7th December 2019
The mild December morning provided perfect conditions for the 304 people who ran, jogged and walked the beautiful course at Fairlands Valley Park. Twenty-two of the people were first timers and an impressive 46 recorded new Personal Bests. Representatives of 29 different clubs took part, and parkrun tourists came from nearby Letchworth and as far afield St Neots, Penzance, Billericay and Somerset. The tourist from Somerset, John Kennedy, was a former Stevenage parkrunner.
Run Director Tony Ranfield preparing to brief the crowd
The event was made possible by 19 enthusiastic volunteers:
Phil DEAVES • Daniel SUTTON • Ems SOUTHERINGTON • Elizabeth JORDAN • Tichaonezvi J. RUREDZO • Jackie HOLLYWELL • Robin WOODROW • Tony RANDFIELD • Helen HARRIS • Matthew PATTMAN • Elaine BRAGG • Doug WILSON • Jane MOULDER • Alan FORD • April LACEY • Richard CLARKE • Niamh SKINNER • Mark DAVEY • Robert DAVEY
As the Tailwalker, April ensures that no one comes last!
If you are interested in volunteering for any of the roles, some of which can be combined with completing the event, simply email stevenagehelpers@parkrun.com.
Today's full results and a complete event history can be found on the Stevenage parkrun Results Page.
Kasia Poczatek celebrated her milestone 50th parkrun
The first three male finishers were: Joe Cronin (18:25), Steve Hallas (19:11) and David Ackerley (19:26). The first three female finishers were: Jessica Earp (20:30), Abigail Pez(22:24 PB) and Courtney Lendon (23:03 PB).
The male record is held by Ian KIMPTON who recorded a time of 15:07 on 3rd September 2016 (event number 15).
The female record is held by Annabel GUMMOW who recorded a time of 17:39 on 17th November 2018 (event number 127).
The Age Grade course record is held by Yuko GORDON who recorded 92.85% (22:51) on 10th November 2018 (event number 126).
Stevenage parkrun started on 28th May 2016. Since then 7,878 participants have completed 51,350 parkruns covering a total distance of 256,750 km, including 10,217 new Personal Bests. A total of 515 individuals have volunteered 3,625 times.
On a related note, you may be interested to know that Paul Sinton-Hewett, the founder of parkrun was recently awarded the prestigious Albert Prize by the RSA for his building what has become a global participation movement.
Paul Sinton-Hewitt, founder of parkrun, honoured with the prestigious Albert medal
You can read more about here and listen to Paul’s interview on the popular podcast for parkrunners ‘Freeweeklytimed’.
Have a great week and see you next Saturday when the parkrun Director will be David Scott.