The sun brought 125 runners out this morning. The ground was a little muddier than we have come accustomed to over the summer, but it didn’t stop 24 people achieving PB’s.

In his 21st appearance, James Barnfield won in a time of 17:33. Richard Anthony Johnson representing Sandhurst Joggers took second by 14 seconds recording 17:47. Joseph Conlon placed third in a time of 17:50.

In her 40th appearance, Sheena Keates won the ladies race in a time of 20:09 for the 16th time. Hayley Fourie, representing Bracknell Forest Runners, was second lady home recording 20:58 in the process. Andrea Bennett of Reading Roadrunners placed third in a time of 22:18.

In today's Age Graded competition, Aleid Busser recorded a performance of 82.61%. Aleid is still top of the age graded league with her best age grading of 86.38% on the 15 May 2010.

In the points competition Ian Giggs has a lead of 183 points over second placed Christopher T Kelly. Lucy Perrin leads Sheena Keates by 20 in the ladies competition.

Don’t forget our First Anniversary is on the 11^th September. To celebrate the First Birthday of Reading parkrun we are holding a picnic after the run. More details will follow, but everyone is invited to bring a picnic and enjoy the company of fellow runners. We will also be joined by Paul Sinton-Hewitt the founder of parkrun. Our run has gone from strength to strength over the last year and I hope lots of you will be able to join us in a celebration of this success.

As always, if you would like to help at parkrun please email us at: ReadingHelpers@parkrun.com

Hope to see you next week!

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Another great run at Thames Valley Park this morning with 153 runners, the largest turnout we have had so far! 31 runners took part for the first time and 38 recorded PB’s.

Charles Coleman of Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC won for the first time with 16:55. Richard Keefe took second by 29 seconds recording 17:24. James Barnfield placed third in a time of 17:31.

In her first appearance, Carrie Bedingfield was the first lady to finish in a time of 19:37. Sheena Keates was second lady home recording 20:28 in the process. Louise Ellis of Clapham Chasers RC placed third in a time of 22:22.

In today's Age Graded competition, Aleid Busser recorded a performance of 82.95%

In the points competition Ian Giggs has a lead of 181 points over second placed Christopher T Kelly. Lucy Perrin leads Sheena Keates by 30 in the ladies competition.

Our First Anniversary is on the 11^th September. To celebrate the First Birthday of Reading parkrun we are holding a picnic after the run. More details will follow, but everyone is invited to bring a picnic and enjoy the company of fellow runners. We will also be joined by Paul Sinton-Hewitt the founder of parkrun. Our run has gone from strength to strength over the last year and I hope lots of you will be able to join us in a celebration of this success.

As always, if you would like to help at parkrun please email us at: ReadingHelpers@parkrun.com

It was rather damp under foot this morning but the rain managed to hold off. We had a good turnout of 130 runners, 35 of which were first timers. Well done to the 41 runners who achieved PB’s! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped put the run on today.

It was a very close finish for the first 3 runners, who were only a second apart. In his first appearance, Lee Smith won in a time of 18:34. Alistair Palmer took second by 1 second recording 18:35 and Andrew Stay placed third in a time of 18:35.

Sheena Keates was first lady to finish in a time of 20:34. Louise Ellis, representing Clapham Chasers RC, was second lady recording 22:13 in the process. Sorcha Botwright, (JW15-19) placed third in a time of 23:57.

In today's Age Graded competition, Richard Morgan recorded a performance of 75.08%

In the points competition Ian Giggs has a lead of 192 points over second placed Christopher T Kelly. In the ladies competition, the gap between Lucy Perrin and Sheena Keates continues to narrow with only 38 points between them.

The Peppard 10km is taking place on Sunday, September 5th.

A good turnout for our first run of August and 45^th parkrun at Reading.....it was great to see so many new people running, there were 48 first timers in total. I would love to know where you are all coming from! Hope you all enjoyed it and come again soon. Thanks to all today’s volunteers, we couldn’t put the run on without you!

Please can all runners make sure they only cross the finish line ONCE and collect a finish token as you pass through the funnel. If you have finished and are running in with someone else, please keep well away from the finish area to make it easier for the volunteers to see who has and hasn’t finished. Thank you.

In his first appearance, Zac Randall (JM15-19) won in a time of 16:50. Paul Roberson representing Reading Roadrunners took second by 54 seconds recording 17:44. Richard John Allen placed third in a time of 18:41.

In her 37th appearance, Sheena Keates won the ladies race in a time of 20:09.  Hayley Fourie, representing Bracknell Forest Runners, was second lady recording 20:19 in the process. Gemma Fraser placed third in a time of 21:52.

In today's Age Graded competition, Zac Randall recorded a performance of 80.20%. We had 30 runners record PBs today!

In the points competition Ian Giggs has a lead of 192 points over second placed Christopher T Kelly. Lucy Perrin leads Sheena Keates by 46 in the ladies competition.

A number of parkrunners are running the Halloween 5 Nite Run on the 31^st October at Thames Valley Park. It should be fun, particularly if lots of parkrunners turn up. It fills up quickly so don’t delay if interested. Here’s the link to their website: www.halloween5niterun.co.uk/#