Well, I think we were all blown away one way or another by this week’s run. A full volunteer roster without the need for last-minute appeals, a record field (other than Christmas Day runs) and two significant milestones reached: Krisztina Maroti (100 Parkruns) and Dawn Blake, who completed her 250th Parkrun tied to three doggie-faced friends (if this leaves you baffled, see our Facebook page for some photos).

This week 180 people ran, jogged and walked the course of whom 45 were first timers, including a colossal 34 visitors (too many to mention individually, but you were all very welcome and we hope to see you again soon). Before the start Chris looked more like he was addressing a mass rally than simply briefing the normal handful of newcomers.

A warm welcome to 11 completely new Parkrunners: Daniel Howes, Mariusz Malik, Kirsty Howlett, Ina Howlett, Ellie Stevens, Shadene Palmer, Jag Singh, Esther Olaleye, Dagmara Smolarska, Natasha Shaikh and Kelly Cooper.

Also, congratulations to the 12 of you who recorded new Personal Bests in challenging conditions: Faisal Mohamed Ali, Syed Fahim Ahmed Roomy, Jennifer Taylor, Andrew Wedge, Samuel Awe, James Theobald, Daniel Miller, Jacob Kelly, Joseph Grange, Harjinder Sahotay, Francis Bonsall and Terence Corti.  In all representatives of 22 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 12 volunteers:
Philip Pearson, Alison Fryatt, Harmander Singh, Chris Heslegrave, Margaret Byers, Greg Adams, Joe Stacey, Grace Kelly (with a special thank-you for the delicious home-baked cakes), Charity Anyika, Rosie Fforde, Pascalia Pamba and Maya Butt.

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

The female record is held by Lydia HALLAM who recorded a time of 17:42 on 12th August 2017 (event number 267).

The male record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded a time of 14:52 on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).

The Age Grade course record is held by Breege NORDIN who recorded 91.10% (21:55) on 7th September 2019 (event number 376).

Barking parkrun started on 28th July 2012. Since then 4,116 participants have completed 33,249 Parkruns covering a total distance of 166,245 km, including 4,997 new Personal Bests. A total of 420 individuals have volunteered 4,878 times.

Please excuse a little Barking roadrunners slant to the opening of this report. I was reliably informed that Dennis Spencer-Perkins would attend today but was running a little late. However neither Dennis or his brother Stormy turned up, perhaps they are still on the way. We were aware of it being our 400th event, however with the storm looming, the unique 29th February run upcoming and our birthday in a few months we did not feel the need to make a fuss although chocolates were kindly provided by your event director Alison. You are a hardy lot and a little breeze didn't stop 131 of you today, although we appreciate you were all buffeted, and a little windswept by the end. Special thanks to those who arrived nice and early to check the course was suitable, and we were able to go ahead without any issues.Further thanks to the other volunteers who helped out today, we really can not proceed without you, and greatly appreciate your assistance.

Welcome to parkrun to Kevin Jake Richards, Deborah Veysi & Rahila Matin who chose to join us at Barking for their first parkrun, and begin the adventure, we hope you enjoyed yourselves and will become hooked and be back in the very near future. Welcome to a further 15 of you who undertook our little event for the first time, so welcome to Barking; Adam Walker, Halina Tsip, Max Tucker, Laura Thomas, Volodymyr Glushak, Simon Roberts, Ann Cardus, David C Wood, Nick Trencher, Sam Hickling, Ethan Skipp, David Skipp, Rebecca Sugden, Jeremy Townsend & Scott Mcmillan. Please feel free to call again, but only on a Sarurday Many congratulations to Nehal Patel for completing 50 parkruns, thanks for the cakes.

We are unsure if the wind came to your aid but we had 13 people who managed a pb today, including 3 of the first 5 finishers. So a hearty well done to the following; Robin Smith, Liam O'Driscoll, Dieu Merci Luyengi, David Rigby, Catherine Pettit, Steve Allen, Chris Thomas, Fola Awe, Pascalia Pamba, Alexandra Stan, Grace Kelly, Noah Crawley &James Theobald.

FEMALE RESULTS : 1; Belinda Riches 23.59 2; Catherine Pettit 24.51 3; Sophie Moore 25.55. Highest age graded score in 4th place Linda Smith 80.08%.

MALE RESULTS : 1; Kieran R M O'Hara 17.07 2; Robin Smith 17.36 3; Liam Driscoll 17.42. Highest age graded score again in 4th place Stephen Philcox 83.02%.

 

 

 

This week 131 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 18 were first timers and 13 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 22 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 12 volunteers:

Philip PEARSON • Alison FRYATT • Harmander SINGH • Alan MURPHY • John LANG • Chris HESLEGRAVE • Dawn BLAKE • Annette PRIOR • George HANMORE • Dee HANMORE • Charity ANYIKA • Maya BUTT

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

The female record is held by Lydia HALLAM who recorded a time of 17:42 on 12th August 2017 (event number 267).
The male record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded a time of 14:52 on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).
The Age Grade course record is held by Breege NORDIN who recorded 91.10% (21:55) on 7th September 2019 (event number 376).

Barking parkrun started on 28th July 2012. Since then 4,071 participants have completed 33,069 parkruns covering a total distance of 165,345 km, including 4,985 new Personal Bests. A total of 419 individuals have volunteered 4,866 times.

Thank you one and all runners and volunteers, we have now seen more than 4000, people complete Barking parkrun, since our first event way back in 2012. Who knew when we started, averaging about 20 to 25 people per week we would grow to now, where we are seeing around 150 per week. In a few weeks we will be holding our 400th event and at the end of next month we have the slight anomaly of having a parkrun on the 29th day of February,if you can't make that one don't worry there will be another one in 2048.

With near perfect weather we were blessed with an amazing 22 pb's so a special mention to the following for completing Barking parkrun faster than you have ever done before ; Tolu Oyelola, Peter Burdett, Ben Holland,Neil Holland, Ben Slomka,( Peter to Ben in positions 16 to 19, you do know it's not a race don't you), David Botterill, Sankaran Nepolean, Claudia Du Toit, Harry Betts, Carla Burchell, Stephen McCarthy, Valerie Cullen, Esther Awe, Hanaa Hortop, Helen Ayres, Jacob Kelly, David Weaver, Grace Kelly, Karen Holland, David Muir-Clarke, Sarudzai Bikwa &Ruth Botterill.

We were delighted to welcome 20 of you making your first appearance at Barking including 7 making their parkrun debut. So a very warm welcome to Barking and to parkrun to ; David Rigby, Pavan Sidhu, Harjit Sidhu, Fola Awe, Lauren Swick, Obi Onyido & Samuel Awe. An equally warm welcome to Barking to ; Kimberley Hovish, Lisa Hearne, Jessica Barry, Archie Hearne, Joshua Cass, Bill Knight, Joshua Hearne, Nigel Heap, Richard Hearne, William Yeates, Neil Adams, Barry Cusselle & Andrew Pickett.

You were all very well behaved for John, your RD today,and processing the results was a doddle as a consequence. Our one moan today is with the level of chatter that goes on during the run briefing. As a matter of common courtesy,to your run director and your fellow participants, can we ask for you to be quiet during the briefing. We know that the majority of you hear the same speech every week, but we are seeing new people each week who may want to listen. Also because of the increase in numbers some people are further away than you, and may not hear it. We must also emphasise that although the briefing is usually the same there may be occasions when we need to need to inform you of important information, and if you are chatting away and ignoring the run director you might miss something important !

FEMALE RESULTS ; 1; Jessica Barry 22.21 2; Sue Spong 23.08 3; Rosie Fforde 23.16 Highest age graded score Sue in 2nd place 85.09%

MALE RESULTS ; 1; Kieran R M O'Hara 17.07 2; Andrew Pickett 17.54 3; Kemuel Dean Solomon 19.39 Highest age graded score Kemuel Dean in 3rd place 80.24%.
This week 148 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 20 were first timers and 22 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 21 different clubs took part.

The event was made possible by 12 wonderful volunteers, if you want to help out at future events please see the volunteer section on this web page. you can contact us by email at Barkinghelpers@parkrun.com, comment on our facebook page or speak to the run director on the day for forthcoming events.

Philip PEARSON • Harmander SINGH • Mick MOOHAN • John LANG • Chris HESLEGRAVE • Irma CERNYCHIENE • Joe STACEY • Uzma BUTT • Sharmin KHAN • Ahmed JALAL • Charity ANYIKA • Pascalia PAMBA

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

The female record is held by Lydia HALLAM who recorded a time of 17:42 on 12th August 2017 (event number 267).
The male record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded a time of 14:52 on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).
The Age Grade course record is held by Breege NORDIN who recorded 91.10% (21:55) on 7th September 2019 (event number 376).

Barking parkrun started on 28th July 2012. Since then 4,009 participants have completed 32,630 parkruns covering a total distance of 163,150 km, including 4,933 new Personal Bests. A total of 418 individuals have volunteered 4,834 times.

Another great turn-out at Barking parkrun this week, with 158 people running, jogging or walking the course, including 24 first timers, nine of whom were parkrun newcomers. We’ve now had over 4,000 finishers at Barking! A fantastic 20 people recorded new Personal Bests.

There wouldn’t be parkrun without volunteers – kind people who often give up their own run (or make good use of their time if injured) to enable other to enjoy parkrun. Today’s event was made possible by 11 volunteers:

Philip PEARSON • Alison FRYATT • Robert COURTIER • Harmander SINGH • Mick MOOHAN • Chris HESLEGRAVE • Margaret BYERS • Joe STACEY • Charity ANYIKA • Pascalia PAMBA • Maya BUTT

Today’s first three male finishers were:

• Kieran O’Hara in 17:00. Kieran was first cross the line for the 13th time at Barking. Well done Kieran!
• Spencer Evans in 17:57
• Nigel Swinburne in 18:53

The first three female finishers were:

• Madelaine Fforde in 23:02
• Catherine McGarr in 23:10
• Rosie Fforde in 23:11 (a new Personal Best)

The best male age grade score was achieved by Terry Knightley (83.46%). The best female age grade score was achieved by Margaret Dobbs (80.34%), a new age category record for Women 70-75. Margaret also achieved a anew Personal Best and

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

The female course record is held by Lydia HALLAM who recorded a time of 17:42 on 12th August 2017 (event number 267).
The male course record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded a time of 14:52 on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).

The Age Grade course record is held by Breege NORDIN who recorded 91.10% (21:55) on 7th September 2019 (event number 376).

Barking parkrun started on 28th July 2012. Since then 3,989 participants (this is last week's stat) have completed 32,482 parkruns covering a total distance of 162,410 km, including 4,911 new Personal Bests. A total of 417 individuals have volunteered 4,822 times.

After all the months of build-up, it’s hard to believe that Christmas is over for another year. Following all the excitement of Christmas Day parkrun, which saw a record attendance for Barking, we were back to our usual numbers today. There were no parkrun first-timers (perhaps they are all waiting until 1 January to start their New Year’s resolutions) but we had eight first-time visitors to Barking, some of them travelling from afar to do some parkrun tourism while visiting friends and family in London. I think Matthew from Cleethorpes had travelled the furthest – shout if you travelled further to visit Barking Park! Sadly missing was Barking parkrun regular, Cooper the dog, who was resting after a little operation over Christmas – we all wish him a speedy recovery.

If you’re looking for an extra parkrun fix, remember that you have the chance to run TWO PARKRUNS on New Year’s Day, the only day of the year when you can officially do so. Locally, you have the choice of Wanstead Flats at 9.00am and Valentines Park at 10.00am, or Raphaels Park at 9.00am and Harrow Lodge at 10.30am. You just need to be fast enough to finish one and travel to the next in time for the start. There's no parkrun at Barking Park on New Year’s Day, but we’ll be back and ready to face the new decade on 4th January.

This week 96 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom seven recorded new Personal Bests; well done to: Mark Holman, Sankaran Nepolean, Peter Salter, Natalie Joyce, Nilufar Khan, Rosanna Howard, and Tracy Reid.

The first three men across the finish line were James Lowndes (19:08), Ryan Carly (19:35), and Alexander Ferraby (19:39)

The first three women to finish were Michelle Smith (24:57), Fionnuala O’Connor (25:56), and Charlotte Webster (26:19).

The event was made possible by nine wonderful volunteers:

Philip PEARSON • Alison FRYATT • Harmander SINGH • Chris HESLEGRAVE • George HANMORE • Wayne LATIBEAUDIERE • Ally BUTT • Uzma BUTT • Charity ANYIKA

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

The female record is held by Lydia HALLAM who recorded a time of 17:42 on 12th August 2017 (event number 267).

The male record is held by Paul MARTELLETTI who recorded a time of 14:52 on 25th December 2017 (event number 287).

The Age Grade course record is held by Breege NORDIN who recorded 91.10% (21:55) on 7th September 2019 (event number 376).

Barking parkrun started on 28th July 2012. Since then 3,916 participants have completed 32,016 parkruns covering a total distance of 160,080 km, including 4,862 new Personal Bests. A total of 411 individuals have volunteered 4,784 times.