The 139th parkrun at March is brought to you, in part, by Fenland District Council. Saturday morning, or as it’s known in certain circles, parkrun day, dawned, and the parkrun family gathered in the amphitheatre of Westend Park to enjoy some well supervised exercise, whether it be to run, walk or maybe just pass thru’ on your bike.

Our run director, Gaelle began proceedings with the important and must be listened to briefing, and we welcomed to the 25th volunteer purple t-shirt club, Maddie Gibson, and to the 50th parkrun red t-shirt club, we welcomed Marcus Retchless, and sneaking in last week unannounced, Andrew Mai also joined the red t-shirt club, well done and welcome brethren. Also, we welcomed our tourists from Runners-next-the-Sea that run in Swaffham, but joined us as Holkham had been cancelled due to the weather, we also were joined by our fellow local runners from Bodymode, BRJ, Ely, Fenland and Three Counties. The core team also wish to give a huge thank you to all the volunteers, without whom, parkrun could not happen every week. If you wish to volunteer, please see the March parkrun volunteers Facebook page or email marchhelpers@parkrun.com.

This week 141 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 15 were first timers and 17 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 13 different clubs took part.
For those of you who get their geek on over stats, here they are :-

1st Niall Jackson (March AC) 19:23. 2nd Mat Eyre (Runners-next-the-sea) 19:26. 3rd Sam Russell (Wymondham AC) 19:27.
1st Bethany Everson (Fenland Running Club) 19:44 2nd Agata Chelchowska (unattached) 24:04. 3rd Vicky Ellis (unattached) 24:16.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:-
Bethan Everson (VF25-29) was graded 75.00% for the time 19:44 (5th overall)
Paul Stacey (VM50-54) was graded 73.42% for the time 20:15 (7th overall)
Mat Eyre (VM40-44) was graded 72.38% for the time 19:26 (2nd overall).

The event was made possible by 24 volunteers:

Justin ELVIDGE • Amy ELLIS • Stephen COWELL • Alison AINSWORTH • Gaelle BRYANT • Samantha WOOL • Jessica WARD • Katie LEACH • Gayna OROURKE • Raymond FEW • Sally MILLS • Nicola FUNNELL • Paul GIBSON • Andrea LONG • Carole DAVIS • Isla LEACH • Jamie WARD • Peter OCONNOR • Vanessa MURRAY • Gary MONK • Maddie GIBSON • Rowan MURRAY • Dawn BURBIDGE • Graham WILDE
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the March parkrun Results Page.
The female record is held by Lisa MARRIOTT who recorded a time of 19:08 on 21st May 2016 (event number 18).
The male record is held by Glen WATTS who recorded a time of 16:12 on 1st October 2016 (event number 36).
The Age Grade course record is held by Catherine WRIGHT who recorded 87.35% (22:32) on 6th May 2017 (event number 67).
March parkrun started on 23rd January 2016. Since then 2,758 participants have completed 20,731 parkruns covering a total distance of 103,655 km, including 4,498 new Personal Bests.

The 138th parkrun at March is brought to you in part Fenland District Council. Saturday morning, or as it’s known in certain circles, parkrun day dawned and the parkrun family gathered in the amphitheatre of Westend Park to celebrate International parkrun day where the 5,000,000th registered parkrunner joined the family running at Woodhouse Moor parkrun near that place 50 miles west of Hull.

Our race directors, Andrew and David began procedings with the important and must be listened to briefing, regular Amy Rudd celebrated her birthday, happy birthday Amy from all the core team. We had no milestones or tourists that joined us on a cold, windy and rainy day, but we were joined by our fellow runners from Bodymode, BRJ, Ely, Thorney and Three Counties. The core team also wish to give a huge thank you to all the volunteers, without whom, parkrun could not happen every week. If you wish to volunteer, please see the March parkrun volunteers Facebook page or email marchhelpers@parkrun.com.

This weeks 22 brave hi-viz heroes were :-

Debra WATTS • Justin ELVIDGE • Dave TUFFNAIL • Irene LANE • Samantha WOOL • Roger TOLFREE • Petra OTTO • Gayna OROURKE • Georgina JACKMAN • Raymond FEW • Karen DANDO • Andrew WOOL • Lin SUTTON • Nicola FUNNELL • Paul GIBSON • Carole DAVIS • Andrew FOVARGUE • Alan PUGH • Emma COLE • Helen SEIMS • Chris MURRAY • Rowan MURRAY

For those of you who get their geek on over stats, here they are :-

1st Louis Benningfield (March AC) 20:09.. 2nd Niall Jackson (March AC) 20:09. Paul Stacey (unattached) 20:17.
1st Sarah Starr (March AC) 23:33. 2nd Agata Chelchowska (u attached) 24:10. 3rd Lily Fivash (March AC) 24:34.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:-
Paul Stacey (VM50-55) was graded 73.29% for the time 20:17 (3rd overall.
Louis Benningfield (JM11-14) was graded 70.39% for the time 20:09 (1st overall)
Justin Elvidge (VM45-49) was graded 68.52% for the time 21:01 (4th overall).

This week 119 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 10 were first timers and 13 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 12 different clubs took part.
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the March parkrun Results Page.
The female record is held by Lisa MARRIOTT who recorded a time of 19:08 on 21st May 2016 (event number 18).
The male record is held by Glen WATTS who recorded a time of 16:12 on 1st October 2016 (event number 36).
The Age Grade course record is held by Catherine WRIGHT who recorded 87.35% (22:32) on 6th May 2017 (event number 67).
March parkrun started on 23rd January 2016. Since then 2,743 participants have completed 20,590 parkruns covering a total distance of 102,950 km, including 4,481 new Personal Bests.

The 137th parkrun at March is brought to you in part Fenland District Council. Saturday morning, or as it’s known in certain circles, parkrun day dawned and the parkrun family gathered in the amphitheatre of Westend Park.

Our race director, Gaelle began procedings with the important and must be listened to briefing, and eventually got the 143 on their way.

This weeks honourable mention goes to Jackie Nosworthy and to Andrew Mai on completing their 50th parkrun, and to our fellow runners for Fenland, Ely and Three Counties for joining us. The core team also wish to give a huge thank you to all the volunteers, without whom, parkrun could not happen every week. If you wish to volunteer, please see the March parkrun volunteers Facebook page or email marchhelpers@parkrun.com.

This weeks brave and heroic 24 volunteers were :-

Justin ELVIDGE • Amy ELLIS • Lucy MARTIN • Allan TURPIE • Gaelle BRYANT • Amy RUDD • Samantha WOOL • Steve CLARKE • Teilo PEARCE • Gayna OROURKE • Georgina JACKMAN • Raymond FEW • Andrew WOOL • Sally MILLS • Jon LONG • Paul GIBSON • Dawn LONG • Roma ONEIL • Megan AYLING • Michelle FOVARGUE • Maddie GIBSON • Rowan MURRAY • Daniel MOTT • Dawn BURBIDGE

For those of you who get their geek on over stats, here they are :-

1st Niall Jackson (March AC) 19:30. 2nd Louis Benningfield (March AC) 19:51. Paul Stacey (unattached) 19:52.
1st Jessica Ward (unattached) 24:13. 2nd Agata Chelchowska 24:16. 3rd Sarah Starr (March AC) 24:53.

The following runners recorded the best Age Grade scores:-
Paul Stacey (VM50-55)was graded 74.83% for the time 20:15 (2nd overall)
Peter Cox (VM55-59) was graded 71.61 % for the time 22:01 (8th overall)
Louis Benningfield (JM11-14) was graded 71.45% for the time 19:51 (2nd overall)
This week 143 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 6 were first timers and 31 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 9 different clubs took part.
March parkrun started on 23rd January 2016. Since then 2,733 participants have completed 20,471 parkruns covering a total distance of 102,355 km, including 4,468 new Personal Bests.
The female record is held by Lisa MARRIOTT who recorded a time of 19:08 on 21st May 2016 (event number 18).
The male record is held by Glen WATTS who recorded a time of 16:12 on 1st October 2016 (event number 36).
The Age Grade course record is held by Catherine WRIGHT who recorded 87.35% (22:32) on 6th May 2017 (event number 67).
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the March parkrun Results Page.

It seems Autumn has well and truly arrived with the debris of Storm Aileen clearly visible as 142 hardy souls descended on West End Park for their weekly fix of Saturday morning parkrun. Some travelled far (well Huntingdon and Ely) and some not so far as RD Sam gave the pre-run brief before sending us on our way. No milestones or birthdays this week but some runners are fast approaching the magic milestones numbers in which applause will ring out. Of today’s participants we had 15 who are in the forty somethings of parkruns and soon will be able to claim a nice bright red 50 t-shirt. We also had 6 participants who are have nearly doubled that total and will soon reach that magic 100. Let us know when you get there and we will give you a shout out.
Now let’s get on to today’s event, I was fortunate to run today as not on duty and ran with my 9-year-old son Noah, who for the first time ran the whole 5k without stopping. While running it was great that our awesome volunteers (as usual) support all the runners on their way round but it is also great to see and hear other runners being so supportive of each other. That simple ‘well done’ or ‘keep going’ really does make a huge difference. Keep it up people as this makes March parkrun a special place to be on a Saturday morning.
First finisher today was Niall Jackson of March AC with a new pb of 18:26, Lee Tatum of Ely Runners was second on his first visit to March in 18:36 and Louis of March AC was third in 19:13 another PB. Geraldine Larham (Vegan Runners) was first lady in 21:47, closely followed by Karen Patterson (March AC) in 21:48, and third lady was Sarah Starr (March AC) in 23:12.

Just one last point, it has come to my attention that some people are unaware of the ritual of bell ringing when achieving a pb. After the finish tunnel there is a small table with a couple of bells on. If you achieve a pb then give the ole bell a ring to celebrate.
See you next week and #DFYB
This week 142 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 11 were first timers and 25 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 14 different clubs took part.
The event was made possible by 22 volunteers:

Steve STARR • David WATTS • Gaelle BRYANT • Paul BRYANT • Amy RUDD • Samantha WOOL • Helen OWEN • Georgina JACKMAN • Raymond FEW • Andrew WOOL • Daniel BARBER • Patricia NORRIS • Sally MILLS • Nicola FUNNELL • Sue JEEVES • Gemma SOMMERSBY • Olivia WILLIAMS • Victor JEEVES • Peter OCONNOR • Lesley WRIGHT • Chris MURRAY • Rowan MURRAY
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the March parkrun Results Page.
The female record is held by Lisa MARRIOTT who recorded a time of 19:08 on 21st May 2016 (event number 18).
The male record is held by Glen WATTS who recorded a time of 16:12 on 1st October 2016 (event number 36).
The Age Grade course record is held by Catherine WRIGHT who recorded 87.35% (22:32) on 6th May 2017 (event number 67).
March parkrun started on 23rd January 2016. Since then 2,727 participants have completed 20,328 parkruns covering a total distance of 101,640 km, including 4,436 new Personal Bests.

They say the sun shines on the righteous, and the March parkrunners must be doing something right, because this Saturday was another warm sunny morning. This week was a takeover event, brought to you by the letters BRC. Bodymode Running Club is an accredited England Athletics Club based in Chatteris and was formed in 2015 for runners of all abilities. Today’s hi-viz heroes were members of the club, aided by one or two stalwart March volunteers, including Justin Elvidge who was racking up his 100th volunteer role! Well done Justin, sterling work indeed! If anyone would like to try to emulate Justin’s achievement, please contact any member of the core team, new volunteers are always welcome.

We were joined by 141 fresh air fiends who ran, jogged and walked the customary 5k route with thankfully no incident, including visitors from Huntingdon and 7 people for whom this was their first ever parkrun! Special mention to our youngest park runner, Betsy, new daughter of core team member Amy Ellis. Congratulations again Amy and Craig!

First through the funnel this week was Niall Jackson of March AC in 19:12, and the first lady was Vicky Ellis in 24:06 – well done both, excellent running!

On behalf of BRC, I’d like to thank you for inviting us to takeover, we loved cheering you all on and look forward to coming back to do more of the same soon.
This week 141 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 9 were first timers and 25 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 13 different clubs took part.
The event was made possible by 29 volunteers:

Justine PETROU • Justin ELVIDGE • Dave TUFFNAIL • Michelle BIRD • Clare STOCKS • Joanne FORREST • Amy GILL • Samantha WOOL • Roger TOLFREE • Gayna OROURKE • Emma UDEN • Carl OWEN • Helen OWEN • Grace WOOL • Noah WOOL • Patricia NORRIS • Andrea LONG • Chris UDEN • Victor JEEVES • Leia WATSON • Katie ELLSON • Vanessa MURRAY • Blake ELLSON-JACKLIN • Kelly JACKSON • Chris MURRAY • Rowan MURRAY • Natalie SZULC • Caroline CORBY-JUDGE • Emma CICHY
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the March parkrun Results Page.
The female record is held by Lisa MARRIOTT who recorded a time of 19:08 on 21st May 2016 (event number 18).
The male record is held by Glen WATTS who recorded a time of 16:12 on 1st October 2016 (event number 36).
The Age Grade course record is held by Catherine WRIGHT who recorded 87.35% (22:32) on 6th May 2017 (event number 67).
March parkrun started on 23rd January 2016. Since then 2,716 participants have completed 20,186 parkruns covering a total distance of 100,930 km, including 4,411 new Personal Bests.