
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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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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 ![]() |
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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 |
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