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- Bretts Parkrun Roundup

parkrun review 18th December 2021

by Brett Rumfitt

Still trying to catch up: here's the parkrun review for Saturday 18th December. Good job there were no extra runs this year with Christmas Day being on a normal parkrunday.

We shall begin down in Devon. A total of 155 runners took part at Torbay Velopark parkrun event #190. Rebecca Niles continued her fine sequence of times with a 5th female placed finish and a 14 sec PB here. This is her 6th PB since parkrun's return at 3 different courses.

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

1 1 Bradley PRICE Unattached 00:19:01

5 1 Naomi FLANAGAN Unattached 00:19:26

39 5 Rebecca NILES Baffins Fitclub 00:23:26

A total of 318 runners took part at Tilgate parkrun event #432

Andy and Martyn Threader still working their wat through the alphabet with this run at Tilgate Park, Crawley, West Sussex and run on solid paths with a small amount of gravel and uneven ground. I runner I am unfamiliar with, Emma Hawkins has run here before.

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

1 1 James WESTLAKE Unattached 00:15:54

28 1 Susan MCDONALD Unattached 00:21:35

291 176 Martyn THREADER Baffins Fitclub 00:39:33

292 177 Andy GUBBS Baffins Fitclub 00:39:40

Nearer to home, Jason Smith was at Itchen Valley Country parkrun event #24 where a total of 83 runners took part. He is our 6th different runner to take part here at this relatively new course at West End, Southampton. Handy for the large shops?

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

1 1 James BELL Unattached 00:20:24

4 1 Madeline ROBINSON Unattached 00:20:40

24 21 Jason SMITH Baffins Fitclub 00:24:51

Even nearer was Portsmouth Lakeside parkrun event #223 where a total of 240 runners took part. A few ran here a day before tackling the Festive Ultra/Marathon/Half etc.

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

1 1 William CAMPBELL Unattached 00:17:31

24 1 Charlotte OAKLEY Unattached 00:21:36

75 55 Sonny LOCKE Baffins Fitclub 00:24:58

83 14 Rebecca KNOWLES Baffins Fitclub 00:25:51

94 16 Louise GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:26:28

121 82 Geoffrey NEWMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:28:10

125 85 Paul GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:28:29

126 86 Kevin ROWSELL Baffins Fitclub 00:28:29

127 87 Steve CROSS Baffins Fitclub 00:28:30

178 113 Gary SEAMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:31:50

200 62 Helen NEWMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:34:54

213 71 Alison NEWMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:37:36

221 126 Colin EDWARDS Baffins Fitclub 00:40:16

A total of 306 runners took part at Southsea parkrun event #360

Local legend James Baker won in a PB for him.

Many of our runners stayed away due to racing the following day. I ignored this for once and ran flat out. It didn't seem to do me any harm but I won't do it again probably.

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

1 1 James BAKER Unattached 00:15:54

19 1 Charlotte READING Unattached 00:20:19

26 23 Brett RUMFITT Baffins Fitclub 00:21:05

30 26 Ian BRISCOE Baffins Fitclub 00:21:26

87 69 Keith CAUNT Baffins Fitclub 00:25:30

136 36 Fiona BUCK Baffins Fitclub 00:27:20

171 44 Zoe FITZGERALD Baffins Fitclub 00:28:37

200 54 Camelia BIGGS Baffins Fitclub 00:30:16

247 81 Colette BROWN Baffins Fitclub 00:34:00

254 87 Lisa DUKE Baffins Fitclub 00:34:38

256 89 Brenda BRADSHAW Baffins Fitclub 00:34:41

267 98 Susie TEBBUTT Baffins Fitclub 00:35:52

305 124 Katherine NEWELL Baffins Fitclub 00:53:31

Katherine Newell and Billy Jules Bilton were among the volunteers.

parkrun seem to have changed the way the results are shown with a good-looking search facility......which doesn't work on my PC or phone, so this has taken a bit longer than usual and I may have missed some stats as they aren't searchable. Hopefully it will get sorted soon!

Next stop, the Christmas Day parkruns!