As we look forward to the potential re-start of parkrun events, this week we had the excellent news that our friends at Eltham Junior Parkrun were able to put on their first in-person event for a year!

24 volunteers helped 55 junior parkrunners complete the course – which included eleven first timers and 22 personal bests. Well done to everyone who took part! (Junior parkrunners can still also log their (not)parkruns – well done to Rile Craske who was out three times last week and has now completed 138 runs in total).

Meanwhile, older runners have to wait a bit longer for their events to restart – but in the meantime, 37 runners were out on their local pavements and parks to complete 85 (not)parkruns.

It was another seven-day-streak for Sarah Payne, who at the end of this week, had completed 319 (not)parkruns – but had already logged more by the time I started writing this!

Personal Bests

• John Payne set a new PB of 28.23 on the quickest of his five runs this week. Currently on 94 (not)parkruns – can John get another PB before he reaches 100?
• Ross Tremain improved his PB to 22.26 after 74 (not)parkruns, including 3 this week. This is faster than his in-person PB – will we be seeing a new PB from Ross when he returns to Avery Hill Park?
• We also saw new PBs from regular volunteer Martin Hance (on his eighth run) and event director Colin Armstrong (on his seventh run).

(not)milestones

It was a bumper week for (not)milestones this week:

Alison Sheldon (3 runs this week) and Wole Odele (6 runs this week) became the second and third Greenwich runners to go past 150 (not)parkruns.

Sam Wheeler (4 runs this week) became the eighth runner to go past 100 Greenwich (not)parkruns.

We have plenty of people closing in milestones – so we can expect plenty more in the next few weeks.

Age Graded Leaderboard

Parkrun is a run, not a race – and the same is true of (not)parkrun. With that in mind, let’s celebrate this week’s highest age grading!

It is the same leaderboard as last week, with Karen, Alison and Sally all reclaiming their places. However, all three of them ran faster times this week, meaning the age-grades are all higher.

1. Karen Elizabeth HANCOCK – Female - VW65-69 - 79.57% age grade (26:16)
2. Alison SHELDON – Female - VW55-59 - 72.72% age grade (25:14)
3. Sally DORRELL – Female - VW70-74 - 72.23% age grade (31:20)

Taking park in (not)parkrun

Taking part in (not)parkrun is really easy. Just run, walk or jog 5km, anywhere you like (even on a treadmill) on any day of the week, at any time. Then log the date and time of your (not)parkrun via your profile page. You can log one activity per day, and your fastest time of the week will be included in the weekly results table.

For more information on (not)parkrun and how to get involved, please see the FAQs.

Greenwich(not)parkrun started on 15 June 2020. Since then, 183 participants have completed 3325 (not)parkruns, covering a total distance of 16625km. 3 (not)parkrun Run Report Writers, 2 Run Report Publishers and a Volunteer Co-ordinator have volunteered a total of 138 times.

As the date when events across the UK are due to reopen draws ever nearer, 37 (not)parkrunners tied up their laces and logged their virtual kms. 94 times were recorded, one of which was a PB for Rachel Norman. There were no First Timers but we are able to celebrate two milestones this week: 100 club for leaderboard regular, Alison Craske and 50 club for Amy Tremain. With a handful of you now within touching distance of a milestone, next week could be one to watch.

While we still await the official restart of Eltham Junior Parkrun, the virtual event has been a hive of activity this week with what is surely a record 20 juniors, completing 30 events. Naturally, Riley Craske continued his 7-day #runstreak and added a PB to boot, but 2 First Timers also joined in. 8 PBs were set which means the junior event is surely going to be a huge hit when it reopens in due course.

#loveparkrun

Age Grade Leaderboard:

Parkrun is a run, not a race – and the same is true of (not)parkrun. With that in mind, let’s celebrate this week’s highest age grading:

1.           Karen Elizabeth Hancock             26:32                  77.58% age grade              VW65-69

3.           Alison Sheldon                              25:20                  72.43% age grade              VW55-59

2.           Sally Dorrell                                   31:36                   71.62% age grade              VW70-74

 

How does (not)parkrun work?

Taking part in (not)parkrun is really easy.

Just run, walk or jog 5km, anywhere you like (even on a treadmill) on any day of the week, at any time. Then log the date and time of your (not)parkrun via your profile page. You can log one activity per day, and your fastest time of the week will be included in the weekly results table.

For more information on (not)parkrun and how to get involved, please see the FAQs.

Greenwich(not)parkrun started on 15 June 2020. Since then, 183 participants have completed 3240 (not)parkruns, covering a total distance of 16200km. 3 (not)parkrun Run Report Writers, 2 Run Report Publishers and a Volunteer Co-ordinator have volunteered a total of 135 times.

The 44^th week of (not)parkrun and 34 runners ran 430km, making that 86 (not)parkruns between them. John Payne joined Sarah Payne and Wole Odele in logging 7 (not)parkruns each – repeat that feat for a second week in a row?

 

Not an official milestone, but Sarah Payne’s (not)parkruns last week took her over the 300 mark! No other milestones last week, but a number of runners right on the cusp of achieving various milestones, including someone who’s already managed to do so for week #45 – but that’s for next week’s report!

 

Over at Eltham Juniors, Edward Biscoe made his Eltham Juniors (not)parkrun debut, alongside Riley Craske’s 5(not)junior parkruns last week. We hope to see you back soon Edward!

 

If you have any photos or stories to share about how you’ve been keeping up with (not)parkrun, then please email us at greenwich@parkrun.com or upload photos to the Greenwich parkrun flickr pool.

 

(not)PBs

Well done to Karen Elizabeth Hancock, Kerry Gallagher, Sarah Payne and Aravind Prakash for (not)PBs!

 

Age Grade Leaderboard:

Regardless of where you ran this week, just like parkrun, (not)parkrun is a run, not a race. In this week’s age grade leaderboard, Karen Elizabeth Hancock topped the ranking again with her fourth (not)PB in a row – can she make it a fifth this week?

 

1. Karen Elizabeth Hancock (F) 26:10   78.66%            VW65-69
2. Alison Sheldon (F)                  25:02   73.30%            VW55-59
3. Sally Dorrell (F)                       31:16   72.39%            VW70-74

 

How does (not)parkrun work?

Taking part in (not)parkrun is super easy.

 

Just run 5km in a location of your choice, and upload your time and the day to your parkrun profile. You can record one activity a day, and your fastest time of the week will be included in the weekly results table.

 

And here’s your weekly reminder to log your (not)parkrun(s), and help our effort to compete on the national leaderboard!

 

For more information on (not)parkrun and how to get involved, please see the FAQs.

 

Greenwich(not)parkrun started on 15^th June 2020. Since then, 183 participants have completed 3,146 (not)parkruns covering a total distance of 15,730km. 3 (not)parkrun Run Report Writers, 2 Run Report Publishers and a Volunteer Co-ordinator have volunteered a total of 132 times.

 

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Alexandra Wu