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- Bretts Parkrun Roundup

parkrun Review 28th (and 25th December) 2019

by Brett Rumfitt

parkrun Review 28th (and 25th December) 2019

Many were returning to their home towns to be with relatives for the Christmas & New Year period so there are some more unusual runs detailed here, but firstly a more local one.

A total of 1091 runners took part at Southampton parkrun event #391 on the Common.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓

1 1 Dave RAGAN Basingstoke & Mid Hants AC 00:15:19

88 1 Michelle DORRINGTON Southampton AC 00:20:40

900 586 Sonny LOCKE Baffins Fitclub 00:34:51

960 350 Kirsty-Jo WILLIAMS Baffins Fitclub 00:37:12

A total of 112 runners took part at South Norwood parkrun event #130, Ian Briscoe was at his home town run which is on trail paths and grass. Arriving by tram is the suggested best option.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓

1 1 Alex TURNER London FrontRunners 00:17:57

23 23 Ian BRISCOE Baffins Fitclub 00:23:46

26 1 Ellie GULBRANDSEN Unattached 00:24:21

A total of 530 runners took part at Rushcliffe parkrun event #379. Becci Knowles was also at a run nearer to her home town on this course (near Nottingham) that is on gravel and off road and can be muddy.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓

1 1 Freddie HESSIAN Notts AC 00:15:26

14 1 Frankie BERRY 4Life Tri Club 00:20:45

274 78 Rebecca KNOWLES Baffins Fitclub 00:29:29

A total of 438 runners took part South Bank (Brisbane) parkrun event #368

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓

1 1 Lucas TAYLOR Unattached 00:18:03

46 1 Nicole MULHOLLAND Unattached 00:22:21

336 227 Ben O'SHEA Baffins Fitclub 00:37:42

Ben O'Shea did a PB by 8:04 on his second run near the Brisbane River.

A total of 93 runners took part atAldenham parkrun event #236

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓

1 1 Matt TIZZARD Marshall Milton Keynes AC 00:18:27

14 14 Warren BARKER Baffins Fitclub 00:23:51

21 1 Magda MEIER St Albans Striders 00:24:33

A total of 165 runners took part at Portsmouth Lakeside parkrun event #190

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓

1 1 Craig BERRYMAN Havant AC 00:18:45

13 1 Elly SYKES Unattached 00:21:18

43 40 Dave OLIVER Baffins Fitclub 00:24:57

110 81 Gary SEAMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:30:34

146 54 Karina ORCHARD Baffins Fitclub 00:39:54

147 55 Wendy DUFF Baffins Fitclub 00:39:58

Finally a total of 400 runners took part at Southsea parkrun event #327. Here in good conditions Kevin Friery ran his 3rd PB in a row here this time by 0:36 (1:04 over 3 runs), Rebecca Niles continued her recent improvement and Paul Brown made his debut. We welcomed back Owen Marshall who ran his first parkrun for 11 weeks and Rob Scammell down from London for Christmas and New Year.

Position ↓ Gender Position ↓ parkrunner ↓ Club ↓ Run Time ↓

1 1 Maxwell Oliver COOPER Bracknell AC 00:16:35

25 1 Charlotte READING Chichester Runners & AC 00:20:13

35 33 Brett RUMFITT Baffins Fitclub 00:20:54

47 45 Owen MARSHALL Baffins Fitclub 00:21:30

63 58 Mike Rae 00:22:17

75 67 Robert SCAMMELL Baffins Fitclub 00:23:18

145 24 Rebecca NILES Baffins Fitclub 00:26:07

146 122 Kam FAN Baffins Fitclub 00:26:15

157 128 David SHARP Baffins Fitclub 00:26:50

194 45 Kirsty DAVIDSON Baffins Fitclub 00:28:19

200 154 Kevin FRIERY Baffins Fitclub 00:28:28

208 49 Olivia SCAMMELL Baffins Fitclub 00:28:44

215 163 Paul BROWN Baffins Fitclub 00:28:58

252 186 Paul ALLAND Baffins Fitclub 00:30:14

265 72 Jan SULLIVAN Baffins Fitclub 00:30:45

268 74 Tina MATHEWS Baffins Fitclub 00:30:47

292 208 Luke LININGTON Baffins Fitclub 00:31:58

305 213 Darren LININGTON Baffins Fitclub 00:32:31

344 117 Andrea LININGTON Baffins Fitclub 00:35:36

359 234 Robert TURNER-DIAMOND Baffins Fitclub 00:37:21

362 127 Jackie LADD Baffins Fitclub 00:37:40

363 128 Debbie KEENAN Baffins Fitclub 00:37:40

384 249 Chris MATHEWS Baffins Fitclub 00:43:31

Michael Rae was 23rd and I was 6th in the age-graded times. In case you wonder why Chris Mathews has slowed right down, don't worry, Chris has been walking the route recently. Billy Jules Bilton was a volunteer.

parkrun do not supply a consolidated list of run details for Christmas and New Year's Day runs, so I have attached a link for Christmas Day at Southsea(494 runners) here as it would take too long to sort the details. The highlights were PBs for Maria 0:31 ( Kevin Rowsell), Kym Smith a huge 3:38, Jo Thompson a huge 2:23, and 3rd female for Louise Griffin. Ben Thompson made his debut here. Michael Rae was 20th best age-graded time in 21:47. Kev Budd was RD and Sarina Collis, Katherine Newell, Andy Seek, Paul Harrison and Verity-Jayne Walton were among the volunteers who gave up their time on Christmas Day. Steve Carlyle ran a 2:56 PB in 22:49 but has not got Baffins allocated against his parkrun profile so you may have missed this.

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/sou...

I also know some of our runners were at Hogmoor namely Shelley Locke and Sonny Locke

https://www.parkrun.org.uk/hog...

Also Helen Mayhead ran 28:17 at her home run at Northallerton and Laura Hyman 32:19, just 0:15 outside her best run at her home town event at Oak Hill, Barnet.

James Yorke ran at The Wammy ,an intriguingly named run near Newcastle-under-Lyme. James ran a Wammy PB by 2:09 in 27:14.