Momentous Day in Windsor, Wembley - and Wormwood Scrubs
James Spender reports on a parkrun which saw over 100 people complete the course
I was returning after 3 weeks away running the Prague marathon for Kipepeo Foundation benefiting deprived children in Kenya. Thank you for your support over the three months of training via BT MyDonate - I set a new PB of 3:34:19. Please consider a small donation through .
My pacing was way too fast: leading as we passed the football pitches but soon Paul Woodgate, Thomas Barnes and Dominic Casey overtook me. Soon followed by Gideon Reid gliding by and the graceful Anna Lawson (I thought my days of chasing Imperial Ladies were over). Rob Ferguson calmly overtook me together with First Timer Ben Johnson.
Taking a closer look at the results, the first to cross the line were:
Thomas Barnes in 18:37 - improving his PB by almost 30 seconds!
Dominic Casey in 18:45 - also setting a PB
Gideon Reid of Serpentine RC in 19:02
Leading the Ladies were:
Anna Lawson of Imperial College Cross Country & AC in a new PB of 19:56!
Amelia Carman of Queens Park Harriers in 23:16
Fionn Hargreaves of UCL Athletics and Cross Country Club in 23:31
Adjusting for Age and Gender we have:
Anna Lawson of Imperial College Cross Country with a cracking 74.25%
Gideon Reid of Serpentine RC with 71.72%
Paul Woodgate of Thames Valley Harriers with 70.66%
We saw 26 new Personal Bests after Thomas, Dominic and Anna, there was:
Ralph Mathers in 21:26,
Joseph Nixon running his 14th parkrun at the Scrubs made it a hat-trick of PBs shaving another thirteen seconds off his PB from last week to finish in 23:11,
Matthew Peck of Ealing Eagles Running Club ran 23:12
Minty Martin and Alexandra Lane both set the PB of 24:21
Andre Treffeisen, running for the third time, set 24:38
Marcus Baker made it a string of four PBs from 16 Scrubs Parkruns in 24:43
Catherine Robinson went sub-25 for the first time to set 24:52
Adam Bye of Ravenscourt Park Runners ran 25:18, besting his previous 25:24 from 1st April last year
Ruari Rhodes ran 25:26 on his 12th visit to Wormwood Scrubs
Andrew Murray ran 25:30 on his 17th parkrun
Andy Walker of Transport for London parkrun club ran 27:00
Donna McGuigan improved by 33 seconds on her return to the Scrubs
Michael Law also ran 39 seconds faster than last week to set a new PB of 27:29
Kezia Pearce ran her 10th parkrun in a new PB of 27:40
Martha Siva was the fastest from her family in 27:55 shaving another 4 seconds off her PB from last month
Tessa Holladay set 28:57
Hughie Turner (VM70-74) improved to 30:06, good luck going sub-30!
Alice Parshall ran 30:57
Christine Mcleod improved on her return to 31:59
Olga Ilina ran 33:46 ?????? ??????!
There were some new families running: David Lindsay ran a new PB of 23:26, Catherine Lindsay handed out the finish tokens in a red, white and blue striped boater. Their son, Thomas, of The Fulham Boys School RC ran a first time 27:26. Arnie and Hayley Siva ran with their daughters, Megan (JW10) who finished first in 34:51 and Alice. Alice (JW10) drew a cheer for an impressive cart-wheel through the finish line in 41:31.
James Malcolm's 300th parkrun was celebrated in the Thames Valley Harriers clubhouse inside the Linford Christie stadium with James' signature millionaire shortbread replenishing burnt calories for the day ahead!
Looking forward to seeing pictures - please follow parkrun Flickr tips to add them to our photostream!
This week 102 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 23 were first timers and 26 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 14 different clubs took part.
The event was made possible by ten volunteers:
Nick MICHAEL did Pre-Event Setup • James DOE was Timekeeper • Charlie LE ROUGETEL was Tea Lady • Ben LE ROUGETEL was Run Director • Marion BRYDSON was Tea Lady • Fraser BRYDSON was Tea Boy • James SPENDER scanned barcodes and wrote this • Peter JORDAN was Tail Walker • Craig GUNN did pre-event setup • Catherine LINDSAY handed out the finish tokens!
Full results and a complete event history can be found on the Wormwood Scrubs parkrun Results Page.
May 29, 2018
