30 Jun Weekend Roundup 29-30 June 2019

A fairly quiet weekend, with a few Club members taking on different challenges; but as ever there was parkrun, and a chance for me to choose my three favourite “parkrun Heroes”.

Top of the pile, and by a country mile in my opinion, was lovely Mandy Barrington.  The military precision with which she organised herself to get to the start line of the East Coast parkrun in Singapore was remarkable and a joy to behold! Her words (on her Strava feed)….“straight off the plane after 13 hour flight (05.30), changed in the ladies, grabbed a cab and easily made it for the 07.30 start, whoop! 💪🏻”  The choice of tee shirt was much admired by your friends back home. Well done Mandy, now relax and enjoy the rest of your holiday!

My second parkrun hero is Lisa Cleary. Lisa’s had a tough few months away from running, so it’s brilliant to see her gradually picking up speed again, running close to 25 minutes at Blackweir… we all wish her continuing good health and progress in getting back to her best form by the time the cross country season kicks off.

And as I can’t pick an outright person for the third spot, I’m going to choose two; Nathan Christoforato and Ian Southwell, a second apart on 17:58/17:59 at two separate venues. Need to get your act together, boys….I’m sure if you’d raced each other at the same place you could have knocked another 30 seconds off! 😂😂

Meanwhile, over in Barry Island, the temperature was sizzling, the winds were up and the course was the 3-lap variant. Some nice photos courtesy of Malcolm Bradley (Richard Jackson flying the Blue and Yellow above and Ian Warburton & Glenn Powell below)

Meanwhile on Sunday, several Club members took part in a cycling sportive organised by local club Wenvoe Wheelers. Malcolm Bradley scorched his way ahead around 40 miles of country lanes north of Cowbridge in the mightily impressive time of 2:52, finishing 2nd overall and all the while insisting “it’s not a race”!

Nice wheels Malcolm, but think you need to rock the lycra-look a bit more, like this man Simon ‘Cyrill’ Grant…not sure if there was a “tiger in his tank”, but he covered 80 miles in a nippy 6:12, and had enough energy for a couple of cheeky pints on the way home…..

Also taking part was recent new recruit Graham Roddis, who went round the course slightly faster than Simon, completing it in 5:55. Well done the three of you!

Dave Mathews had a fine run in the Thame 10k Road Race, finishing 59th in 40:59. Full results here.

Apologies if any other performances have slipped under my radar…please get in touch to enable me to put this right.

Here are the parkrun results….

Cardiff parkrun

A total of 720 runners took part.

View full results for Cardiff parkrun event #603

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Paul GRAHAM	Pontypridd Roadents AC	00:15:35
6	1	Charlotte ARTER	University of Wales Institute Cardiff AC	00:16:14
17	14	Nathan CHRISTOFORATO	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:17:58
109	14	Bethan APGLYN	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:22:51
129	16	Ruth CANN	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:23:26
208	30	Lisa CLEARY	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:25:18

Swindon parkrun

A total of 447 runners took part.

View full results for Swindon parkrun event #453

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Alex SMITH	Slinn Allstars	00:17:10
29	1	Anel NEVILLE	Unattached	00:20:59
316	95	Zoe BARBER	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:35:26

Harrogate parkrun

A total of 415 runners took part.

View full results for Harrogate parkrun event #391

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Chris SNOWBALL	Wakefield District Harriers & AC	00:17:35
71	1	Inessa WALKER	Unattached	00:23:17
104	98	James BUCKINGHAM	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:24:44

Springburn parkrun, Glasgow

A total of 123 runners took part.

View full results for Springburn parkrun, Glasgow event #258

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Craig MCINTYRE	Unattached	00:17:26
12	12	Clem CLEMENT	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:20:36
21	1	Lynne BRYCELAND	Unattached	00:22:07

East Coast Park parkrun

A total of 85 runners took part.

View full results for East Coast Park parkrun event #263

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Valentin CUZZUCOLI	Singapore Shufflers	00:16:35
8	1	Emily AUGUSTINE	Sydney University AC	00:19:15
54	12	Mandy BARRINGTON	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:29:23

Barry Island parkrun

A total of 167 runners took part.

View full results for Barry Island parkrun event #214

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Ben BUTLER-MADDEN	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:18:49
5	5	Andy PEARCE	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:20:19
7	7	Kevin CHALKE	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:21:34
11	1	Rebecca GEORGE	Barry & Vale Harriers	00:23:01
14	2	Catherine BARKER	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:23:33
27	24	Malcolm BRADLEY	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:25:26
50	41	Richard JACKSON	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:28:02
69	55	Ian David WARBURTON	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:29:11
76	17	Danielle RAYNER	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:29:29
88	66	Glenn POWELL	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:31:05

Grangemoor parkrun

A total of 166 runners took part.

View full results for Grangemoor parkrun event #189

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Ian SOUTHWELL	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:17:59
4	1	Olivia DYER	Cardiff AAC	00:18:58
63	12	Rachel EALES	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:26:10
65	52	Tom EALES	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:26:12
72	16	Arabella CALDER	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:26:52
141	92	Chris HERDMAN	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:34:54
166	100	Mark TAYLOR	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:53:48

Severn Bridge parkrun

A total of 270 runners took part.

View full results for Severn Bridge parkrun event #42

Position	Gender Position	parkrunner	Club	Run Time
1	1	Jonny REEP	Unattached	00:17:29
4	1	Katherine MATTHEWS	Chepstow Harriers	00:19:02
65	53	Laurie SMITH	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:24:30
129	40	Katie CLARK	Penarth & Dinas Runners	00:27:50