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Race Report 12.05.12 |
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Event 22 had 22 runners in the parkrun this week. Of these we welcomed 5 new runners, including Ally Pally’s Race Director Catherine Edeam who could no longer resist standing at the side lines watching others test themselves out around the greenery and footways of the Palace, opting instead to join the 21 other runners in the race around the course. Despite great stamina built leading to her London Marathon last month (3hrs 59) she could not match the pace of Miranda Yau, however, whose debut time of 22:25 was always going to be likely to secure first place. Catherine’s own debut was made in 23:11, which again is very respectable, particularly under non-ideal conditions, with some slightly softer areas of the multi-terrain route remaining after previous rain.
The surfaces proved no obstacle to Rob Shulman either, however, as he came home first in just under 20 minutes. He explained that he had opted to wear a short spike, which obviously worked well for him, and left Steve Buttling-Smith to perpetuate his second place status, victory having eluded him no less than 5 previous times on this course by just the one place!
On a final note, hats off to our youngest runner of the day Eoghan Keasler from the Junior Men (U14) category, who completed his 3rd consecutive run at Ally Pally this week. Despite not having his best run, Eoghan still holds the 5th fastest time ever for his group on the Ally Pally park course.
Thank you to the marshals and officials, especially all those who volunteered at the last minute to save the day!!
The Ally Pally parkrun relies solely on its volunteers. If you enjoyed this event then why not consider helping out every now and then? Please contact allypallyHelpers@parkrun.com for more information.
PS - No race next week (Sat 19th May) due to the bike event - See you in two weeks time when we expect to be fully functional! Happy training!
Liam Proudlock
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Event 21 - 5th May 2012 |
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A big thank you to all 26 runners for putting up with the change of course on Saturday, the course will be 3 laps of the bottom half next week as well. Some of you may have realised that you took longer to complete the course, this was because it was approximately 80 meters longer.
The results follows as Rob Shulman coming first at 19:58, Steve Buttling-Smith finishing second at 21:04 with Sam Alberti arriving third at 21:28. For the ladies, Sandra Buckton taking first place ( 12th overall) at 22:55, Claire Storey second (14th overall) at 26:15 and Nicola Whyke (19th overall) taking third position at 29:47.
A special thank you to Catherine for measuring the new course at 6.30am who then had to rush to work straight after, thank you. Also thank you to Steve Buttling-Smith for laying, clearing and running the course!!!
All of the tasks are straight forward and we will give you all the training you need. It's great fun too! Many of our volunteers come back to help again and again but we want them to be running more often too. Please e-mail allypallyhelpers@parkrun.com if you want to get involved. We welcome occasional helpers and people wanting to get involved with results, organisational and technical matters.
Hope to see you soon!
Nazim
P.S. Please be reminded that there will be NO Ally Pally parkrun on Saturday 19th May 2012 due to there being a BMX event in the park that weekend. Please let your fellow parkrunners, family, friends and colleagues know to avoid disappointment.
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Event 20 - 28th April 2012 |
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Well done to the 31 parkrunners who graced the Ally Pally turf to take on Event 20. We welcomed 6 first timers to the event all of which were running their first ever parkrun. I hope you enjoyed the event and will be back soon.
Thank you to all runners for following the instructions given at the briefing and by the volunteers following the adjustments to the course. There will be adjustments to the course again at the next event due to further construction work for an event in the park in a couple of weeks time (see P.S.) so please make sure that you again listen to the briefing at 8.55am and to the instructions given by volunteers.
Congratulations to Paul Jarman for coming in first in his first ever parkrun in a brilliant time of 19.19. In second was Steve Buttling-Smith in a fantastic time of 21.00. This time was doubly impressive as Steve arrived before the event to mark out the course (on bike), ran and then collected all the markers afterwards. This is a truly impressive feat! Well done Steve and thank you for all your help and support. Third place was taken by Philip Hogg who achieved a personal best time 22.21 – well done!
First female home was Kristin Snopkowski for a second week in a row in a great time of 25.29. Second was Lyn Evans in a time of 28.08 and third Shireen Beveridge in a time of 28.34. Well done!
A huge thank you goes to Graham, Linda, Robin, Stephen and Steve. The event would not of been possible without you volunteering. We need volunteers every week so if you can help out please email allypallyhelpers@parkrun.com and we will let you know how you can help. If you haven’t volunteered yet, don’t be frightened! None of the tasks are too scary and we always need people to stand around the course and cheer the runners on whilst pointing them in the right direction!
Hope to see you soon!
Catherine
P.S. Please be reminded that there will be NO Ally Pally parkrun on Saturday 19th May 2012 due to there being a BMX event in the park that weekend. Please let your fellow parkrunners, family, friends and colleagues know to avoid disappointment.
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