Frimley Lodge parkrun
Event number 118
7th May 2012

Men's placings:
Ryan BROOKLING (VM40-44) (Unattached) was first in 17:07 - 24^th win in 30^th appearance.
Darren SYMES (VM40-44) (Unattached) was second in 17:08 - 13 previous wins.
Mark SYMES (VM40-44) (Unattached) was third in 17:31 - 33 previous wins.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
Damian BOUCH (Unattached) 1190 pts.
Rob HARKNESS (Unattached) 1053 pts.
Timothy CUMMINS (Farnham Runners) 1038 pts.

Women's placings:
Kate TOWERTON (SW25-29) of Andover AC, was first (22^nd overall) in 19:34 - first appearance.
Lisa HALE (SW30-34) of Sandhurst Joggers, was second (46^th overall) in 21:07 - 2 previous wins.
Paula FUDGE (VW60-64) of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC, was third (51^st overall) in 21:21 - 45 previous wins.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Paula FUDGE (Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC) 1288 pts.
Alison LENAGHAN (Cove Joggers) 1260 pts.
Lea MARONEY (London Irish AC) 966 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Paula FUDGE (VW60-64) was graded 89.62 % for the time 21:21 (51^st overall).
Keith DONKIN (VM50-54) was graded 84.40 % for the time 18:03 (5^th overall).
Ryan BROOKLING (VM40-44) was graded 82.18 % for the time 17:07 (first overall).

This week there were 277 runners, of whom 66 were first timers and 43 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 33 different athletics clubs took part.

Frimley Lodge parkrun started on 13th February 2010, and since then 2,878 different runners, including participants from 142 athletics clubs, have completed 18,265 runs covering a total distance of 91,325 km, and there have been 4,378 new Personal Bests.

The Women's course record is held by Sarah ROLLINS who ran in a time of 18:42 on 14th April 2012 (event number 115).
The Men's course record is held by Mark GREENWOOD who ran in a time of 15:59 on 25th February 2012 (event number 108).
The Age Grade course record is held by Paula FUDGE who recorded a 92.70 % run (20:33) on 2nd July 2011 (event number 72).

With the cancellation of our event on Saturday, many of us took the opportunity to visit other parkruns (Old Deer park, Guildford and Basingstoke proving the most popular) or take part in the Frimley Hospital 10k run on Sunday. So thank you to those events which hosted our runners on Saturday, and hopefully we returned the favour with many parkrun tourists joining us this morning. 

From the roll call before the run, visitors included:

Old Deer Park (thank you for the loan of the scanner )

 And we can also be found on Facebook

Report by Simon Harvey

When is a drought not a drought?

The answer to that question is when it rains on a Saturday morning at Frimley Lodge parkrun. In an event rarer than me getting a PB we had a wet parkrun and this time nobody took a dip in the canal. I cannot remember the last time we had rain from start to finish but this didn’t dampen the spirits of those taking part. In fact we had 30 Frimley Lodge first timers of which for 23 of these it was their first ever parkrun. A warm welcome to you and please believe me that the weather is not usually that wet. Of those that had run elsewhere before, we welcomed Emma Detchon who normally runs up north and we also had some visitors from Basingstoke parkrun. The other visitors we had in the park today were the Nepalese community who were holding their annual football competition. As always we had no problems with them setting up around the course other than an extra busy car park.

With the weather having been so wet all April it was no surprise that the course was very muddy, especially the canal towpath and the path round the back of the miniature railway. This of course kept the number of PB’s down to 17. Many of these were people running a second or third parkrun. Of those who have done quite a few runs special mention must go to my fellow newsletter writer Helen Hart. A terrific effort Helen and whilst we have never met we may well soon, as you weren’t too far behind me today. A further mention must go to Danielle Jackson who was helped round by Dad Rich to a new PB.

We had two runners completing their 50^th parkrun. These were Julian Sills and Paul Prescott.  Julian as many of you will know has run around many of those 50 with a double buggy. Now I have never looked in the buggy but I presume he had his two young children in there. Paul to celebrate his 50^th run ran round with his daughter Anna.

To the front end of the field and Graham Robinson made one of his rare visits and took his customary first place in a slower than usual time, although considering the conditions that was only to be expected. I noticed that the last time Graham ran was the last time I wrote the newsletter so Graham when are you coming next and I’ll make sure I am the scribe for that day as well! In second, fresh from his London Marathon run last week, was Mark Symes and third was Graham’s fellow Sandhurst jogger Mark Fallowfield-Smith.

In the women’s run first home was first timer Laura Boon in a time of 19:25. I hope you will come again and show us what time you can do when it is dry. Second home was Charlie Arnell and in third Sarah Heddle.

Today’s top age grading was Paula Fudge with 86.25% followed by the Symes brothers Mark and Darren with 78.46% and 77.81% respectively.

In the points competition Damain Bouch continues to lead the men’s competition from Rob Harkness and Tim Cummins and in the women’s Paula Fudge leads from Alison Lenaghan and Lea Maroney.

As always a massive thank you to all the volunteers without whom parkrun would not be able to function week in and week out. If you would like to volunteer please e-mail the team at FrimleyLodgeHelpers@parkrun.com

James was there in the rain taking his usual excellent photo’s and these can be found at https://picasaweb.google.com/frimleylodgeparkrun

For chat and other information you can go to our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frimley-Lodge-parkrun/109086622476139

One piece of news on the facebook page, the news page below this newsletter and which was also reiterated in the pre-race briefing is that there is no parkrun at Frimley Lodge next Saturday 5^th May as the Surrey Heath show is taking part in the park that day. So that you don’t miss out on your weekend run we will be holding our 118^th run on the Bank Holiday Monday 7^th May at the usual time.