Parkrun Roundup this week:
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Steeple Morden 10k Friendship Run Anna Greetham, Matt Roberts and Kyle Stout ran the Steeple Morden 10k Friendship Run which was raising funds for the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity. Anna described the event as perfect, well organised and said it was a great way to spend a Sunday morning. Tavy5K Stephen Doran who is coming back from injury did the Tavy5K in Tavistock on Saturday in a time of 30:25. Stephen was able to claim the honour of being the first North Herts Road Runner to ever have competed in this race, according to the organisers. THE PARKRUN ROUNDUP FOR SATURDAY 17 AUGUST IS AS FOLLOWS:
Sheepy Shuffle In the hot August sunshine, 7 North Herts Road Runners undertook the annual Sheepy Shuffle Half Marathon around Rutland Water to raise money for the amazing Mirkwood Home for Retired Sheep (in Boston Lincolnshire). Squirrels running were Linda Aird, Lucy O’Connor, Brian Judkins, Anna Gibson, Dervla Downing, Lorna Chambers and Richard Weber. This is the fourth time that many of us have ran this charity event, which is a virtual run in the location of our choice. It wasn’t a race but rather a social paced run through the lovely Rutland Countryside, the scenery on Hambleton Peninsula being especially pretty. Richard described that the group staggered their start times and varied routes somewhat, so that they could all meet up at the end for a lovely picnic near the waterside. Richard commented that “although we enjoyed our run, we were all pleased when we reached the end as the temperature was heading up into the high twenties and getting to be a struggle.” English National Triathlon Championships NHRR runner Steve McKeown secured an Olympic distance silver medal in his Age Group at the English National Triathlon Championships in Bedford on Sunday morning. McKeown completed the swim /bike/run (1.5k/40k/10k) in 2:13:18, narrowly missing out on gold by 8 secs. Parkrun roundup
The Resolution 5k On Wednesday evening, 11 squirrels braved the 25c heat, alongside runners from Stevenage Striders, Fairlands Valley Spartans & Stevenage Phoenix, to take part in the Resolution 5k at Ridlins athletics track, Stevenage. Running a 5km track event presents a unique experience due to the predictability of the course, allowing runners to focus more on pace, form, and consistency rather than the route. The event was split into 3 races based on runner’s expected finish times, starting at 18:45, 19:30 & 20:00 respectively, with the fastest runners competing in the final race. If the heat & humidity did affect anybody’s performance, it wasn’t obvious from the amazing results, and afterwards, the consensus seemed to be that people really enjoyed the challenge. Linda Aird commented that “those of us in the first race were running on a track almost completely bathed in sunshine, so we knew that running 12.5 laps at 5k pace would be a challenge” and that she was “very pleased to have finished in 26:33 - over a minute faster than last year's time” with “consistent lap times showing only a couple of seconds variation between laps”. Results as follows:
First Saturday of the Month The hot and humid weather proved no obstacle to our dedicated club runners, 27 of whom completed our monthly sojourn around Norton Common. There were some cracking performances on display:
Wokington Running Festival Tom Barclay competed in and won the 5K race as part of the Workington Running Festival Tom completed the course in 17:03 to take the win. Tom commented that it was a super friendly event organised by local club, Cumberland AC. Parkrun Roundup With our First Saturday of the Month taking place on the same day, there were perhaps fewer parkrun results than usual to report on, but for those who did get to run, there were some excellent times to report:
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