We have now reached event 30! Time is flying. 124 runners and walkers completed the Gunnersbury parkrun course this week. Well done one and all. This week there were 23 first timers and 36 recorded new Personal Bests including Anna CRITCHLOW who recorded a PB of 19.10 and her 2nd win at Gunnersbury.

Anthony CAHILL also recorded a PB, coming 3rd overall with 18:42.  If you were our unknown winner please make yourself known, so that we can give you some credit!

Justin LEE came second overall on his first run at Gunnersbury, well done.

The 50 club also has a new member James CONDLIFFE who recorded his 50th run at his first run at Gunnersbury.  Well done to you James.

We had lots of offers to volunteer this week, and slightly less runners than usual. Maybe it was because of the various events taking place over the weekend – Richmond Park Marathon, Wiggle Ups & Downs Sportive (95 mile cycle) and the Green Belt Relay, but mostly I think Friday was just a popular night for the pub…

Thank you to the volunteer heroes: 

Anthony AUSTIN  •  Arlene GALLAGHER  •  Carol MORAN  •  John COLMAN  •  Jose Manuel PABON  •  Kay LYDALL  •  Kelvin WALKER  •  Margaret Joyce JONES  •  Melany KNIGHT  •  Paul Richard ROBERTS  •  Paul THOMAS  •  Petrina GANNON  •  Rachel BADHAM  •  Su COLMAN  •  Yan TSACPOUNIDIS

Please contact GunnersburyHelpers@parkrun.com if you would like to volunteer. If each parkrunner helps out 3 times a year, we can be sure that the events will be able to go ahead.

Results for this week

Men's placings:

An unknown runner was first.

Justin LEE (VM40-44) (Unattached) was second in 18:35.

Anthony CAHILL (SM30-34) (Unattached) was third in 18:42.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:

George ROBERTS (Thames Valley Harriers) 2221 pts.

Jason DRAKE (Unattached) 2137 pts.

Jose Manuel PABON (Ealing Eagles Running Club) 1958 pts.

Women's placings:

Anna CRITCHLOW (VW40-44) of West 4 Harriers, was first (5th overall) in 19:10 - second win in 4th appearance.

Anna BEAUSIRE (VW45-49) of West 4 Harriers, was second (25th overall) in 22:09.

Vicky LAMBERT (VW45-49) (Unattached) was third (33rd overall) in 22:43.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:

Meryl DODD (Unattached) 2024 pts.

Sophie THOMAS (Unattached) 1772 pts.

Jasvir SEKHON (Unattached) 1683 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:

Anna CRITCHLOW (VW40-44) was graded 82.09 % for the time 19:10 (5th overall).

Richard EQSTMOND (VM45-49) was graded 75.67 % for the time 19:11 (6th overall).

Philip YORK (VM45-49) was graded 74.72 % for the time 19:35 (9th overall).

Gunnersbury parkrun started on 29th October 2011, and since then 1,025 different runners, including participants from 64 athletics clubs, have completed 3,782 runs covering a total distance of 18,910 km, and there have been 1,071 new Personal Bests.

Happy birthday to Alan Anderson, who was kind enough to share birthday cakes with us this week.

Plenty of photos have been taken in the last two weeks. Have a look to see if you were captured here: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/gunnersbury/photos

You can also keep up with the news at gossip on the Gunnersbury parkrun Facebook page or follow us on Twitter @GPparkrun.

See you all next week!

Arlene & Carol

Welcome to Gunnersbury parkrun event number 29 which saw the re-appearance of the sunshine and 151 runners and team of 15 volunteers. The course record which was set by James Christopher FLOOD  on 17th March 2012 (event number 21) was equalled by Bryan MACKIE from Edingburgh A.C., who passed by on his way to a family trip to Thorpe Park. Great run Bryan.

A few special mentions:

Happy birthday to event director Yan TSACPOUNIDIS, who celebrated his birthday yesterday!  He had a good cycle as lead bike this morning keeping ahead of Bryan! Also happy birthday to Alan ANDERSON who celebrates his birthday next week and is always found to be setting up early on Saturday mornings and offering encouragement to runners - thank you Alan, enjoy your birthday!

Father and Son team George and Paul Roberts who both received their 50 t-shirts today and wasted no time in wearing them for their run.  Well done both of you.

Also Louise FERGUSON who received her 100 t-shirt and jacket, look forward to seeing that round the course in the following weeks. Louise was the first lady home today, in 19:44, recording her 8th win in 15 runs at Gunnersbury. Great running. 

Rory FERGUSON came 3rd wearing his West 4 Harriers club t- shirt today and recording a PB of 18:07! Well done Rory. 

Steve NEWELL ran his 50th parkrun today  - Please note that t-shirts are handed out the 2nd Saturday in the month so look out for Steve modelling his next month.

Jack MORAN also had a good run today, coming 5th and knocking 39 seconds off his previous PB!! Well done Jack and thank you to Mark HERBERT for spurring him on.  

It was encouraging to see our juniors especially those who have become regular parkrunners and are clearly becoming more confident. James HORREX  JM14 ran his 11th run today so joins the 10club - well done James.

Improvements have also been made by 45 runners who achieved PBs today, including Jasvir SEKHON who has achieved |PBs for 15 out of her 22 parkruns at Gunnersbury and has got under 30 minutes for her last 5.

Thank you as always to the volunteers! 

Andy BOWEN  •  Anthony AUSTIN  •  Arlene GALLAGHER  •  Carol MORAN  •  Colin HINSLEY  •  Jane ARMSTRONG  •  Kelvin WALKER  •  Laurence MESSER  •  Mark WARBURTON  •  Melany KNIGHT  •  Paul THOMAS  •  Rachel BADHAM  •  Rachid AFOUZAR  •  Sean O'REILLY  •  Yan TSACPOUNIDIS

Please contact GunnersburyHelpers@parkrun.com if you would like to volunteer.  Each parkrunner is encouraged to volunteer 3 times a year if you can help with any of the roles.

Results for this week

Men's placings:
Bryan MACKIE (SM30-34) of Edinburgh AC, was first in 16:04 - first appearance.
Richard BERRY (SM35-39) of West 4 Harriers, was second in 17:55 - 3 previous wins.
Rory FERGUSON (SM30-34) of West 4 Harriers, was third in 18:07.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
George ROBERTS (Unattached) 2221 pts.
Jason DRAKE (Unattached) 2048 pts.
Jose Manuel PABON (Ealing Eagles Running Club) 1958 pts.

Women's placings:
Louise FERGUSON (VW40-44) of West 4 Harriers, was first (16th overall) in 19:44 - 8th win in 15th appearance.
Nora MIXOVA (SW25-29) of Ealing Eagles Running Club, was second (25th overall) in 20:25.
Penny MATKIN (SW30-34) (Unattached) was third (30th overall) in 21:24 - 1 previous win.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Meryl DODD (Unattached) 1947 pts.
Jasvir SEKHON (Unattached) 1684 pts.
Sophie THOMAS (Unattached) 1677 pts.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Bryan MACKIE (SM30-34) was graded 81.22 % for the time 16:04 (first overall).
Louise FERGUSON (VW40-44) was graded 79.14 % for the time 19:44 (16th overall).
Bill BYRNE (VM50-54) was graded 78.31 % for the time 19:08 (10th overall).

This week there were 151 runners, of whom 30 were first timers and 45 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 15 different athletics clubs took part.

Gunnersbury parkrun started on 29th October 2011, and since then 1,002 different runners, including participants from 63 athletics clubs, have completed 3,658 runs covering a total distance of 18,290 km, and there have been 1,035 new Personal Bests.

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

See you all again!

Carol

Considering it is now the month of May - it was freezing this morning! Well done to everyone who came down to run, and especially to the volunteers who could not feel their hands.

This week there were 155 runners, of whom 35 were first timers and 43 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 12 different athletics clubs took part.                                      

Has anyone noticed Alan Anderson on your runs? He always coaches the runners during his run. His words of support really help along the way. Thank you Alan.

RUN DIRECTORS - Kelvin Walker, Arlene Gallagher and Yan Tsacpounidis.  Where would we be without them? Their dedication and passion to keep the park runs going is amazing.  They are always there whatever the weather to set up the park run and cheer you along the way.  Next time you see them just say thanks.

THANKS ALSO TO THIS WEEK’S HEROES

Alan ANDERSON • Andy BOWEN  •  Arlene GALLAGHER  •  Catherine MCLEISH  •

Gary ROBINSON •  Jasvir SEKHON  •  John CLIFFORD  •  Lee STOKES  •

Marc WOODCOCK  •  Melany KNIGHT  •  Mike POWELL  •  Nigel PANTON  •

Paul THOMAS  •  Roger THOMAS  •  Sean O'REILLY  •  Sennen POWELL  •

Tom CORBETT •  Yan TSACPOUNIDIS

If you would like to volunteer at any of our events please email the Gunnersbury office at

gunnersburyhelpers@parkrun.com

Gunnersbury parkrun started on 29th October 2011, and since then 972 different runners, including participants from 62 athletics clubs, have completed 3,507 runs covering a total distance of 17,535 km, and there have been 990 new Personal Bests.

RESULTS

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
Ian Colin JOHNSON (VM45-49) was graded 84.42 % for the time 16:48 (first overall).
Anna CRITCHLOW (VW40-44) was graded 78.73 % for the time 19:59 (11^th overall).
Jim DESMOND (VM45-49) was graded 77.58 % for the time 18:17 (4^th overall).

Men's placings:
Ian Colin JOHNSON (VM45-49) of Stragglers, was first in 16:48 - first appearance.
Mark K DELAHUNTY (SM35-39) of Ealing, Southall & Middlesex AC, was second in 18:01.
Colin CLIFFORD (SM25-29) of Ealing Eagles Running Club, was third in 18:05.

Women's placings:
Anna CRITCHLOW (VW40-44) of West 4 Harriers, was first (11^th overall) in 19:59 - first win in third appearance.
Anna JOHN (VW40-44) (Unattached) was second (35^th overall) in 22:10.
Louise HUTCHINSON (VW50-54) of B2P Triathlon Club, was third (42^nd overall) in 22:41.

Today’s full results and a complete event history can be found on the Gunnersbury Parkrun Results Page

See you next week.

Jasvir Sekhon

We are pleased to announce that this month's Sweatshop Monthly Prize winner is Mark Warburton

The rain didn't affect the turnout this week as there were 158 runners, just 5 short of the record turnout.

So, a big thank you and welcome to all the runners and the volunteers who turned up on a wet morning at Gunnersbury Park today, with enthusiasm and smiles! Welcome to all the first timers, hope you will come again! A special mention must go to the VLM runners who also made it. Here are the results for this week, but there are a few other special mentions: Two of our Junior runners have made it in to the 10 club, well done to Merlin HARROWES and Saied EL CHAMMAA.
Paul D SMITH also completed his 50th run, t-shirts will be available soon, watch this space!
Also Rose LEWIS achieved her first win at Gunnersbury this week with a time of 21:33, well done Rose!
It was also good to see Carol and John PATON, Iain and Caroline COCKRAM from Bedfont Lakes parkrun, hope you enjoyed Gunnersbury parkrun.
 

RESULTS

Men's placings:
David KELLY (SM30-34) of Ealing Eagles Running Club, was first in 18:28 - first win in 11th appearance.
Kenlea MURRAY (SM35-39) (Unattached) was second in 18:40.
An unknown runner was third.

Current standing in the Men's annual points competition:
George ROBERTS (Unattached) 2128 pts.
Jason DRAKE (Unattached) 1890 pts.
Jose Manuel PABON (Ealing Eagles Running Club) 1870 pts.

Women's placings:
Rose LEWIS (VW45-49) of West 4 Harriers, was first (21st overall) in 21:33 - first win in 9th appearance.
Emily SCHMIDT (SW25-29) (Unattached) was second (46th overall) in 23:24.
Aisling KIRWAN (SW25-29) of Ealing Eagles Running Club, was third (73rd overall) in 25:11.

Current standing in the Women's annual points competition:
Meryl DODD (Unattached) 1807 pts.
Sophie THOMAS (Unattached) 1677 pts.
Jasvir SEKHON (Unattached) 1546 pts.
The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:
George KERRY (JM14) was graded 74.58 % for the time 19:56 (7th overall).
Kevin MURRAY (VM50-54) was graded 74.47 % for the time 20:18 (11th overall).
Rose LEWIS (VW45-49) was graded 73.70 % for the time 21:33 (21st overall).

This week there were 158 runners, of whom 30 were first timers and 38 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 13 different athletics clubs took part.
Gunnersbury parkrun started on 29th October 2011, and since then 937 different runners, including participants from 60 athletics clubs, have completed 3,352 runs covering a total distance of 16,760 km, and there have been 947 new Personal Bests.
The Women's course record is held by Helen TARANOWSKI who ran in a time of 18:10 on 17th March 2012 (event number 21).
The Men's course record is held by James Christopher FLOOD who ran in a time of 16:04 on 17th March 2012 (event number 21).
The Age Grade course record is held by Fiona KENNEDY who recorded a 90.50 % run (19:29) on 10th March 2012 (event number 20).

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

If you would like to volunteer at any of our events please email the Gunnersbury office at gunnersburyhelpers@parkrun.com
 
Carol Moran