An amazing 35 members ran at 17 parkruns spread across 11 counties in the UK and Ireland this week. Anne Jones (30:14) ran the Forest of Dean parkrun, a scenic route through woodland in Gloucestershire. Elizabeth Wordsworth (31:12) and Chris Wordsworth (32:43) completed Bedgebury Pinetum parkrun, located in a beautiful conifer conservation forest in Kent. In County Durham, Nicky Hawkes (29:42) was at Darlington South Park parkrun and Pete Jackson (24:39) was at the Heritage Coastal Path parkrun. Helen Ashworth (28:49) was at Clitheroe Castle parkrun, a multi-lap course set in the historic castle grounds in Lancashire. James Harrison (24:54) ran the coastal South Shields parkrun, Tyne and Wear.
Down in Norfolk, at Catton parkrun, a rolling parkland course, Natalie Lyth (29:12) put in a good performance. Grove Fields parkrun, a meadows course located in Oxfordshire was visited by Richard Grant (22:32) and Tessa Grant (29:59). At Sandhurst Memorial parkrun in Berkshire, Grace Rowland (23:19) was 4th female.
Back home, in North Yorkshire, Evie Rawlings (26:37) got her fastest 5k of the year at Millfield parkrun. Evie was supported by Michael Sanders (24:40), Andrew Pollard (27:10), Ruth Pollard (28:14), Michelle Barratt (30:55), Paul Adams (32:27), and Ian Codling (56:42) all completing the event. At Northallerton parkrun, Esther Harrison (20:04) claimed first female finisher, followed by Paul Atkinson (23:00), Vanessa Arthur (28:09), Julia Harland (28:28), Phillip Craig (32:27), and Anna Pus (37:58). At Fountains Abbey parkrun, Liam Nolan (18:50), Michael Cropper (22:09), Ian Ord (32:09), and beginners graduate, Sara Ramon Moore (34:44) all competed well.
At Dalby Forest parkrun, Isaac Myer (18:23) was 2nd place. Kim Wilkinson (25:33) and Carol Longmire (32:38) were among the finishers at Thorp Perrow parkrun. At Heslington parkrun, Adam Harper-Walker (19:30) secured a top ten overall finish. At Oakwell Hall parkrun in West Yorkshire, Sarah Fairhurst (21:51) was the first female runner. At Stewart parkrun in Teesside, Bronwyn Mayo (24:25) was 4th female.
Furthest travelled this week was Olivia Mulligan (21:16), who claimed 1st female at Fairview parkrun in Dublin.
