Aberystwyth parkrun
Event number 400
14th March 2020

What a wonderfully sunny morning it was to celebrate the 400th parkrun event at Aberystwyth!

Thank you this morning for coming out and celebrating with us, and thank you for all the wonderful donations of food for the Jubilee Storehouse foodbank
( https://www.facebook.com/JubileeStorehouse/ ).

Unfortunately, in all the excitement I forgot to take a photo of the boxes and bags full of tins, packets and all sorts of food that will be needed within our local community, but there was lots, and looked great piled up on and around the bench at the end of this morning's event.

Unfortunately, one of the scans didn't read the owner's barcode, and so we do not know who was in position 71. If you know this was you (in a time of between 28m21 and 28m39s, please would you let me know your full name and barcode, so I can add you into the results table?

Here are a couple of the photos I did take of our fantastic finishing area volunteers!

There was also a very nice blue Sistema water bottle left on the bench. If this is yours, please let us know; it is in safe storage in the trolley with the other parkrun equipment!

This week 141 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 11 were first timers and 20 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 10 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 15 volunteers:

Helen Sarah STRETCH • Peter HINXMAN • Martin TRANTER • Lionel CURTIS • Carys TRANTER • Sarah PURDON • Louise AMERY • Richard MUNN • Andrew GARROD • Bethan EVANS • Nicky CASHMAN • Alun EDWARDS • Marion THOMSON • Ann PRICE • Derrick ADAMS

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

The female record is held by Lauren JESKA who recorded a time of 17:38 on 22nd September 2012 (event number 4).
The male record is held by Adam BITCHELL who recorded a time of 15:12 on 19th September 2015 (event number 161).
The Age Grade course record is held by Anita WORTHING who recorded 88.72% (21:52) on 10th December 2016 (event number 225).

Aberystwyth parkrun started on 1st September 2012. Since then 4,645 participants have completed 30,957 parkruns covering a total distance of 154,785 km, including 5,248 new Personal Bests. A total of 435 individuals have volunteered 4,296 times.

After the wind and rain of the last few parkruns thankfully this week conditions were not so bad for the 137 runners and walkers that made it around the Plas Crug 5k course today. Thanks, as always, go to the volunteers that made today's run possible and also to James Farmer who not only volunteered as the Token Sorter but also supplied cookies to celebrate his 300th parkrun.

Aberystwyth parkrun
Event number 399
7th March 2020
This week 137 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 21 were first timers and 20 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 17 different clubs took part.
The event was made possible by 16 volunteers:

Anita WORTHING • Jane THOROGOOD • Elinor THOROGOOD • James FARMER • Phillip LOWTHER • David DOWSETT • Mel HOPKINS • Linda PAASMAN • Colin HARE • Alexander WILLIAMS • Irene GRIFFITHS • Tristan ROBINSON • Bethan EVANS • Steffi WILKINSON • Nicky HERRIOT • Heather ANKERS
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Aberystwyth parkrun Results Page.
The female record is held by Lauren JESKA who recorded a time of 17:38 on 22nd September 2012 (event number 4).
The male record is held by Adam BITCHELL who recorded a time of 15:12 on 19th September 2015 (event number 161).
The Age Grade course record is held by Anita WORTHING who recorded 88.72% (21:52) on 10th December 2016 (event number 225).
Aberystwyth parkrun started on 1st September 2012. Since then 4,634 participants have completed 30,816 parkruns covering a total distance of 154,080 km, including 5,228 new Personal Bests. A total of 434 individuals have volunteered 4,281 times.

Thanks to Lisa Nicholls of Riverfront Parkrun, Newport for visiting us this morning and also writing this run report!

At today's event #397, 121 people took part, 18 of which were first timers. Of all the runners the highest age grade goes to Balazs with 77.16%, he also came in as the 3rd finisher.

Some interesting facts about some of todays runners:

Gwion who was the first finisher, visited from Dolgellau, Adam who was visiting from Pendle, was 2nd over the line and Balazs, the highest grade age holder came through in 3rd. The 2 youngest finishers were in the 11-14 bracket: Ehran (from Pontypridd) and Alun who is a regular at this parkrun, his hometown of Aberystwyth. Then the most senior finisher, Lionel (80+) who regularly gives back to parkrun by volunteering.
When you see the full set of results, you will agree that this parkrun is one of the most inclusive events on offer in Wales. You don’t always need to be fast, you just need to go! See the full results here https://www.parkrun.org.uk/aberystwyth/results/latestresults/
You can be any type of runner, walker or jogger and still cross that finish line whether you are Mo Farah or Mo Bloggs.
In true parkrun style when there’s something to celebrate there is cake. Lynsey Wheeler celebrated her 50th parkrun this morning and the supplies were simply delicious as taste tested by todays run report writer. How wonderful also, that Susan and Martin completed their very first parkrun with us today. We do hope you had a great experience and you will continue on with your parkrun journey. You will most definitely find a whole new family and that will only expand with every parkrun you attend.
And now we must mention the 5 unknown runners that took part. Did you forget your barcode? Don’t you just hate it when that happens? Its a Friday night habit you must get into when you are getting your kit ready!

And then the finish line, we are always glad to get to it especially when all the marshals are cheering you on and what a wonderful bunch they were this morning. They selflessly give up their run to ensure all us 121 people can take part so please consider volunteering in future weeks to help the parkrun magic continue. As newbies to Aberystwyth we had a lovely warm welcome back in the rugby club. Our morning started perfectly with parkrun and finished perfectly with a full cooked breakfast and welsh tea.

Random stat, did you know that the town of Aberystwyth has the largest collection of books per head in the UK? The National library of Wales, holds 6.5 million books! Parkrun in Aberystwyth was also the one of the first parkruns to come to Wales!

With various parkrun around the country cancelled ahead of Storm Dennis, in Aberystwyth after taking a dose of brave pills it was business as usual. As expected it was a bit soggy and blowy but 88 runners and walkers made it around the 5k course, with a couple of them ignoring the conditions to record new PBs. The incentive to complete the 5k as quick as possible was not only to post a good time, but also to get to the cakes brought along by Eli to celebrate her Birthday and Philip who was doing his 100th parkrun. Thanks to everyone that made it along today in the miserable weather, but especially to all of the volunteers that made the run possible.

Aberystwyth parkrun
Event number 396
15th February 2020

This week 88 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 16 were first timers and 2 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 12 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 0 volunteers:

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

The female record is held by Lauren JESKA who recorded a time of 17:38 on 22nd September 2012 (event number 4).
The male record is held by Adam BITCHELL who recorded a time of 15:12 on 19th September 2015 (event number 161).
The Age Grade course record is held by Anita WORTHING who recorded 88.72% (21:52) on 10th December 2016 (event number 225).

Aberystwyth parkrun started on 1st September 2012. Since then 4,585 participants have completed 30,432 parkruns covering a total distance of 152,160 km, including 5,188 new Personal Bests. A total of 425 individuals have volunteered 4,221 times.