PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE PARK

21.01.12

We have had a request from one of our parkrunners, Elsa Tam, see below:

"I am a regular parkrunner and also a keen photographer and I am currently involving in a project "Mile", along with 15 other photographers and we will be exhibiting our work at the Custard Factory for a week in March this year. I have decided to base my project around runners as I think every runner (including myself) has a story about their mile. I want to know whether it is okay to bring my camera to parkruns over the next month or so to get some images of runners for my project? I understand parkrun has a Flickr group and I am happy to share my images on the Flickr page after the exhibition.

I know that most parkrunners enjoy looking at their photos on our website and facebook but if you do not want Elsa to use your photograph for her exhibition please let the run director, me or Elsa know.

We will always let you know when she is photographing. Elsa hopes to start at the  21st January event, number 74

See you soon

Mary

Cannon Hill parkrun
Event number 72
7th January 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Event 72 saw a record turnout for Cannon Hill parkrun. A total of 146 runners braved the first parkrun of the New Year to set a new attendance record. Another first for Cannon Hill (unless anyone else has kept it a secret?) was a bridegroom running parkrun just a few hours before his wedding, Congratulations to Brian and Nicky, regular Cannon Hill parkrunners, on their wedding today.

Lets make sure that Cannon Hill parkrun continues to be the great event that it is during 2012, of course it is only great due to the wonderful runners and volunteers so make sure that you keep on running, volunteering and encouraging others to join in for another 12 months.

Check out the Christmas Eve video on you tube courtesy of Pete and Gareth

http://youtu.be/fQUQjn1MSos

Run Results

Men's placings:
Samuel PICTOR (SM20-24) of University of Birmingham Triathlon club, was first in 17:02 - 8^th win in 12^th appearance.
Andrew ADAMS (VM45-49)    was second in 18:06.
Edward VITTERY (SM25-29)    was third in 18:07.
 

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Peter BLACKWELL (Birmingham Running Athletics and Triathlon Club) 1302 pts.
William OSULLIVAN (Unattached) 1122 pts.
Yi ZHANG (Unattached) 1089 pts.
 

Women's placings:
Alaina Louise BEACALL (SW20-24) of Bournville Harriers, was first (22^nd overall) in 19:27 - third win in 4^th appearance.
Rachel WARD (SW20-24) of Birmingham Running Athletics and Triathlon Club, was second (28^th overall) in 19:47.
Emily HOFFMANN (SW25-29)  was third (29^th overall) in 19:55 - 4 previous wins.
 

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Lesley PYMM (Bournville Harriers) 1527 pts.
Laura GALE (Bournville Harriers) 1367 pts.
Sarah Nicol LAUDER (Unattached) 1280 pts.
 

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Andrew ADAMS (VM45-49) was graded 79.56 % for the time 18:06 (second overall).
Alan ELSMERE (VM65-69) was graded 78.35 % for the time 21:24 (45^th overall).
Alaina Louise BEACALL (SW20-24) was graded 76.09 % for the time 19:27 (22^nd overall).
 

This week there were 246 runners, of whom 48 were first timers and 25 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 27 different athletics clubs took part.

Cannon-hill parkrun started on 28th August 2010, and since then 1,904 different runners, including participants from 142 athletics clubs, have completed 9,013 runs covering a total distance of 45,065 km, and there have been 2,390 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Catherine RILEY who ran in a time of 16:32 on 26th February 2011 (event number 27).
The Men's course record is held by James TROLLOPE who ran in a time of 14:50 on 27th August 2011 (event number 53).
The Age Grade course record is held by Catherine RILEY who recorded a 89.52 % run (16:32) on 26th February 2011 (event number 27).
 

Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Cannon-hill parkrun Results Page.

HAPPY NEW YEAR parkrunners!

Two of our parkrunners has been very busy making a video of the Cannon Hill Christmas Eve parkrun. Follow the link to view or search you tube for "Christmas park run"

http://youtu.be/fQUQjn1MSos

Many thanks to Gareth and Pete for this production!

Also many thanks to those of you who have put photos on flickr and on facebook, they are very popular

Stacey Makes it Four Wins in Four Appearances!

Cannon-hill parkrun Event number 66

26th November 2011

 Men's placings:

Samuel PICTOR (SM20-24) of University of Birmingham Triathlon club, was first in 16:37 - 7^th win in 11^th appearance.
Philip WOLFE (SM20-24) of Cannock & Stafford AC, was second in 16:40 - 1 previous win.
Ben LEADBETTER (SM20-24) of Birmingham Running Athletics and Triathlon Club, was third in 16:48.

Sweatshop parkrunner for November 2011 is
MARTIN FOSTER

Congratulations to Martin Foster who was awarded the November parkrunner of the month before last Saturday's race. Martin has been a regular volunteer and runner at Cannon Hill parkrun clocking up 49 runs. The organisers wanted to thank Martin who regularly checks the Cannon Hill parkrun for any hazards on the morning of the race.  He also organised a 10K race in the park during November raising much needed funds for the Institute of Conductive Education which is also based in the park.

We'd like to thank Sweatshop for their generosity and to congratulate Martin on his achievement. His prize is a new pair of running shoes fitted at the local Sweatshop.

The winner is chosen by the event director and members of the Cannon Hill team. The successful candidates are often chosen for their perseverance, number of PBs in one month, total number of runs and improvement overall. However, we can award the prize for other reasons at our discretion. If you know someone who has overcome adversity, personal illness or is deserving in any other way, please let us know by emailing cannon-hillOffice@parkrun.com and we promise to consider your nomination.
Mary
Cannon Hill Event Director