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- Bretts Parkrun Roundup

Parkrun 4th May 2019

by Brett Rumfitt

Parkrun 4th May 2019

Parkrun report from Saturday May the 4th (Star Wars day)Whilst I was away in North Wales with Bird Club, Baffineers were attending 7 different events.A total of 561 runners took part at Swindon parkrun event #447. This was Ben's 4th best time of 18 here.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Ben COLE Tonbridge AC 00:15:4912 1 Leah BAKER Unattached 00:19:32168 145 Ben ELLWOOD Baffins Fitclub 00:25:30

A total of 516 runners took part at Southsea parkrun event #295. Denyse King was running her 150th parkrun. Emma Jolley was 1st lady after her sub 3 hour London marathon the week before.Claire Baker (2nd in age-group) ran an impressive parkrun debut and Jordan Bettina ran a 0:17 PB in only her 3rd parkrun. Fiona Shaw (1st in age group) continued her great sequence of times with her 2nd fastest ever here out of 73 and nest since June 2016. Keith Caunt ran a similar time and that was his 5th best of 163. Tracy Kyle ran a 0:26 PB, Paul Griffin a 0:07 PB finally nailing a sub 21:00 (an All-parkrun PB too). Mahjooba Rahjo also ran an APPB by 2:33. Darren Linington's time was his best of the year and Rebecca Niles time was her fastest since January 2019.
Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Matthew SALT Dacorum & Tring AC 00:17:3610 1 Emma JOLLEY City of Portsmouth AC 00:19:0633 31 Paul GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:20:5564 60 Michael RAE 22:0992 8 Claire T E BAKER Baffins Fitclub 00:23:32109 9 Fiona SHAW Baffins Fitclub 00:24:03110 101 Keith CAUNT Baffins Fitclub 00:24:03114 104 Rob COOKE Baffins Fitclub 00:24:09125 114 Kevin AYLWARD Baffins Fitclub 00:24:21186 25 Rebecca NILES Baffins Fitclub 00:26:05187 162 Kam FAN Baffins Fitclub 00:26:06192 26 Nikki TOUT Baffins Fitclub 00:26:10202 30 Helen MAYHEAD Baffins Fitclub 00:26:24210 34 Jordan NOLAN Baffins Fitclub 00:26:37240 196 Richard HARRIS Baffins Fitclub 00:27:20244 47 Kirsty DAVIDSON Baffins Fitclub 00:27:23245 198 Kev BUDD Baffins Fitclub 00:27:24250 202 Alex MILLHAM Baffins Fitclub 00:27:38259 208 Matthew SMITH Baffins Fitclub 00:27:53274 217 David SHARP Baffins Fitclub 00:28:29277 218 Chris MATHEWS Baffins Fitclub 00:28:31278 60 Lucy HUNT Baffins Fitclub 00:28:32297 227 Darren LININGTON Baffins Fitclub 00:29:21316 80 Tracy KYLE Baffins Fitclub 00:30:01326 86 Tina MATHEWS Baffins Fitclub 00:30:18359 260 Steve O'SHEA Baffins Fitclub 00:31:21405 280 Ben O'SHEA Baffins Fitclub 00:32:46406 281 Robert TURNER-DIAMOND 32:47423 136 Alice BIRD Baffins Fitclub 00:33:37427 138 Denyse KING 33:56470 302 Robert BILTON Baffins Fitclub 00:38:35471 169 Catherine REDMOND Baffins Fitclub 00:38:37472 170 Claire GASSON Baffins Fitclub 00:38:53492 184 Mahjooba RAHJO Baffins Fitclub 00:41:09
In the SAge-Graded times, Emma Jolley was 2nd, Fiona Shaw 4th and Michael Rae 13th. Volunteers included Liam John Bradshaw, Martyn Threader and TJ King
A total of 282 runners took part at Havant parkrun event #364. Havant PBs by Kim Biggs 0:29 and Zoe Fitzgerald a massive 3:15 for our 2 runners here. We should have quite a few more Baffineers here this coming weekend!

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Paul MITCHINSON Victory AC 00:18:107 1 Amanda DEAVY Northbrook AC 00:19:47134 36 Camelia BIGGS Baffins Fitclub 00:29:42135 37 Zoe FITZGERALD Baffins Fitclub 00:29:43

A total of 126 runners took part at Queen Elizabeth parkrun event #317. Fiona Cfb was only 0:13 outside her best time on this course.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Unknown ATHLETE Unattached 00:19:1532 1 Emma BURROWS Liss RC 00:25:3284 29 Fiona BUCK Baffins Fitclub 00:30:59
A total of 392 runners took part at Alice Holt parkrun event #322. Lots of Alice Holts PBs including Jason Smith 0:16, Amy Hedley 0:30, Alex Yorke a huge 4:25. Katherine Newell was a volunteer tail walker here.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Barnaby GRAY Farnham Tri 00:18:5913 1 Sarah FROST Total Motion Towerrunners 00:20:5445 42 Matthew HEDLEY Baffins Fitclub 00:23:2962 56 Jason SMITH Baffins Fitclub 00:24:2869 62 Jon OLSEN Baffins Fitclub 00:24:52247 85 Amy HEDLEY Baffins Fitclub 00:32:31254 90 Alex YORKE Baffins Fitclub 00:32:47267 98 Laura HYMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:33:42391 178 Katherine NEWELL Baffins Fitclub 00:54:47
A total of 296 runners took part at Portsmouth Lakeside parkrun event #157. Here Katie Rowsell paced by Kevin Aylward achieved a 1:29 PB! Steve Cross also ran his 4th best here of 45 previous runs.Lisa Cross ran her best of 2019 here.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Unknown ATHLETE Unattached 00:17:157 1 Emma MONTIEL City of Portsmouth AC 00:19:2643 36 Warren BARKER Baffins Fitclub 00:22:5553 46 Dave OLIVER Baffins Fitclub 00:23:2757 49 Steve CROSS Baffins Fitclub 00:23:42112 21 Lisa CROSS Baffins Fitclub 00:27:02124 27 Katie ROWSELL Baffins Fitclub 00:27:46125 98 Kevin ROWSELL Baffins Fitclub 00:27:47134 32 Maria ROWSELL Baffins Fitclub 00:28:51164 122 Gary SEAMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:30:28275 155 Colin EDWARDS Baffins Fitclub 00:44:32
A total of 203 runners took part at Street parkrun event #55. I failed to get to this parkrun on my previous Bird Club weekend in Somerset last Autumn despite staying in nearby Glastonbury. However Kirsty Williams did manage to run here, a Baffins Fit Club first.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓1 1 Unknown ATHLETE Unattached 00:18:1212 1 Phoebe BARKER Unattached 00:23:35178 82 Kirsty-Jo WILLIAMS Baffins Fitclub 00:37:31
Well done to all in their races last weekend including the 3 distances in Southampton. See you at Havant on Saturday even if I have to walk it!