Saturday was the second week at the new start area by the car park. Thank you to all the runners for being patient as we bed in the new run arrangements.
We have sent a scanner away to be repaired, so the scanning took a little longer this week. It should be back with us soon.
This week 299 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 57 were first timers and 76 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 21 different clubs took part.
A few notable achievements this week
Handley Stevens now sits atop of his age category (VM75-79) with a brisk 26:11.
Among the junior runners there were 8 PBs , so well done to Fionnuala Knipe, Matilda Heath, Rachel Reizin, Hannah Giles, Caspar Coates, Gordon Turnor, Josh Groves and Wiremu Nicole
Precise runners this week include Yoshimitsu Mizui 22:00, Michael McKessar 25:00, Naomi Hartopp 29:00, Trent England 31:00, Lindi Duong 34:00, and Angela Pollitzer 50:00.
And finally pleasing times of the week go to Alex Edwards with 22:22 and Helene White with 33:33
The event was made possible by 14 volunteers. We do need a few more volunteers each week so please check the volunteer page on the website and choose a role
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Hampstead Heath parkrun Results Page.
Male placings:
Devathas SATIANATHAN (SM25-29) (Unattached) was first over the line in 18:22 - first appearance.
An unknown runner was second.
Fred DAVIDSON (SM30-34) (Unattached) was third over the line in 18:46.
Female placings:
Rowena LEARY (SW30-34) of Norfolk Gazelles AC, was first (20th overall) over the line in 20:40 - first appearance.
Lavinia SINGER (SW25-29) of Serpentine RC, was second (21st overall) over the line in 20:52 - was first to finish once before.
Natalia EDDY (SW25-29) of Serpentine RC, was third (29th overall) over the line in 21:28 - has been first to finish on 3 previous occasions.
The three highest age grades were recorded by:
Nigel HAYWOOD (VM60-64) – 76.66% for the time 21:17 (26th overall).
Wiremu NICOLE (JM10) – 73.32% for the time 22:18 (52nd overall).
Patrick KYLE (JM11-14) – 72.92% for the time 19:27 (6th overall).
Hampstead Heath parkrun started on 14th May 2011. Since then 8,774 participants have completed 48,178 parkruns covering a total distance of 240,890 km, including 8,278 new Personal Bests.