 1 Sarah MORRIS Chichester Runners & AC 00:23:3670 15 Sarah OTTERY Baffins Fitclub 00:33:2771 16 Fran WATERMAN 33:27 Mudstacle
A total of 305 runners took part at Southsea parkrun event #288. Lee Collier-Williams ran a 1:39 PB here continuing his great form. Fiona Shaw also kept up her recent series of good times. Clarke Morris ran a 3:22 PB coached by Cat Underwood! I understand it was even windier than the previous week. Run Britain (you can sign up here with your parkrun ID and have Baffins as your club) certainly thought so as they gave it a 4.0 difficulty rating compared with the week before getting 3.4. See more at www.runbritainrankings.com .


↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Adam RYDER Unattached 00:20:0419 1 Sophie WHITTAKER Bury AC 00:22:1250 43 Ian BRISCOE Baffins Fitclub 00:24:0261 53 Lee COLLIER-WILLIAMS Baffins Fitclub 00:24:3662 54 Gary COOK Baffins Fitclub 00:24:3895 13 Fiona SHAW Baffins Fitclub 00:25:47110 92 Daniel WALTON Baffins Fitclub 00:26:18112 94 Kevin AYLWARD Baffins Fitclub 00:26:32122 103 Martyn THREADER Baffins Fitclub 00:27:13126 106 Paul WADE Baffins Fitclub 00:27:20141 25 Rebecca NILES Baffins Fitclub 00:27:55142 117 Michael RAE 27:55 158 130 Richard HARRIS Baffins Fitclub 00:28:35166 136 Keith CAUNT Baffins Fitclub 00:28:50167 31 Fiona BUCK Baffins Fitclub 00:28:51170 139 Kev BUDD Baffins Fitclub 00:29:05199 154 Colin SOUTHWELL Baffins Fitclub 00:30:41203 47 Alison SOUTHWELL Baffins Fitclub 00:30:48204 157 Dean SCHUBERT Baffins Fitclub 00:30:49210 160 Liam BRADSHAW Baffins Fitclub 00:31:29214 163 Clarke MORRIS Baffins Fitclub 00:32:14217 54 Cat UNDERWOOD Baffins Fitclub 00:32:21218 164 Steve O'SHEA Baffins Fitclub 00:32:24219 165 James YORKE Baffins Fitclub 00:32:32223 169 Darren LININGTON Baffins Fitclub 00:32:51235 63 Brenda BRADSHAW Baffins Fitclub 00:34:04242 176 Kevin FRIERY Baffins Fitclub 00:34:47247 69 Mirinda BAILEY Baffins Fitclub 00:35:12252 73 Alice BIRD Baffins Fitclub 00:35:35275 87 Vicky ANDERSON Baffins Fitclub 00:40:05278 190 Robert BILTON Baffins Fitclub 00:40:41279 89 Vanessa WILLIAMS Baffins Fitclub 00:40:52285 94 Cerys WALTON Baffins Fitclub 00:42:07
Finally a bit of trawling around showed that Dan Slayford won the Salisbury parkrun in 18:01.
We also had runners at races on Sunday including the Fleet Half including Emma Jolley (who got just over 1:20:00, 4th woman of 898 and 3rd in Vet 35 age) and that was enough to get into a Veterans event for Britain later in the year and Bath Half where Lisa (2:14:58) and Steve Cross (1:55:10) ran in a race won by GB top runner Chris Thompson. Gemma Hoare was at the Reading Half. Official confirmed results are not on Run Britain yet.
Great running everyone as we approach some big Marathons at Manchester, Brighton, Southampton and London.
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