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Durham parkrun #41 - 19th May 2012


 

Durham parkrun
Event number 41
19th May 2012


Men's placings:
Alan William WEAR (SM20-24) of Sweatshop, was first in 17:01 - first appearance.
Isaac DUNN (JM15-19) of Blackhill Bounders, was second in 17:21.
Matthew HUNT (SM25-29) (Unattached) was third in 17:25.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Neil Paul YOUNG (Unattached) 3665 pts.
Adam R WALKER (Elvet Striders) 3664 pts.
Paul William SMITH (Crook & District AC) 3259 pts.

Women's placings:
Lucy REID (JW15-19) of Tonbridge AC, was first (15th overall) in 19:48 - third win in third appearance.
Joanne LEVEY (SW20-24) of Sweatshop, was second (26th overall) in 20:39.
Sophie FORSTER (JW15-19) of Birtley AC, was third (34th overall) in 21:05.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Greta JONES (Elvet Striders) 3138 pts.
Claire HUNT (Unattached) 3033 pts.
Patricia CLARKE (Unattached) 2727 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Isaac DUNN (JM15-19) was graded 78.96 % for the time 17:21 (second overall).
Thomas GOULDING (JM15-19) was graded 78.40 % for the time 17:45 (5th overall).
Neil Paul YOUNG (VM45-49) was graded 76.67 % for the time 18:56 (12th overall).

This week there were 171 runners, of whom 21 were first timers and 45 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 17 different athletics clubs took part.

Durham parkrun started on 13th August 2011, and since then 1,705 different runners, including participants from 109 athletics clubs, have completed 7,406 runs covering a total distance of 37,030 km, and there have been 2,100 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Rosie SMITH who ran in a time of 16:59 on 17th September 2011 (event number 6).
The Men's course record is held by Dan GARBUTT who ran in a time of 15:12 on 17th March 2012 (event number 32).
The Age Grade course record is held by Rosie SMITH who recorded a 87.14 % run (16:59) on 17th September 2011 (event number 6).

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



Sat 05/19/2012

 
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Durham parkrun #40 - 12th May 2012


 

Durham parkrun
Event number 40
12th May 2012


Men's placings:
Michael GRIMES (SM20-24) of Durham City Harriers AC, was first in 16:12 - third win in 6th appearance.
An unknown runner was second.
Rob TORCH (JM15-19) of Durham University AC, was third (4th overall) in 17:38 - 2 previous wins.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Neil Paul YOUNG (Unattached) 3576 pts.
Adam R WALKER (Elvet Striders) 3572 pts.
Paul William SMITH (Crook & District AC) 3193 pts.

Women's placings:
Rosie SMITH (SW25-29) of Durham City Harriers AC, was first (third overall) in 17:30 - 5th win in 5th appearance.
Lorna YOUNG (SW20-24) of Heaton Harriers & AC, was second (6th overall) in 17:53.
Aiveen FOX (SW25-29) of Durham City Harriers AC, was third (16th overall) in 18:41 - 2 previous wins.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Greta JONES (Elvet Striders) 3048 pts.
Claire HUNT (Unattached) 2953 pts.
Patricia CLARKE (Unattached) 2727 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Rosie SMITH (SW25-29) was graded 84.57 % for the time 17:30 (third overall).
Lorna YOUNG (SW20-24) was graded 82.76 % for the time 17:53 (6th overall).
Michael GRIMES (SM20-24) was graded 80.45 % for the time 16:12 (first overall).

This week there were 239 runners, of whom 26 were first timers and 79 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 18 different athletics clubs took part.

Durham parkrun started on 13th August 2011, and since then 1,683 different runners, including participants from 109 athletics clubs, have completed 7,235 runs covering a total distance of 36,175 km, and there have been 2,053 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Rosie SMITH who ran in a time of 16:59 on 17th September 2011 (event number 6).
The Men's course record is held by Dan GARBUTT who ran in a time of 15:12 on 17th March 2012 (event number 32).
The Age Grade course record is held by Rosie SMITH who recorded a 87.14 % run (16:59) on 17th September 2011 (event number 6).

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



Sat 05/12/2012

 
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parkrun club T-Shirts


 

parkrun club T-shirts


Another batch of T-shirts have arrived today for

50 - Jacquie Robson
10 - Varun Narayanan, Imogen Coxon, Jian Shen Woo, Samantha Walker, Harry Cookson and Rachel Bartholomeusz

If you know any of them please can you let them know? There'll be a little presentation before we start this Saturday. Ideally I'll try and get some photos for the website and the facebook page, then you can get them properly at the end.

If anyone else has recently completed 10 or 50 runs, but hasn't received the email from parkrun HQ please let me know. Next batch should be around the middle of June.



Tue 05/08/2012

 
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Sweatshop Monthly Prize April 2012


 

Sweatshop Monthly Prize April 2012


We are pleased to announce that this month's Sweatshop Monthly Prize winner is Dhanell Baldwin

Congratulations to Dhanell who ran 4 times in April with 3 PBs improving by 3 minutes and 56 seconds.

We'd like to thank Hugh Brasher of Sweatshop for his generosity and to congratulate Dhanell on her achievement. Her prize is a new pair of running shoes fitted at the local Sweatshop. (Metrocentre)

The winner is chosen by the event director or members of the committee designated by him. 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 DurhamOffice@parkrun.com and we promise to consider your nomination.

 



Wed 05/02/2012

 
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Sweatshop Monthly Prize March 2012


 

Sweatshop Monthly Prize March 2012


We are pleased to announce that this month's Sweatshop Monthly Prize winner is Ilya Smertenko
Congratulations to Ilya, who ran all 5 possible times in the month and achieved 4 PB's.
Ilya has 4 PB's to his name in total and has improved by 2 minutes and 51 seconds in March and by 3 minutes and 31 seconds overall.

We'd like to thank Hugh Brasher of Sweatshop for his generosity and to congratulate Ilya 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 or members of the committee designated by him. 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 DurhamOffice@parkrun.com and we promise to consider your nomination.



Wed 04/04/2012

 
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