We had a great parkrun day with 135 people completing the 5k course, part of which was still flooded, but that did not stop 19 people recording Personal Bests.
We had 17 first timers to Canons Park parkrun, of whom 9 were completely new to parkrun. There were quite a few people participating for the second or third time which was great to see.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The event would not have been possible without all the following hi-vis heroes – a great big thank you to each and every one of you.

The event was made possible by 21 volunteers:

Bev Thoma • Andrew Mayall • Peter David Thomson• Hsiang-Ju Lin • Nathan Powell • Kyie Hillingshead • Shama Meghjee-Caine • Alisha Sidik • Andrew Southerland-Kirby • Hannah Fatema Meghjee-Caine • David Merrigan • Tom Brady • David Brown • Nikhil Shah • Arti Patel • Deri Ansher • Tahera Kassam • Rachael Serbos • Siobhan Wilby • Sam Wilby • Jack Wilby

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a great parkrun day with 161 people completing the 5k course, part of which was flooded, some bits were muddy but that did not stop 18 people getting Personal Bests. We think the pacing volunteers may have helped....

We had 18 first timers to Canons Park parkrun, of whom 8 were completely new to parkrun.

 

 

 

 

It was nice to see tourists from Kent, Norwich, Cardiff and some from Nepal. We hope you all enjoyed our event and we look forward to seeing you again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The event would not have been possible without all the following hi-vis heroes – a great big thank you to each and every one of you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bilal Ali, Deri Ansher, Pauline Bishop, Tom Brady, Sharon Donovan, John Greatrex, Kyie Hollingshead, Asmina Kassam, Eva Kramer, Elliot Lawford, George Leach, Claire Matthews, Sakalain Meghjee, Hannah Fatema Meghjee-Caine, Shama Meghjee-Caine, David Morris, Mark Mulvenna, Wendy Mulvenna, Caroline O'Dwyer, Chris Parkinson-Best, Louis Pelta, Nathan Powell, Sakina Sidik, Anthony Sindole, Kanti Varsani, Freya Wilby, Jack Wilby, Sam Wilby, Simone Wright

See you next week.

Shama

This week, on the 1st ever Feb 29th parkrun, 84 people ran, jogged, walked and splashed the course, of whom 12 were first timers. We welcomed tourists from as far afield as Victoria, Canada and also from Cassiobury following a last minute cancellation of their event

The event was made possible by 18 fantastic volunteers who braved the lousy weather - a huge thank you for ensuring we managed to put the event on

Mark MULVENNA • Nathan POWELL • Michael MORRIS • Nancy MORRIS • Megan USHER • Caroline O'DWYER • Barry NOLAN • Kyie HOLLINGSHEAD • Wendy MULVENNA • George LEACH • Paul LAUTMAN • Philippa LAUTMAN • Yvette BILTON • Anthony SINDOLE • David MERRIGAN • Tom BRADY • Monica SHORTT • Elliot LAWFORD

A huge congratulations on those celebrating milestones, namely

Roy EASTWOOD - 50th run

Sami RAHMAN - 50th run

Tim CHURCHILL - 100th run

Next week is our female takeover event - we look forward to seeing as many women running as possible - men welcome also of course!

Barry Nolan - Run Director

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

The male record is held by Alex BAMPTON who recorded a time of 15:54 on 29th June 2019 (event number 145).
The female record is held by Zoe MACDONALD who recorded a time of 19:07 on 1st January 2020 (event number 172).
The Age Grade course record is held by Nigel RACKHAM who recorded 89.00% (17:16) on 5th August 2017 (event number 44).

Canons Park parkrun started on 8th October 2016. Since then 4,233 participants have completed 24,832 parkruns covering a total distance of 124,160 km, including 4,499 new Personal Bests. A total of 370 individuals have volunteered 2,749 times.

On the 22nd of February, 137 parkrunners took up the challenge of Canons Park 5k. There was a diversion coming out of the spinney, due to unsafe conditions. This slightly longer route didn't stop 8 people getting PB's.
Jenny Storer completed her 25th volunteering point today, congratulations to her.
The first male was Michael MILLER.
The first female was Zahra BASSIRI.
A big thanks to all the volunteers, who without the event would not have been possible.
Alisha SIDIK • Andrew BORLEY • Andy BARKSHIRE • Anne CHENG • Ben LEIGH • Bev THOMAS • Caroline O'DWYER • Chris PARKINSON-BEST • Claire MATTHEWS • Elliot LAWFORD • Jenny STORER • John AYTON • Mark MULVENNA • Nathan POWELL • Philippa COOPER • Pravin SAVJANI • Sakina SIDIK • Sharon GRAHAM • Tom BRADY • Tony MEAGER • Wendy MULVENNA • Zaheer SIDIK

Canons Park parkrun Event number 178 8th February 2020 On the calm Saturday morning before the storm, Canons Park saw 186 park runners, walkers, joggers.14 of the park runners were tourists from South London, Birmingham, New Castle and many more.7 of them, were new to parkrun. Welcome to parkrun family, I hope you enjoyed it and hope to see you next Saturday. The puddles and mud didn’t stop 27 of you getting PB’s. We also celebrated Wendy and Hugo’s birthday. Hope you both had a nice birthday. Out of 186, there were 75 females. I mention this because parkrun are encouraging us to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) as research shows that, across the world, women are less likely than men to take part in parkrun. Despite the fact that females make 54% of registrations, they are less likely than men to take part in parkrun and to continue participating. To help change this, parkrun are organising a global female-focused parkrun celebration in conjunction with #ThisGirlCan campaign on Saturday 7th March, the day before IWD. We would like all our participants to encourage women and girls you know to attend our event on Saturday 7th March, whether it is to run, jog, walk, volunteer or just attend and have a cup of tea/coffee with us. There will of course be CAKE to mark the event. It would be great to see more women volunteers round the course and at the finish line. If you would like to volunteer on 7th March, please get in touch. Please note this is not an exclusive event for women; men and boys are very welcome too. #IWDparkrun #thisgirlcan The event was made possible by 20 volunteers: Mark MULVENNA • Sam WHITE • Brian MCGRORY • Nathan POWELL • David BROWN • Sakina SIDIK • Kyie HOLLINGSHEAD • Wendy MULVENNA • Shama MEGHJEE-CAINE • Elizabeth ABRAHAMS • Eva KRAMER • George LEACH • Alisha SIDIK • Anne CHENG • Tony MEAGER • Anthony SINDOLE • Deri ANSHER • Tanya KEENE • Elliot LAWFORD • Ashish MEPANI Run Director, Sakina Sidik.