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Event 42 - 6th March 2010 |
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Great to have lovely weather for a visit from one of our sponsors today: GSK Lucozade. Hope the products and advice aid everyone's training.
Barcodes were out in force today. Well done for remembering. Hall of shame for forgetting: one of our race directors! Sharon! ......and positions 1, 3, 5, 8, 12, 25, 47, 57 and 63  I'll let you all off going to the naughty step since I managed to forget my barcode on a visit to Bushy. Your emails are very funny, for example from who shall remain nameless: ' I was a naughty boy today and forgot my barcode! I finished ****'
Sharon G allowed her tan to fade a little before resuming timing duties. Apparently she saw the BIG FIVE on safari when really she needn't have travelled since they were at Bedfont all along: Kath was let loose with the tokens after a play on the tyre swing whilst Karl took over Kath Corner. Young Lily decided to take over photography. Is there no end to that girl's talents......gathering you in with the Bedfont cowbell, cheering you on lap 1 then taking up the camera. Martine kept Calm and Carried On with a new role on X-checking and first on our full barcode/barcoded token recording blitz checkout was Chris. Come and volunteer and you too have parkrun checkout fun.
Team Puff News
They're on the countdown to the Reading Half Marathon. Two weeks of tapering madness to follow. If you notice them being batty next week, you'll know why. When tapering, I usually end up cleaning the house from top to bottom during the intermission breaks from eating.
Proof that you don't need botox just your barcode:
John Paton kept his birthday quiet. 60! Just shows running and volunteering keeps you young and cheeky but doesn't help you to understand my accent or vocabulary. Belated Happy Birthday wishes from us all. No escape next week when we celebrate Iain MB's 40th. Cake!
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In his 25th appearance, Duncan MALLISON (SM35-39) of Ranelagh Harriers won for the 6th time in a time of 18:38. Gary RUSHMER (VM45-49) representing British Airways AC took second by 18 seconds recording 18:56. Mike HILTON, (VM40-44) of Elmbridge RRC placed third in a time of 19:15.
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In her 4th appearance, Lizzie BOOTHBY (SW20-24) of Unattached won in a time of 23:32 for the 1st time. Lizzie BOOTHBY beat Charlotte ELMS (JW14) representing Halliford Colts Runners by 13 seconds recording 23:45 in the process. Hannah MACLEOD, (SW25-29) of Unattached placed third in a time of 24:02.
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In today's Age Graded competition, Gary RUSHMER recorded a performance of 77.29%
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In the points competition Bradley WELSMAN has a lead of 134 points over second placed Duncan MALLISON. Toni CALLEN leads Melanie ROBERTS by 1015 in the ladies competition.
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This week there were 11 first timers.
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25 runners recorded PBs, bringing the total number since the Bedfont Lakes started to 627. In this time, 659 runners from 66 different clubs have completed the race 2490 times covering a distance of 12450 kilometers.
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The male course record is held by Richard WARD who ran 16:43 on 30/05/09, event #4. The female equivalent is held by Vicky GILL who ran 17:50 on 01/08/09, event #13.
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Sweatshop Prize |
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Congratulations to this month's Sweatshop Prize Winner: Bradley Sims.
The prize is awarded to this athlete for showing long term dedication as well as consistency, improvement and, above all, enthusiasm for parkrun.
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Event 41 - 27th February 2010 |
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Visiting Bedfont for the first time was my friend and training partner, Kirsty Bangham. Lovely to see a podium finish for her (3rd lady) as was seeing in the results Charlotte Elms’s win last weekend. Well done.
Kirsty has now completed an impressive 172 parkruns and is a regular volunteer at Bushy parkrun which is why I had to mention her fabulous achievement and flash that rather wonderful 100 jacket of hers.
Duncan Mallison (our winner this week) and Charlie Burt are now so tantalisingly close to their 100th parkrun: 93 and 91 runs completed respectively. We will soon have a mini brace of 100 club members with our Martin Chambers (already a member having done 22 of his 106 runs at Bedfont).
What you may or may not know is that Kirsty and Kath Adamson (of Kath Corner who was on timing duty this week) put up with me for miles and miles of training every week of the year. True friends indeed.
I feel I should mention the formation of a wonderful group who from small beginnings are training to tackle the Reading Half-Marathon. Team Puff, I’m going to call them, led and coached by Charlie Burt are putting in the miles in this batty weather.
Rob Curtis, Melanie Roberts and Kate Coombes – I am truly in awe of your effort, improvement and application.
On a different note, the lovely Martine who dishes out your finish tokens out every week recently moved house and despite calamities week in week out still turns up to volunteer. She now travels some distance to Bedfont parkrun, such is her committment to you lovely parkrunners. In you look in the photos, you'll see a nice pic of her receiving a mug with the words 'Keep calm and carry on'.
Keep up the good work and will someone please switch on the 'Nice Weather' button as they leave.
Ta
Heather Trench Feet.
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In his 24th appearance, Duncan MALLISON (SM35-39) of Ranelagh Harriers won for the 6th time in a time of 19:05. Jon HEASMAN (SM30-34) representing Thames Turbo Triathlon took second by 38 seconds recording 19:43. Roland KEMP, (SM25-29) of Unattached placed third in a time of 20:07.
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In her 1st appearance, Aurelie ALMEIDA-HEASMAN (SW30-34) of Thames Turbo Triathlon won in a time of 24:12 for the 1st time. Aurelie ALMEIDA-HEASMAN beat Pam F DIXON (SW30-34) representing Elmbridge RRC by 12 seconds recording 24:24 in the process. Kirsty BANGHAM, (VW35-39) of Ranelagh Harriers placed third in a time of 25:20.
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In today's Age Graded competition, Ian CHARLTON recorded a performance of 69.34%
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In the points competition Bradley WELSMAN has a lead of 145 points over second placed Duncan MALLISON. Toni CALLEN leads Melanie ROBERTS by 1099 in the ladies competition.
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This week there were 10 first timers.
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9 runners recorded PBs, bringing the total number since the Bedfont Lakes started to 602. In this time, 648 runners from 65 different clubs have completed the race 2422 times covering a distance of 12110 kilometers.
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The male course record is held by Richard WARD who ran 16:43 on 30/05/09, event #4. The female equivalent is held by Vicky GILL who ran 17:50 on 01/08/09, event #13.
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Event 40 - 20th February 2010 |
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Well all I can offer are the stats since I was off on parkrun holibobs visiting Bromley and can't believe the Wilsons visited Bedfont when I wasn't there again!
Well done to Duncan and Charlotte. Brilliant stuff.
See you all Saturday.
Heather
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In his 23rd appearance, Duncan MALLISON (SM35-39) of Ranelagh Harriers won for the 5th time in a time of 18:57. Lee DAVIES (SM30-34) representing Ranelagh Harriers took second by 134 seconds recording 21:11. Roger S WILSON, (VM45-49) of Ranelagh Harriers placed third in a time of 21:57.
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In her 18th appearance, Charlotte ELMS (JW14) of Halliford Colts Runners won in a time of 24:12 for the 1st time. Charlotte ELMS beat Abigail JONES (SW20-24) representing Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC by 64 seconds recording 25:16 in the process. Sue WATSON, (VW55-59) of Road Runners Club placed third in a time of 26:14.
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In today's Age Graded competition, Sue WATSON recorded a performance of 71.66%
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In the points competition Bradley WELSMAN has a lead of 167 points over second placed Duncan MALLISON. Toni CALLEN leads Carol PATON by 1064 in the ladies competition.
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This week there were 5 first timers.
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12 runners recorded PBs, bringing the total number since the Bedfont Lakes started to 593. In this time, 638 runners from 65 different clubs have completed the race 2369 times covering a distance of 11845 kilometers.
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The male course record is held by Richard WARD who ran 16:43 on 30/05/09, event #4. The female equivalent is held by Vicky GILL who ran 17:50 on 01/08/09, event #13.
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