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Weekend Recap: Leamington Gah! Partridge with a parkrun PB

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Leamington Half:
Teething problems for the first year of the Leamington Half included a lack of start-line loo’s, more signage needed and a 40 min delay to the start due eejits refusing to adhere to road closures. As the temperatures increased frustrations grew; the race adjudicator correctly held the start until he was happy runners could safely run the course.  K&D fully support the organisers and race adjudicators decision (although a little more clarity in communication might have helped). On the plus side the support was excellent, medals chunky and plenty of water on course.

Anyway; to the racing. HOT, pretty hilly and a tough day out. Congrats to everyone who completed the 13.1 miles in those tough conditions. 

Full Results:

Pete MAKEPEACE 01:39:14
Adam O’Nions 01:42:59
Nick Atkin 01:46:08
Darryl Wilkes 01:59:06
Hala ATKIN 02:02:44
Karen RATCLIFFE 02:05:33
Robert STEWART 02:08:34
Paul WINWOOD 02:08:45
Kate MARSH 02:12:17
Catherine Price 02:23:57

Brueton parkrun: Hot in the park. Gareth Wainwright and Jane Evans were our K&D 1-2 with Gareth running 17:31 and Jane clocking 18:40. Rob Michaelson Yeates was man #2 in 19:09 followed swiftly by Paul Williams in 19:10. Teamwork.  Rosie Marsh was 2nd woman overall in a sweltering new PB of 20:11 followed by Jane Hunt in 23:36.

Rosie Marsh’s PB of 20:11 took her ever closer to that 20 min barrier. With a 28:24 Gareth Lloyd joined Rosie in PB Corner. Also there was Gail Partridge with a 30:40. Lending her surname nicely to this week’s article title and Carla Watson clocked a best ever 30:37.

Torbay Velo parkrun:
An under the weather (too much sun!) Darren John suffered through a 19:29 parkrun. Too much sun (and ice-cream). Kate Marsh enjoyed her 26:08 more than her 181 mile return trip stuck in a car with a grumpy Darren for 3 1/2 hours.

Arrow Valley parkrun:
Armstrong & Austin sounds like a mid-90’s ITV detective show. Maybe starring Martin Clunes. Only 11 seconds separated Steve Armstrong (21:21) and Pete Austin (21:32). They solved two murders in the 30 minutes after. 

Cannon Hill parkrun:
Jack Bristow blistered his way round Cannon Hill in a 17:22 on a super-fast 15:03 winning day.

Poole parkrun:
Steve Marks embraced a fast Poole course and nice weather to clock 34:13.

Lydney parkrun:
Green was the colour of Lydney on Saturday as Monica and David both ran well. Finishing in 20:54 and 21:18 they both finished in the top-6.

 

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Weekend Recap: parkrun Special

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Brueton parkrun:

K&D once again went 1-2-3 at Brueton. A different name up front this time though as Rob Michaelson Yeates stopped sandbagging and finally let rip – running a new parkrun PB of 17:17. Behind him Gareth Wainwright recovered well from two hard sessions on Tuesday and Thursday to run 17:35 while Chris Morgan ran 17:55 to slide in under the 18 minute barrier. Hotting Up.

Speaking of hot performances, Mary Heald ripped up the park with a 20:48. Louise Marklew clocked a snappy 23:25, just pipping Louise Bell who ran 23:30. Louise and Louise rivalry!

It was a PB-tastic day for the men with Rob Michaelson-Yeates leading the way. Kay Adenipekun ran 23:27, Nick Burke ran 24:38, Richard Orriel ran 22:10, Greg Turner clocked 19:16 (Reward for his recent commitment to our Tue and Thurs Sessions at Tudor Grange).

Arrow Valley parkrun:

A picture speaks a thousand words.

A gaggle of K&D turned up in Redditch to run on Saturday. Donning their Saturday finest. Graham Edwards had all the ladies chasing after him as he ran 25:33. Behind him Ann Spencer-Dowdeswell stormed to a 26:17, Jan Hornby clocked 26:20, Katie Price roared home in 28:19, Amanda Crees pranced in at 28:28, Caroline Edwards finished in 30:21 and Claire Deeley rounded out the team in 31:27. Who forgot to send the vest memo to Jan?

Leamington parkrun:

Ian Maidment made the short hop over to Leamington to run 26:56.

Greenock parkrun:

He’s fast and he can re-wire your light fittings. Anthony Dutton clocked 19:23.

Sandwell Valley:
Summer is here so everyone is touristing. Steve Armstrong got as far as Sandwell Valley. It only took him 23:19 to complete to course.

Barking parkrun:
Sarah Cattell wasn’t Barking up the wrong tree. She ran 25:21.

Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge:
Stupid long name. Paul and Siobhan O’Donnell who have sensible length names could teach the people of Fell Foot parkrun, Newby Bridge a thing or two about brevity. Paul ran a 23:38 while Siobhan completed the 5k in 32:07.P

Perry Hall parkrun:
Continuing their Tour de Birmingham Darren and Kate ticked off their final Birmingham and Surrounding Areas (Cannon Hill, Brueton, Kingsbury, Perry Hall) parkrun list. 7 different parkruns in 7 weeks too. Darren was first finisher overall in 17:36. A lurgy recovering Kate took it easy in 26:33.

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Weekend Recap: A Quiet One

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It looks like only parkrun took place this weekend. If we’ve missed any results please do let us know in the comments below. 

Walsall parkrun:

When our ladies said they were indulging in a spot of tourism at Walsall parkrun we didn’t know if they were going to Poland or the other side of Brum. Mumblers! 

It was the closer one. Ann Spencer-Dowdeswell was first home for our women in Walsall. Ann Ran 26:40. She was followed by Jan Hornby (26:45), Sally Anderson (26:47), Claire Maggs (26:47), Amanda Crees (26:12), Siobhan O’Donnell (26:12), Jackie Paterson (30:39), Jane Quarmby (30:41), Tracy Davies (31:15) and Claire Deeley (31:21). An invasion of K&D women.

 

Brueton parkrun:

Almost a repeat of our London 1-2-3 as Gareth Wainwright, Darren John and Chris Morgan took the first three places at Brueton this weekend. Darren led it out hard but Gareth’s sit and kick won the day while Chris is showing in the results as unknown. So we’re officially giving third to Chris (just so we have a club clean sweep). Making up the rules as we go along….

Gareth ran 17:11, Darren 17:27. And Chris ran something:something unrecorded. Unofficial official K&D third placer Paul Bentley ran 18:57.

Women! They’re good too. Especially that Sarah Cattell who ran 24:37 to take the  K&D women’s ‘W’ for win this weekend. Kate Marsh ran 25:18 to finish second K&D woman. She’s ok too. Karen Ratcliffe: She walks fast but shes run’s well too. She ran 26:25.

PB Party Time: Those legs are starting to spin fast. Katie Price, your new Wellbeing Officer was very well chuffed with her being faster than ever (26:29). Nick Burke also ran a PB of 25:52. There was once a keyboard player on tours for the Human League called Nick Burke. Strained puns will be the things that dreams are made of…

Leamington parkrun:

Simon Battson continued his tour of local parkruns. This week he ran the very specific time of 25:00. Love a good on the nose finish.

Arrow Valley parkrun:
Fresh from his introduction to Thursday’s down the track Greg sped to a 19:42. 

Cannon Hill parkrun:
Ainsley Wainwright is still recovering from the lurgy so took the opportunity to take his son the Cannon Hill. Ainsley ran 25:17 and infected 93 Kings Heath and Bournville Harriers athletes. Well done Agent Ainsley.

Stratford-Upon-Avon parkrun:

Pete Makepeace took his post-marathon recovery legs over to the home of Billy S. In the shadow of the RSC Pete ran 23:31.

Gloucester City parkrun:

Newbie Jonathan Bellman took it out in a swift 18:47 in Gloucester.

 

 

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Weekly Recap: A Little Impromptu Cross Country Never Hurt

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Brueton parkrun:

With sub-zero temperatures continuing to put the chill on parkrun Saturday it was left to the improve skills of Brueton’s organising team to put together an impromptu cross-country for the second week running.

As such times are all out of the window. Your 1-2-3 were Gareth Wainwright, Jane Evans and Anthony Dutton.

Third male was Ian Naisbitt, while second and third ladies were Kathy Bailey and Sarah Cattell. No PB’s but if you enjoyed the XC Hijinks remember that the last league fixture in the XC season is fast approaching. Men and Women are both at Warwick Uni; the bigger the numbers the better. Read more

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