A fair amount of ‘jogging’ activity to report this week.
With Bromley parkrun still closed (fingers crossed for a return on the 8th March) Dulwich and Orpington seem to be the parkrun of choice for the majority of us. Dulwich is a fast flat 3 lap course and this week promised PB’s to Martin Cunningham, Viral Tanna and Jeremy Benson. Simon Dahdi visited for the first time but managed to knock 40 seconds off his previous 5k PB and I expect he will soon duck under the 18 minute mark- all those track sessions are paying off, well done Simon. For the mud lovers, Johnny Gill managed a sub 20 minute PB at Orpington and Jenny Leng a new PB at Hilly Fields. The rest of us attended a variety of other parkruns, some sticking with old favourites and some travelling further afield for a parkrun tourism fix. Bexley parkrun 135 Jo Gambell 35:29 Crystal Palace parkrun 186 Helena Broadway 30:57 Dulwich parkrun 13 Simon Dahdi 18:06 37 Martin Andrew Cunningham 19:50 New PB! 76 Viral Tanna 22:36 New PB! 129 Jeremy Benson 25:58 New PB! 138 Helen Hart 27:05 Edinburgh parkrun 270 David Fordyce 28:02 Hilly Fields parkrun 6 Stephen Robson 20:21 11 Jenny Leng 22:16 New PB! 26 Sigrid Robson 24:47 Greenwich parkrun 55 Chris Summers 26:41 Malahide parkrun 171 John O’Toole 28:23 Norwich parkrun 23 Oliver Porritt 19:01 Orpington parkrun 4 Johnny Gill 19:53 New PB 10 Alan Niblock 21:44 12 Andrew Breese 22:04 37 Ka Sing Tung 26:00 61 Fiona Abiola-Musa 29:04 68 Wendy Tung 30:54 70 Paul Marshall 31:06 Shorne Woods parkrun 7 Rob LAING 21:19 24 Sonja LAING 25:18 Southwark parkrun 13 Michael Roughton 20:23 Tonbridge parkrun 44 David Allison 26:06 As we move into spring, the start of the half marathon season is slowly appearing, and there were three races attended this weekend by PWRs. Robyn Stubbs and Paula Dimond ran the inaugural Hampton Court Half Marathon which sadly fell short of the 13.1 distance due to a marshalling error early on. This was Robyn’s first half in her training for the London Marathon so well done to Robyn. Keep up the training! Martin Cunningham ran at the Headcorn Half marathon, this is a small new event run by a company called ‘Running and Riding’ who primarily organise cycling sportives and duathlons. It starts in the small village of Headcorn heading out into the countryside and back. Martin placed first in his age category and 24th overall- let us know what you thought of this new race, Martin. Murat Askin travelled to Portsmouth to take on the Coastal Half Marathon. This sounds like a lovely course along the seafront, including beach and parkland. Again, it would be great to hear what you thought of this race. Hampton Court Half Marathon 1764 Robyn Stubbs 2:12:15 Headcorn Half marathon 24 Martin Cunningham 01:29:21 M Mv50 Portsmouth Coastal Half Marathon 164 Murat Askin M 40-49 01:46:12 Many other PWR’s were also seen out on Sunday morning with the marathon training groups in full force, others training for half marathons and a group who got together at High Elms to run the proposed new Orpington 10k course. And of course, thanks to Karen who always manages to be there with a cup of tea and a piece of cake on a Sunday, just when you need it! Happy running! The main event for PWRs for the weekend of February 15/16th, the Kent Fitness League meeting at Meopham, unfortunately had to be cancelled due to our country’s ongoing heavy precipitation. PWR individuals and teams have been going great guns in this our first official year in the competition and it is hoped that this the final round can be rearranged (potentially March 16th).
Alan Niblock and Steve Jeffrey both recorded great times at the Brighton Half Marathon while James Gibson also did as he completed 4 laps around a flat but windy course at Dorney Lake in the Garmin RaceYourPace Half Marathon. The ongoing absence of the Bromley Park Run saw PWRs take on nine different venues. Brighton Half Marathon 300 Alan Niblock 1.27.59 648 Steve Jeffrey 1.34.06 Garmin RaceYourPace Half Marathon, Dorney Lake 226 James Gibson 1.48.45 Brockwell Parkrun 42 Stephen FAULKNER 00:21:37 Cambridge Parkrun 4 Brian O'CONNOR 00:18:28 Crystal Palace Parkrun 116 Natalie COMPTON 00:27:46 Dulwich Parkrun 36 Paul LENG 00:20:42 48 Jenny LENG 00:21:54 69 Viral TANNA 00:23:07 114 Jeremy BENSON 00:26:41 142 Helena BROADWAY 00:29:46 Greenwich Parkrun 13 Jonathan BOTTOMER 00:23:44 45 Matt JONES 00:26:51 61 Chris SUMMERS 00:28:51 65 David ALLISON 00:29:12 70 Elizabeth ROMANO 00:29:57 Hilly Fields Parkrun 4 Stephen ROBSON 00:20:51 Mud, glorious mud…
February appears to be following in January’s footsteps in what is turning out to be the wettest winter on record. Never has so much mud had to be rinsed from our kit, and that’s not including the cross-country mud-fests. Marathon training is now well under way for many PWRs, and where the cold, snow and ice added interest and many layers of kit to training runs last year, this year the challenge has been to dodge the storms/falling trees/hail/anything else that has become airborne. Still, PWRs come out in all conditions, as shown by attendances at the Tuesday club runs, Thursday track sessions and Sunday long runs. Parkrun: Bromley parkrun remains cancelled while Norman Park largely remains under water. This means that most PWRs have had to set their alarm for a little earlier in order to continue their parkrun tourism, with a few new favourites emerging. However, venturing as far as South Africa is taking this tourism a little to the extreme. There again, given the choice at the moment… No oubt, once Bromley parkrun is underway again, many PWRs will look forward toreturning to their parkrun home. Jonathan Bottomer and John O’Toole set new PBs in their second runs at Orpington, shaving 22 seconds and 4 mins 15 seconds respectively off their times from 2nd November, when there was probably much less mud around. Other noteable results include Stephen Robson and Rob Laing finishing 3rd at Hilly Fields and Shorne Woods parkruns respectively. Their times were also eerily close – only 7 seconds apart. David Allison used Albert parkrun at Middlesbrough as a warm-up for the Tees Barrage Half Marathon on Sunday (more about that below). Bexley parkrun: 93 Jo Gambell 00:33:35 Brockwell parkrun: 59 Stephen Faulkner 00:21:51 Crystal Palace parkrun: 173 Jenny Leng 00:27:52 Dulwich parkrun: 22 Martin Andrew Cunningham 00:20:00 76 Viral Tanna 00:23:24 108 Natalie Compton 00:25:10 134 Chris Summers 00:26:59 156 Helena Broadway 00:29:14 Greenpoint parkrun (Cape Town, South Africa): 57 Lizzie Howells 00:26:35 Hilly Fields parkrun: 3 Stephen Robson 00:21:14 27 Sigrid Robson 00:24:59 Lloyd parkrun: 9 Paul Leng 00:24:22 38 Ray Sievey 00:30:03 Middlesbrough Albert parkrun: 136 David Allison 00:26:09 Orpington parkrun: 14 Jonathan Bottomer 00:23:17 – New PB! 16 Matt Jones 00:23:39 54 John O’Toole 00:29:57 – New PB! Shorne Woods parkrun: 3 Rob Laing 00:21:07 19 Sonja Laing 00:25:31 64 Richard Laing 00:32:30 Other PWR Activity: It’s been quiet on the racing front this week, probably due to a mixture of conditions and PWRs training for various marathons and half marathons. However, David Allison bucked the trend and travelled north to Middlesbrough to compete in the completely unofficial Tees Barrage Half Marathon, organised and marshalled through social media! David completed the race in 2:02:21, finishing 59th out of a field of 75 runners. So, that’s all folks for this week! If I have left anyone or anything out, please let me know! January's not the busiest month for racing, and February takes a little time to get started as well, so there's not a lot to report this week.
With Norman Park receiving a fresh deluge of the wet stuff overnight, it was always going to be a doubtful starter, but give the organisers their dues, they did their very best to try to stage the event, but were beaten in the end by the sheer mass of surface water even with a last minute revision to the usual course, in an attempt to avoid a further cancellation. Those who were Norman Park bound switched at the last moment to Orpington parkrun's benefit where 9 PWR's appeared and Jenny finished first lady. A good performance was noted also at Shorne parkrun with Rob Laing second finisher and Sonja Laing close to winning the ladies' event:- Results for Bexley parkrun, event number 103, 01/02/2014. 31 Jane BRANCH 00:24:22 Results for Cambridge parkrun, event number 205, 01/02/2014. 3 Brian O'CONNOR 00:17:48 Results for Crystal Palace parkrun, event number 176, 01/02/2014. 100 David ALLISON 00:27:29 152 Jo GAMBELL 00:32:45 Results for Dulwich parkrun, event number 96, 01/02/2014. 28 Matthew William SELLWOOD 00:19:40 56 Jonathan BOTTOMER 00:21:37 176 John O'TOOLE 00:28:32 182 Helena BROADWAY 00:28:52 Results for Orpington parkrun, event number 73, 01/02/2014. 5 Johnny GILL 00:20:36 9 Andrew BREESE 00:22:54 16 Matt JONES 00:23:22 24 Jenny LENG 00:24:09 46 Ray SIEVEY 00:27:04 47 Ka Sing TUNG 00:27:06 57 Chris SUMMERS 00:28:32 65 Fiona ABIOLA-MUSA 00:30:24 78 Wendy TUNG 00:32:39 Results for Shorne Woods parkrun, event number 46, 01/02/2014. 2 Rob LAING 00:21:07 21 Sonja LAING 00:25:13 37 Richard LAING 00:29:53 At this time of year, the marathoners and half marathoners in training are out with the Sunday Willet Rec runners building up the mileage steadily for the T. Wells, Paddock Wood and Hastings HM's, and of course the big ones at Brighton and London. It's tough but someone has got to do it, and with all this endeavour, we can expect to see some fab times come March and April. Finally, the other organised event over the weekend involving PWR's was the Kent Fitness League down at Canterbury. Evidently, many PWR's elected to keep their feet on firmer ground on Sunday morning, but those who did attend found conditions similar to those of Norman Park with a further 3k's thrown in for good measure. Finishing positions were:- |
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