parkrun Review for 3rd September 2022

A total of 361 runners took part at Southsea parkrun event #396. Louise Griffin was 3rd female, Michael Rae was 3rd best Age-Graded percentage and Ryan Bendell was not far from his PB, in fact it was his 2nd best.

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

1 1 Mike LIDDELL Unattached 00:17:11

28 1 Ciara MARTIN Unattached 00:21:28

30 27 Michael Rae 00:21:30 PJC/BFC

31 28 Dave REES-WHELAN Baffins Fitclub 00:21:34

41 38 Paul GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:22:10

50 3 Louise GRIFFIN Baffins Fitclub 00:22:23

78 69 Eric DE GREEF Baffins Fitclub 00:23:42

111 13 Laura RICHARDSON Baffins Fitclub 00:25:18

129 103 Keith CAUNT Baffins Fitclub 00:26:12

136 107 Ryan Bendell 00:26:30

175 37 Fiona BUCK Baffins Fitclub 00:28:01

183 42 Fiona SHAW Baffins Fitclub 00:28:30

I spotted Katherine Newell among the volunteers.

A total of 251 runners took part at Havant parkrun event #466

John Bucketsofrain was a first-timer here and ran the 8th best Age-Graded percentage. In fact it is the best percentage, 72.72% of any of our current members. It looked like a strong field, with quite a few of the top few runners looking like familiar local parkrun winners.

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

1 1 Lewis BANNER Unattached 00:17:16

14 1 Joanne STANFORD Unattached 00:21:54

53 46 John BURCHETT Baffins Fitclub 00:24:52

A total of 173 runners took part at Boston (Lincs) parkrun event #288. Tracy Strydom is our 1st runner here.

The course is three clockwise laps (tarmac & trail) of the Witham Country Park, starting and finishing in the centre of the park near the picnic area.

From the start, run towards Boston. When the course reaches the river path, turn sharp right. Follow this path for about 500m before turning right to head back towards the start to complete the first lap.

On the second lap, when the course reaches the river path, turn right again onto the river path. Follow this path for about 300m before turning left to join the towpath. Follow the towpath for about 600m until it rejoins the main path, cross the main path and loop round on the grassy area to head back towards Boston then turn left back to the start.

The third lap follows the same route as the second. At the end of this lap, turn left to finish on the grass as you reach the start/finish area.

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

1 1 James MCNAMEE Unattached 00:18:27

8 1 Hannah OSWIN Unattached 00:22:51

99 37 Tracy STRYDOM Baffins Fitclub 00:31:22

A total of 246 runners took part at Bognor Regis parkrun event #347

Becci Knowles ran a 52 sec PB and came 9th female as she continued her preparations for the following week's Great North Run. She is our 5th fastest runner here.

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

1 1 Matthew MORGAN Unattached 00:17:31

6 1 Alice COX-RUSBRIDGE Unattached 00:20:21

52 9 Rebecca KNOWLES Baffins Fitclub 00:24:41

A total of 213 runners took part at Lakeside parkrun event #257

Helen Newman was 8th female finisher

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

1 1 Ben ROLFE Unattached 00:18:04

22 1 Zoe GILL Unattached 00:22:59

48 41 Rob COOKE Baffins Fitclub 00:25:49

52 8 Helen NEWMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:25:58

53 44 Geoffrey NEWMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:26:07

90 15 Olivia SCAMMELL Baffins Fitclub 00:29:06

171 58 Alison NEWMAN Baffins Fitclub 00:36:32

182 65 Laura DIAMOND Baffins Fitclub 00:38:37

A total of 215 runners took part at Fareham parkrun event #271

Chris Mathews made his debut here.

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

1 1 James PAGE Unattached 00:18:32

4 1 Kerry RICHES Unattached 00:19:23

99 81 Chris MATHEWS Baffins Fitclub 00:27:47

A total of 120 runners took part at Itchen Valley Country parkrun event #60

Ian Briscoe ran a 40 sec PB and is now our 2nd best here after Sonny Locke

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

1 1 Paul BOYD-LESLIE Unattached 00:19:16

9 1 Rachel DRYDEN Unattached 00:22:03

16 14 Ian BRISCOE Baffins Fitclub 00:23:09

A total of 107 runners took part at Great Salterns parkrun event #33

The most local parkrun for many of our runners and also where we mostly volunteer continues to provide many PBs. This is because it is a relatively new event and it will be interesting to see how and if this trend continues once the course gets wetter.

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

1 1 James BAKER Unattached 00:16:28

12 1 Anna SMITH-JAMES Unattached 00:21:26

13 12 Brett RUMFITT Baffins Fitclub 00:21:41

14 13 Simon BOREHAM Baffins Fitclub 00:21:46

21 20 Ian SAYNOR Baffins Fitclub 00:23:15

35 31 Liam BRADSHAW Baffins Fitclub 00:25:41

43 37 James YORKE Baffins Fitclub 00:26:05

51 43 Kev BUDD Baffins Fitclub 00:27:00

76 17 Brenda BRADSHAW Baffins Fitclub 00:32:36

77 60 Steve O'SHEA Baffins Fitclub 00:32:38

78 61 Jim THOMPSON Baffins Fitclub 00:32:53

86 67 Robert TURNER-DIAMOND Baffins Fitclub 00:34:41

105 73 Nigel SO Baffins Fitclub 00:55:30

We are very grateful to the volunteers who made this event happen: Julie ALLAN, Kevin AYLWARD, Deborah BRIDGER, Terrie BROWN, Kev BUDD, Carol CARBERRY, Steve CROSS, Kate ENGLISH, Gareth FIFORD, Ian GREGORY, Jim HAILSTONE, Nick LAY, Kitty LI, Kevin ROWSELL, Brett RUMFITT, Janet SAMPSON, Carol SEYMOUR, Nigel SO, Dennis SPENCER, Kim STROUD, Janice WELLSTEAD, Samuel WINTON, Alex YORKE

I'm well-known for not getting rained on in races and parkruns but this statistic was blown away by it pouring down for the duration of my run at least! There were PBs for Liam John Bradshaw 9 secs, Robert Turner-diamond 1:34, Brenda Bradshaw 1:16 and 4th in a row and this was an All Parkrun PB by 9 secs. Steve O'Shea ran a 1:10 best.

In the Age-Graded percentages, Simon Boreham was 10th and I was 2nd. Ian Saynor and myself were also not far from our course PBs.

Simon Boreham made his debut here after a long period not running parkruns.

There are still a few vacant volunteer positions for this week's run on 17th September if anyone could consider helping the event to go ahead. We need someone to assist on finish tokens, some marshals and someone to do the first timers' briefing among others.

It was great to see many of you at 12 noon after doing laps to raise money for Clare Rutter's bench and later at the Festival of Cricket, which seemed to go very well.